Global company acquires local facility
After market highs in April 2022 and lows in January 2023, local real estate agents are saying the market is stabilizing.
ANACORTES — The Port of Anacortes received $2.3 million from the 2023 state budget for three capital improvement projects that are part of the…
MOUNT VERNON — The grand opening and ribbon cutting for Made and Found Market was held Saturday.
American Tugs and Trawlers changes hands
The Economic Development Council of Island County teamed up with the Economic Development Alliance of Skagit County in January to use a $1.1 m…
ANACORTES — A group of Mount Vernon High School students toured the Dakota Creek Industries shipyard on Friday.
The Port of Skagit has received an $8 million grant from the state Broadband Office to build broadband infrastructure near Bow.
Program graduates to be celebratedSmall businesses that participated in a RAINcap Bootcamp or Destination Creation Course will be celebrated a…
After some banks failed earlier this year, a shockwave of fear and anxiety rippled throughout the country, but local experts say the banking s…
From many middle-class and lower-income households living ‘paycheck to paycheck’ to financial pressures on community and regional banks and th…
MOUNT VERNON — The Skagit Public Utility District is on track to start construction on its new 23,000-square-foot headquarters in August.
MOUNT VERNON — Students attending Skagit Valley College’s botany course have many different career paths they may follow. Some may become scie…
ANACORTES — Fifty-six vendors selling everything from gourmet mushrooms to fresh coffee to felted hats gathered Saturday for the opening of th…
ANACORTES — A gassy smell filled the air throughout Anacortes Monday morning, causing concerns of natural gas leaks throughout town, especiall…
MOUNT VERNON — The Northwest Agriculture Business Center will hold three financial literacy workshops.
The extended tulip season is coming to an end.
Business notes from Skagit County
MOUNT VERNON — The rain held off Sunday as about 300 farmworkers and their allies gathered at Edgewater Park for the annual Farmworker March.
BURLINGTON — After sampling 500 tacos throughout Western Washington, The Seattle Times food writer Tan Vinh lists Burlington’s Taco Tecalitlan…
Business notes from Skagit County
BURLINGTON — Burlington Investment Properties LLC, owner of The Shops at Burlington outlet mall, has bought Cascade Mall.
Though the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival typically means an increase in business for those near the tulip fields, it has a minimal effect on ot…
BURLINGTON — After 22 years with the Port of Skagit, Real Estate and Business Development Director Scott Peterson is retiring.
The Greater Seattle Business Association came to Skagit County on Tuesday to hold an LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion training, roundtable and netwo…
The state has a goal to deliver reliable and affordable high-speed internet to what it calls community anchor institutions by 2028.
BURLINGTON — Dyberg Aviation recently added charter flights to the services it offers at Skagit Regional Airport.
The Port of Skagit Board of Commissioners approved a fee schedule Tuesday for pilots who require inspections by Customs and Border Protection …