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Open & Closed: December 2023

Artivem Mead closing in new year

Updated Dec. 25, 2023 12:05 a.m.

Macy’s employees strike on Black Friday weekend over safety, wages

Union workers urge public to go elsewhere on nation's busiest shopping days

Nov. 24, 2023 3:20 p.m.

Bellingham Starbucks workers picket during nationwide ‘Red Cup Rebellion’

Employees nationwide call for bargaining amid 'staffing crisis'

Nov. 16, 2023 12:40 p.m.

Open & Closed: November 2023

Longstanding Greek restaurant closing end of December

Nov. 2, 2023 5:10 p.m.

Restaurant sales, closures, and confusion in Fairhaven

Longtime businesses open, closed, and for sale

Oct. 31, 2023 3:16 p.m.

Western alum creates nasal spray device for opioid overdoses

Industrial design project moves from classroom to market

Oct. 29, 2023 5:05 a.m.

Lengthy permitting delays frustrate restaurant owners eager to open

County says processing time 3-4 times longer than normal

Oct. 27, 2023 5:05 a.m.

Growth & Development

ABC Recycling submits plans for metal shredder one day before hearing

Company hopes to avoid moratorium on new industries

Oct. 23, 2023 5:57 p.m.

Open & Closed: October 2023

Mini golf, anime, a bungee trampoline and holiday popups opening at Bellis Fair

Oct. 2, 2023 11:35 a.m.

Target to close 9 stores, including 2 in Seattle, citing safety concerns

Closings will be effective Oct. 21

Sept. 27, 2023 11:25 a.m.

Kroger and Albertsons sell 413 stores in a bid to clear merger of the 2 largest US groceries

Stores, other assets sold to C&S Wholesale Grocers in $1.9 billion deal

Sept. 8, 2023 2:49 p.m.

Radicals and red cards: Wobblies’ support for workers is decades deep

Wobblies have been in the Whatcom-Skagit region since the early 1900s

Sept. 2, 2023 5:00 a.m.