Board votes Randhawa as new Western Washington University president
The Western Washington University Board of Trustees on Tuesday unanimously approved the selection of Sabah U. Randhawa as Western’s next president. Randhawa is expected to take over for president Bruce Shepard, who is retiring June 30. The appointment is subject to a final agreement on a contract. “I am deeply honored for this opportunity to [...]
Building permits for March 21-April 1
Includes commercial building activity in Bellingham with an estimated value listed at $10,000 or more. Records are obtained from the City of Bellingham’s permit center. March 21-25 Pending: 1220 N Forest St., $10,000 for a trellis/sign at the Community Food Co-op. Contractor: Pearson Construction Corp. Permit No.: BLD2016-0235. March 21. 3715 Iron Gate Road, $110,506.50 [...]
WCC to offer classes on cybersecurity for small businesses
Whatcom Community College’s Community & Continuing Education program is offering three classes to teach small businesses about cybersecurity. The first class, Information Security for the Small Business, is on Tuesday, April 12 from 9 a.m.-noon. The second session, Safety on the Information Superhighway: A Checklist for Your Web Presence, is on Tuesday, May 10 from [...]
PRAISE 106.5 moves to new Bellingham studio
CRISTA Media’s PRAISE 106.5 FM, KWPZ, has moved to a new studio and office space in Bellingham’s Barkley Village. The contemporary Christian music station outgrew its studio of 35 years in Lynden. Its new studio has more than 3,000 square feet of space and is on the first floor of the Dorothy Haggen Building at [...]
Alzheimer’s Society director appointed to state dementia group
Kathy Sitker, executive director of the Whatcom County-based Alzheimer Society of Washington, has been appointed to Washington State’s Dementia Action Collaborative Advisory Group. The group will provide leadership and guidance over the next year as the state implements its plan to address Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. To read the state’s full plan, visit https://www.dshs.wa.gov/altsa/stakeholders/alzheimers-state-plan. [...]
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The deal to sell Haggen
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal When Haggen sought permission to sell off the last of its stores in November, the future of the brand was put into question. Now it looks like shoppers — those in Whatcom County, at least — will get some answers about what will happen with the grocery store chain that [...]
BelleWood Acres owners to retire
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal After 20 years of growing apples, Dorie and John Belisle, owners of BelleWood Acres, are thinking about retirement. “It’s time, we’re old,” Dorie Belisle said. A real estate listing for the nearly 62-acre orchard, distillery, retail space, cafe and event space went online on Friday. The asking price [...]
Legal threat prompts Bellingham laundromat name change
By Jim Davis For The Bellingham Business Journal BELLINGHAM — Q Laundry in the Sunnyland neighborhood is changing its name and branding after getting into a trademark dispute with a national laundry manufacturer. The laundromat at 810 Alabama St. will be known as Brio Laundry. Owner Colleen Unema said she started the business in 2013 [...]
Albertsons to keep Haggen name on some stores
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal It looks like things will be almost the same. Almost. Albertsons laid out on Monday what will happen if its purchase of 29 Haggen Food & Pharmacy’s stores is approved. Fifteen of the stores will remain under the Haggen brand. The other 14 stores across Washington and Oregon [...]
Haggen reaches deal to sell remaining stores to Albertsons
By Jim Davis The Herald Business Journal Haggen Food & Pharmacy announced Friday evening that it had accepted Albertsons’ bid to acquire 29 core stores in Washington and Oregon including five in Whatcom County. The Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons would pay $106 million for the stores, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The agreement [...]
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