Expedia Relocating to Seattle, Amazon Expands Prime Now Service

Big moves: Online travel company Expedia is packing up its Bellevue headquarters and relocating to Seattle’s waterfront in the space formerly occupied by Amgen Helix. The official announcement came at a press conference this morning with Mayor Ed Murray.

Those lucky ducks in Atlanta join other lucky ducks in Dallas, New York City, Miami and Baltimore who get to experience Amazon’s Prime Now delivery service. The online retailer’s program allows customers to order items and have them delivered to their doors in two hours. Geekwire reports the Atlanta service (available in select zip codes) is up and running “from 8 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.”

The Stranger reports on a massive transit bill that is currently making its way through Olympia. And our light rail connections to Ballard and West Seattle could be in jeopardy. “Everything depends on what happens down at the state capital over the course of the next month. If you’ve been nursing a sense of burning rage about all the traffic, you need to fire that rage toward your elected leaders,” writes The Stranger‘s Ansel Herz. Read more about the Sound Transit 3 measure here.