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Fortiphi-HR Awards Women In Business Scholarship
originally published March 2017— Mount Vernon, WA. Fortiphi-HR, a Human Resources and Benefits Management Company with offices in Mount Vernon and Blaine, Washington, announces the name of the recipient of their first Women in Business Scholarship. Heidi DeBauge, who has recently been accepted into the nursing program at Everett Community College, was thrilled to accept…
Read MoreAlcoa Intalco Works Ferndale avoids planned layoffs of nearly 500 employees
Published May 3, 2016 On May 2, Alcoa announced its agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration to amend its current power contract to help improve the competitiveness of the Intalco Works Ferndale smelter. The new amendment to the power contract, effective July 1, 2016 through Feb. 14, 2018, will provide for additional market access during this…
Read MoreQ gone for good. Now Brio is its name-o
Published in Business Pulse magazine in March 2016 Alliance Laundry Systems Corp., the makers of Speed Queen washers, claimed a trademark on the brand “Q.” Therefore, Owner/President Colleen Unema has rebranded her company to Brio Laundry on Alabama Street just off its intersection with James Street in the Sunnyland neighborhood. Unema liked the sound and…
Read More‘Roastery’ opens a new panorama view of coffee roasting and brewing
published March 31, 2016 On March 28, 2016 the doors will open on a first for coffee-crazy Whatcom County: An open-view coffee roasting facility at The Woods Coffee location on Lakeway Drive (just east of I-5 exit). As announced by CEO Wes Herman (above left) and Head Roaster Shea Hagan (right), a Grand Opening is…
Read MoreYeager's Sporting Goods, turns 97!
The Short History of Yeager’s In 1921, Ira Yeager was in the furniture business, but being an avid outdoorsman, he decided to make a change and contacted the Evinrude Company and was given a dealership to sell their outboard motors. When Yeager’s surrendered that franchise in the 1990s, it was the oldest continually operating Evinrude…
Read MoreThe pigs are back!
Peoples Bank “Pay It Forward Pigs” Campaign Raises Awareness about Importance of Saving and Helping Others The campaign builds on last year’s “Pigs in Parks” scavenger hunt, placing new emphasis on giving back to the community. Bellingham, WA – August 8, 2018 – On Wednesday, August 15, Peoples Bank will release 173 piggybanks containing over $5,000 in cash. The campaign,…
Read MoreLynden Transport awarded No. 1 ranking
Lynden Transport and Lynden International 2018 Quest for Quality winners Lynden Transport was awarded its sixth consecutive No. 1 ranking and its 22nd overall award in the 35th annual Logistics Management Quest for Quality Awards, receiving the highest scores among Less-than-Truckload (LTL) western regional carriers in the on-time performance and information technology categories and topping the overall weighted…
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