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| County businesses confident about growth, survey says | A new economic study finds that most businesses surveyed in Snohomish County expect economic stability or growth this coming year and a majority expect revenues to increase year over year. |
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| The Ghosts of Caucuses Past | It was the summer of 1975. The Vietnam War had just ended. The Bee Gees comeback hit 鈥淛ive Talkin鈥 鈥 was climbing the charts. And Steffen Schmidt was kicking back with friends, barbecuing and drinking beer at a neighbor鈥檚 farm in Iowa, when the group noticed a small band of cyclists turning off鈥 |
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| Inaugural winners of Diversity and Social Justice Grants announced | |||
| Cross-border traffic into Whatcom the slowest in five years | With the Canadian dollar remaining weak throughout 2015, last year was the slowest in terms of local southbound border traffic in five years. Last year just under 13.4 million people entered Whatcom County through the five border crossings, 2.5 million people fewer than in 2014, according鈥 |
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| Top 5 things made in Whatcom County, and why that鈥檚 changing | When it comes to making products, Whatcom County is reaching a crossroads: Traditional industries still dominate, but global market conditions are forcing change, creating opportunities for new ones to emerge. Whatcom County鈥檚 gross domestic product is around the middle of the pack鈥 |
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| A new look at racial and ethnic disparities in mental health care | There hasn't been a comprehensive look at whether disparities in mental health services have improved since 2001, when a U.S. surgeon general's report warned that racial and ethnic minority populations were underserved. Now a 2015 APA book called "Foundations of Multicultural鈥 |
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| THE WORST DISASTER IN U.S. HISTORY IS COMING TO OREGON AND WASHINGTON | ose your eyes and imagine this for a moment. You went to sleep last night like any other night. You woke up this morning to find the worst natural disaster in U.S. history within driving distance of your back yard. Death and destruction can be found everywhere on the west side of鈥 |
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| Workshop to explore grant collaboration at 草榴社区 | |||
| Canadian analyst predicts all-time low for the loonie | The value of the Canadian dollar may drop to an all-time low by the end of the year. The loonie slipped to 69.9 cents on the U.S. dollar on January 11, the first time it鈥檚 dipped below 70 cents since 2003, and Canada鈥檚 top-ranking forecaster says the decline hasn鈥檛 stopped. 顿补惫颈诲鈥 |
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| RSP holding winter workshops to aid in grant writing |