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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
BY MICHELLE CHAPMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
| September 8, 2023 at 2:49 p.m.
BUSINESS
Radicals and red cards: Wobblies’ support for workers is decades deep
Wobblies have been in the Whatcom-Skagit region since the early 1900s
By
JULIA LERNER
Staff Reporter
September 2, 2023
BUSINESS
Recent Wobbly protests and union efforts in Whatcom, Skagit Counties
Several businesses and organizations filed and certified union agreements in last two years
By
JULIA LERNER
Staff Reporter
September 2, 2023
OPEN & CLOSED
Open & Closed: September 2023
Whatcom Humane Society Thrift Shop in new location, asks for donations
By CDN STAFF
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September 1, 2023
BUSINESS MATTERS
Lynden bookstore & coffee shop balances liveliness with legacy
Formerly Katz!, Eucastastrophe owners foster community connections 1 year later
By
FRANK CATALANO
Former Business & Work Columnist
August 29, 2023
BUSINESS
Can Skagit County farmlands and ag businesses coexist?
Proposed new rules reveal rifts in rural identity and purpose
By
JULIA LERNER
Staff Reporter
August 22, 2023
BUSINESS MATTERS
Tourism promotion? There’s a grant for that
Bellingham, Ferndale, Whatcom County solicit 2024 proposals
By
FRANK CATALANO
Former Business & Work Columnist
August 22, 2023
BUSINESS
As a union pushes to cap hospital CEO pay in LA, it’s accused of playing politics
Hospitals say union is using proposal as leverage
By MOLLY CASTLE WORK, KFF HEALTH NEWS
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August 16, 2023
BUSINESS MATTERS
Charity thrift stores use retail to fund causes
Local shops grow as interest in sustainability, savings increases
By
FRANK CATALANO
Former Business & Work Columnist
August 15, 2023
BUSINESS MATTERS
Whatcom, Skagit jobless rates remain at 2023 lows
Employment analysis finds both counties lagged state recovery
By
FRANK CATALANO
Former Business & Work Columnist
August 11, 2023
BUSINESS
Patty Murray tours Bellingham businesses, future Whatcom child care site
Owners tell senator relief funds helped retain workers and 'saved us'
By
RALPH SCHWARTZ
Staff Reporter,
HAILEY HOFFMAN
Staff Reporter
August 7, 2023
BUSINESS MATTERS
New Nature's Path president keeps eye on organic vision
Blaine facility employs one-third of the company's workforce
By
FRANK CATALANO
Former Business & Work Columnist
August 4, 2023
BUSINESS
Proposed changes to Skagit agritourism code vex farmers, event venues
Events on ag-zoned lands could be limited under proposed changes
By
JULIA LERNER
Staff Reporter
August 2, 2023
PLACES & THINGS
Places & Things: August 2023
Rite Aid downtown closing, J’s Kitchen Fairhaven opening
By
FRANK CATALANO
Former Business & Work Columnist
August 1, 2023
BUSINESS MATTERS
Planning starts for 2026 World Cup cross-border tourism needs
Visions of a Cascadia ‘two-nation vacation’
By
FRANK CATALANO
Former Business & Work Columnist
July 28, 2023
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