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It may be happening at a slower pace than many would hope, but the economic data suggests a recovery is taking place in Whatcom County.

For the past two weeks, a steady stream of economic reports about Whatcom County's second and third quarters of 2011 have poured in and, so far,…

When Major League Baseball's season began, so did Darren O'Donnell's.

O'Donnell was two years out of Western Washington University, where he majored in economics and accounting. He worked at a Bellingham food co-op, where he had been promoted to…

Nathan Mayer Rothschild wasn't the first financier to profit from cross-border banking.

The British government turned to him to supply gold to its army and allies on the Continent fighting Napoleon, essentially asking him to violate Britain's own gold…

Joel Stedman ... (a) 2003 alumnus of Liberty High School bought a sports bar in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood in December. The Magnolia Village pub, a cozy joint specializing in microbrews and burgers, sits in the heart of Magnolia Village, which Stedman said reminds him of Issaquah’s Gilman…

A Ferndale man has announced his bid for mayor, making him the third candidate running for the position.

Norbert Rojsza, 24, will run against incumbent Mayor Gary Jensen and City Councilman Brent Goodrich.

With spring nearly here, it's an important time to see what tone will be set for the local real estate market in 2011.

March has traditionally been the time Whatcom County sees the first uptick in home sale activity, generally peaking in the summer months before school starts. Of…

The rhetorical volleys exchanged in the battles over collective bargaining in such states as Ohio and Wisconsin have aimed straight for the gut. When governors and legislators have proposed bills to strip the collective bargaining rights of public employees -- a group that in those and other…

While still sluggish overall, the Whatcom County real estate market has some interesting changes taking place.
Whatcom County real estate agents sold 109 homes and condominiums in February, about equal to the 110 in January, according to data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.…