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Pink Lemonade Project has a new look.

When Amanda Clark returned to her Cross Fit gym two months after an unplanned caesarean section, she knew she would have an uphill climb to get back to her pre-pregnancy fitness level. What the 36-year-old Maryland mom of two didn’t know, however, was that her challenges would include pelvic floor dysfunction and a severe separation of the abdominal muscles, or diastasis recti, during the pregnancy that failed to heal on its own.

Gov. Jay Inslee should heed our advice, as well. Bringing preconceived notions into discussions about a replacement Interstate 5 Bridge will doom the project to failure.
On Thursday, during a preview of the legislative session that begins today, Inslee said light rail will be included on a new bridge or the project will not advance.

A new study from Penn Nursing suggests that, if you want to lose weight and keep it off in the new year, you might want to think about cutting back on drinking.

In its 126-year history, Sears grew to become the country’s biggest retailer and outlasted Chicago competitors like Carson Pirie Scott, Montgomery Ward and Wieboldt’s. Its future now hinges on a bankruptcy auction scheduled to start today.

Few long-term investors want to relive the last three months of 2018, but they will in the week ahead.
Quarterly earnings season begins in earnest with more than a half-dozen big banks, like Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, scheduled to release their latest financial results. The stock market was abysmal at the end of the year, but not necessarily the business of banking.

When the government shuts its doors because of a funding brouhaha that pits the White House against Capitol Hill, who gets hit hardest among people needing a home mortgage? The latest version of federal breakdown made one fact painfully clear: It all depends on the type of loan you seek and where you’re located.
Worst hit, of course, have been the thousands of federal employees who’ve been furloughed, gone unpaid and had no assurances about when the financial uncertainty might end.
But what about others? Here’s a quick overview:

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Port of Astoria has been approached about an air taxi service at the Astoria Regional Airport.
The Oregon Aviation Industries Cluster Group, an association focused on aviation-based economic development, is applying for a grant to explore air taxi service around the state. The association is trying to partner with airports in Astoria, John Day and Newport to start the service.