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.

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BUSINESS

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

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

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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

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BUSINESS MATTERS

Lynden bookstore & coffee shop balances liveliness with legacy

Formerly Katz!, Eucastastrophe owners foster community connections 1 year later

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Can Skagit County farmlands and ag businesses coexist?

Proposed new rules reveal rifts in rural identity and purpose

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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

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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

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Patty Murray tours Bellingham businesses, future Whatcom child care site

Owners tell senator relief funds helped retain workers and 'saved us'

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BUSINESS MATTERS

New Nature's Path president keeps eye on organic vision

Blaine facility employs one-third of the company's workforce

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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

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BUSINESS MATTERS

Planning starts for 2026 World Cup cross-border tourism needs

Visions of a Cascadia ‘two-nation vacation’