research
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| Northern Exposure: Loonie’s Fall Is Freezing Up Business at Border | When Edaleen Dairy opened the first of three new outlets in Washington state, the Canadian dollar was worth about the same as the U.S. dollar and shoppers were flowing across the border from British Columbia. |
2016-03-02 | |
| Preparing for the next big earthquake | The next time the Cascadia fault along the West Coast unleashes a magnitude-9 earthquake, the dams in east Skagit County could fail, dozens of bridges and overpasses could collapse on major roadways, and utilities could shut down. The region's earthquake risks have been known for… |
2016-02-29 | |
| Fullerton aims to identify purpose of underwater microbes | 2016-02-26 | ||
| Folk presents in Kentucky, participates in survey of religious congregations | 2016-02-26 | ||
| New high-tech buoy key to monitoring health of Bellingham Bay | A new buoy about two miles out in Bellingham Bay is collecting streams of data around the clock that scientists and students will use to monitor the health of north Puget Sound and the Salish Sea. |
2016-02-22 | |
| WWU students need participants for rail study | Students from Western Washington University are conducting a feasibility study for a passenger rail stop in Blaine. The students are asking people in Blaine and across the border to take part in a brief survey to help determine potential ridership for an Amtrak stop in Blaine. |
2016-02-22 | |
| Free-range education: Why the unschooling movement is growing | On a late Monday morning in this rural New Hampshire town, Dayna and Joe Martin’s four children are all home. Devin, age 16, is hammering a piece of steel in the blacksmith forge he and his parents built out of a storage shed in the backyard. Tiffany, 14, is twirling on a hoverboard,… |
2016-02-16 | |
| Swiping for BFFs: Dating-style apps are breaking into the friendship market | If you’re in your 20s or 30s, the idea of swiping right to find your next date sounds pretty unsurprising by now. But what about swiping to find your next best friend? Looking at a photo of another woman with some details about who she is and what she likes, and in an instant deciding… |
2016-02-09 | |
| What’s next for cross-border spending in Whatcom and Canada | It’s Canada’s turn to host the cross-border shopper, but it may not be at the level of spending seen in the U.S. when the loonie was strong. That’s one conclusion from TD Economics, a Canadian firm that released a report about cross-border spending on Monday, Feb. 8. The report indicates… |
2016-02-09 | |
| 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. |
2016-02-02 |