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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.

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

Updated Oct. 31, 2023 3:24 p.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.

Recent Wobbly protests and union efforts in Whatcom, Skagit Counties

Several businesses and organizations filed and certified union agreements in last two years

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

Open & Closed: September 2023

Spirit Halloween expanding operations in Whatcom, Skagit

Updated Sept. 27, 2023 5:51 p.m.

Business Matters

Lynden bookstore & coffee shop balances liveliness with legacy

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

Updated Aug. 30, 2023 5:25 p.m.

Can Skagit County farmlands and ag businesses coexist?

Proposed new rules reveal rifts in rural identity and purpose

Aug. 22, 2023 11:19 a.m.

Business Matters

Tourism promotion? There’s a grant for that

Bellingham, Ferndale, Whatcom County solicit 2024 proposals

Aug. 22, 2023 4:50 a.m.

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

Aug. 16, 2023 4:55 a.m.