Business

Battery farms, the energy industry’s new darling, line up to enter Skagit Co. and Whatcom Co.

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But some communities don’t want to be neighbors with the proposed fields of big batteries.

Federal court orders higher pay for foreign guest workers in WA orchards

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The Burlington-based farmworker union continues to pursue the lawsuit addressing how wages are set for orchard workers.

Local small business honored by Small Business Administration

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The Small Business Administration is honoring Good Bagels Cafe in Anacortes and the two brothers who built the business.

Guemes Island Ferry workers win substantial raises

The Skagit County Board of County Commissioners approved on Monday a four-year contract for Guemes Island Ferry workers with raises totalling 16 percent.

Planner position open at Samish Indian Nation

The Samish Indian Nation, is looking for a full-time Planner & Emergency Management Specialist for its planning department. The ideal candidate has experience in tribal government operations, including tribal treaties and federal Indian law and policy.

Local Papa Murphy's celebrates 20 years

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Who could even guess how many Anacortes children have "taken the tour" at Papa Murphy's over the years? This family-owned business celebrates its 20th anniversary on Commercial Avenue this month!

Cooke Aquaculture will pay full $332,000 penalty for fish pen collapse

DNR drone image of Cypress Island net pen #2, August 28, 2017. Image from Dept. of Natural Resources.

Cooke Aquaculture will pay the full $332,000 penalty to the Washington Department of Ecology for the collapse of its floating pen near Cypress Island that released 250,000 non-native fish into Puget Sound.