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WWU to host future of business in India seminar

Learn to find a market for your products at a seminar called “India: The Future of the Market for American Firms,” from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, March 6 at the Port of Bellingham’s Harbor Center Conference Room at 1801 Roeder Ave., in Bellingham.

2015-03-02
OSR data snippet: Student grades by course level 2015-02-11
C-Stores Change with the Times

There are few Years more turbulent in the history of the convenience store industry than 1990. Just prior, the total number of c-stores had peaked at 83,000 in the late 1980s. The market was overcrowded and big chains were cutting excessive inventory. The number of locations fell to 71,200 in…

2014-07-16
Governor appoints Carly Roberts as new WWU student trustee 2014-07-02
WWU's Hart Hodges to speak at chamber event

Hart Hodges will be speaking at the next Chamber Speaker Series, put on by the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Hodges, who is the director of Western Washington University's Center for Economic and Business Research, will talk about…

2014-06-27
Hart Hodges to speak at Chamber’s economic forecast event

Hart Hodges of Western Washington University will be the featured speaker at this Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s upcoming economic forecast presentation, part of the 2014 Chamber Speaker Series.

2014-06-10
Building a dream, one hip-hop song at a time

At Bothell High he was known as Kevin Miller. Born and raised in the Bothell and Woodinville area, he graduated from BHS in 2012. Now he’s 19-years-old, with a big dream to fulfill as a hip-hop recording artist with the name Konscious.

When not studying economics at Western Washington…

2013-11-05
Adding cost of pollution reveals true cost-benefit of power sources

Discussions of energy policy often begin with claims such as "All we need to do is 'drill, baby, drill' or 'we can generate all our electricity with wind or solar power.' " Both statements are usually based on a misunderstanding of where we are and how we got here.…

2013-07-17
Home values in Whatcom County continue to appreciate

Overall home values in Whatcom County continue to appreciate, following a trend taking place throughout much of the country, according to a new federal report.

Local home values rose 1.9 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared to a year earlier, according to data from the Federal…

2013-05-24
North Cascades Institute's Saul Weisberg to speak on campus May 10 2013-05-09
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