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The Portal Container Village is already opening a few year-round businesses in the village this coming May.
Whatcom County saw a historically low unemployment rate of 3.1% last summer.
Barnett worked in Everett as a quality control engineer and manager for 23 years for Boeing.
One audit of Spirit AeroSystems cited the use of liquid Dawn dish soap to lubricate a door seal during a fit-up process.
ABC Recycling has contributed to high metal contamination levels for at least the last 15 months.
The battery project expects to power three nearby homes during an outage, significantly improving local power reliability.
Boeing and Spirit have both come under fire for manufacturing problems after the Alaska Airlines door-panel incident in January.
The Port sent a notice on Feb. 22 stating that the company had 30 days to comply with their lease agreements.
The merger, originally proposed in 2022, has hit a roadblock with the Federal Trades Commission.
Police logs say the crash occurred around midnight. MBN will update as more information is released.