BUSINESS
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
BUSINESS
Recent Wobbly protests and union efforts in Whatcom, Skagit Counties
Several businesses and organizations filed and certified union agreements in last two years
OPEN & CLOSED
Open & Closed: September 2023
Whatcom Humane Society Thrift Shop in new location, asks for donations
BUSINESS MATTERS
Lynden bookstore & coffee shop balances liveliness with legacy
Formerly Katz!, Eucastastrophe owners foster community connections 1 year later
BUSINESS
Can Skagit County farmlands and ag businesses coexist?
Proposed new rules reveal rifts in rural identity and purpose
BUSINESS MATTERS
Tourism promotion? There’s a grant for that
Bellingham, Ferndale, Whatcom County solicit 2024 proposals
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
BUSINESS MATTERS
Charity thrift stores use retail to fund causes
Local shops grow as interest in sustainability, savings increases
BUSINESS MATTERS
Whatcom, Skagit jobless rates remain at 2023 lows
Employment analysis finds both counties lagged state recovery
BUSINESS
Patty Murray tours Bellingham businesses, future Whatcom child care site
Owners tell senator relief funds helped retain workers and 'saved us'
BUSINESS MATTERS
New Nature's Path president keeps eye on organic vision
Blaine facility employs one-third of the company's workforce
BUSINESS
Proposed changes to Skagit agritourism code vex farmers, event venues
Events on ag-zoned lands could be limited under proposed changes
PLACES & THINGS
Places & Things: August 2023
Rite Aid downtown closing, J’s Kitchen Fairhaven opening
