Bartell Drugs is helping to give “bear hugs” to children in stressful or emergency situations by being designated locations for teddy bear donations for the annual Warm 106.9 FM Teddy Bear Patrol campaign, March 1-31.
Washington’s unemployment rate dipped from 9.3 percent in December to 9.1 percent in January, backed by the strongest month of job growth in more than three years.
It is a trade, an art that Rick Craft knows very well and has perfected with time.
Haggen, Inc., owner of 30 Haggen Food & Pharmacy and Top Food & Drug stores in Washington and Oregon, recently announced an investment partnership with The Comvest Group, a private investment firm out of Florida. Haggen, Inc. will continue to be independent and retain headquarters in Bellingham.
Gov. Chris Gregoire signed two bills on Friday to extend federally funded unemployment benefits and permanently reduce state taxes on those benefits. The bill signing ended weeks of contentious debate in the Washington State Legislature over unemployment insurance.
Helly Hansen, a sportswear manufacturer and retailer, recently signed a leaseback deal for 74,156 square feet at Building C of the Emerald Corporate Park in Auburn. The company started its move into the space at 4104 C St. NE last month.
Jacksons Food Stores will present a $28,330 check to the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence this month. The donation comes from the stores’ successful “Give the Gift of Peace” campaign during the holiday season.
Dairy Queen of Pacific is raising much-needed dollars for kids and families who desperately need the services the “Y” provides but who cannot afford the full cost.
The Auburn business community officially welcomed Mike Beardsley and Jennifer Biggs of Allstate Insurance Company, which recently found a new home at 224 E. Main St.
The Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce is again working with the Auburn School District to host the 12th annual Career Conference on Tuesday, March 29, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Grace Community Church, 1320 Auburn Way S.
The MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital community officially will unveil its new Patient Care Tower at a Feb. 13 open house on the Puyallup medical campus, 401 15th Ave. SE.
Highline Community College has been awarded $40,000 to offer a new short-term online training program and expand other online business course offerings that teach individuals how to successfully start and run their own businesses.
Puget Sound Energy is offering public schools and other educational institutions an opportunity to bring renewable energy into the classroom – or perhaps, onto the classroom.
Your daughter has just graduated. She’s heads out with friends after the ceremony to celebrate this rite of passage.
There may not be another surfboard like it anywhere but Auburn.
Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is asking the Legislature for rate reforms that would make health insurance rates public, renew his authority over individual health insurance rates and give him – for the first time – the authority to limit rate increases of non-profit health carriers if they have hundreds of millions of dollars of surplus.
If you need help with your taxes, free help is available in Auburn for those making less than $50,000 per year and those over 50 years of age.
Washington added an estimated 2,100 jobs in December, while the estimated unemployment rate increased slightly from 9.2 percent to 9.3 percent.
Avid cyclists and businessmen, Bob Smith and Ric Hutchens offer sales, service and friendly advice for their growing clientele.
What began with a few volunteers and one drop-off point in Seattle more than 10 years ago has grown to something substantially bigger for one “green” for-profit company.