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Shoppers walk in and out of Macy’s at Alderwood Mall were Black Friday deals are being advertised on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022 in Lynnwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Go ahead, hit snooze: Most Black Friday deals are online

Braving the stores on Black Friday is still a thing, but more retailers are closed on Thanksgiving.

Shoppers walk in and out of Macy’s at Alderwood Mall were Black Friday deals are being advertised on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022 in Lynnwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Kevin Flynn, right, a meat-cutter with the Marysville Albertsons, hands a leaflet to a shopper during an informational campaign on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Flynn was one of about a dozen grocery store workers handing out leaflets to shoppers about the proposed merger between Albertsons and Kroger. (Mike Henneke / The Herald)

Proposed merger of Albertsons and Kroger worries employees

Workers at an Albertsons in Marysville urge shoppers to sign a petition blocking the $25 billion deal.

Kevin Flynn, right, a meat-cutter with the Marysville Albertsons, hands a leaflet to a shopper during an informational campaign on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Flynn was one of about a dozen grocery store workers handing out leaflets to shoppers about the proposed merger between Albertsons and Kroger. (Mike Henneke / The Herald)
Group14 Technologies factory floor in Woodinville, Washington on March 1, 2022.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Snohomish County-based battery maker awarded $100M federal grant

Money from US Department of Energy will help Group14 Technologies construct a new manufacturing plant in Moses Lake.

Group14 Technologies factory floor in Woodinville, Washington on March 1, 2022.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Jollee Nichols, right, and daughter Ruby, 2, work on an art project together at the Imagine Children’s Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

With new addition, Imagine Children’s Museum doubles in size

More than just space, the Everett museum’s new $25 million wing is an investment in mental health.

Jollee Nichols, right, and daughter Ruby, 2, work on an art project together at the Imagine Children’s Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Dan Murphy, left, Mary Fosse and Rex Habner. (BadgleyPhotography.com / Snohomish & Island County Labor Council)

Everett City Council member honored by local labor council

Mary Fosse, candidate for District 38, receives the first annual Mike Sells Labor Champion award.

Dan Murphy, left, Mary Fosse and Rex Habner. (BadgleyPhotography.com / Snohomish & Island County Labor Council)
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Business Briefs: State minimum wage rises in January

Also, Boeing workers’ donations support local nonprofits and fundraiser for businesses impacted by Bolt Creek wildfire.

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Artistic rendering of 526 Speedway exterior. (Mosaic Avenue Realty Ltd.)

Mosaic Homes looks to add industrial condo space in Mukilteo

Mosaic Homes steps into commercial real estate development with 526 Speedway, an industrial condo project.

Artistic rendering of 526 Speedway exterior. (Mosaic Avenue Realty Ltd.)
Two couples walk along Hewitt Avenue around lunchtime on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 in Lynnwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

‘Hungry to shop local,’ but obstacles abound in downtown Everett

Can downtown Everett get its groove back from a decades-old funk? A new generation of business owners is optimistic.

Two couples walk along Hewitt Avenue around lunchtime on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 in Lynnwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm briefly addresses the media after touring the Integrated Effects Test on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, at a TerraPower facility in Everett, Washington. IET is part of TerraPower’s advancement of its molten chloride fast reactor technology, a possible alternate energy source of the future. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

US Energy officials visit Everett nuclear research lab

On a tour of TerraPower, U.S. Secretary of Energy says the quest for advanced nuclear reactors has stoked a global race.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm briefly addresses the media after touring the Integrated Effects Test on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, at a TerraPower facility in Everett, Washington. IET is part of TerraPower’s advancement of its molten chloride fast reactor technology, a possible alternate energy source of the future. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
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Business Briefs: SnoCo appoints new economic development director

Also, North Puget Sound Small Business Summit returns as an in-person event, and more.

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Frank McCahill, owner and instructor, of Everett 911 Driving School in Everett, Washington on September 29, 2022.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Drivers school has taught thousands rules of the road

Owner of Everett’s 911 Driving School says self-driving cars won’t make a dent for at least 20 years.

Frank McCahill, owner and instructor, of Everett 911 Driving School in Everett, Washington on September 29, 2022.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Travis Lovestedt, the new owner of Broadway Hobbies, inside his shop on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

In business since the ’70s, Everett hobby shop gets new owner

Broadway Hobbies’ new owner bought the store “out of the blue” and discovered “it’s tons of fun.”

Travis Lovestedt, the new owner of Broadway Hobbies, inside his shop on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Eviation's all-electric plane in flight Tuesday morning in Moses Lake, Washington, on Sept. 27, 2022. (Eviation)

Arlington’s all-electric plane, Alice, takes first test flight

Eviation Aircraft’s battery-powered plane logs successful first flight from Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake.

Eviation's all-electric plane in flight Tuesday morning in Moses Lake, Washington, on Sept. 27, 2022. (Eviation)
MyMyToyStore.com owner Tom Harrison at his brick and mortar storefront on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Near-death experience planted seeds for downtown Everett toy store

Former attorney Tom Harrison survived 9/11. It caused him to ask what’s important in life. Today, he runs MyMyToyStore.

MyMyToyStore.com owner Tom Harrison at his brick and mortar storefront on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Snoop Dogg in a video announces the opening of 'Tha Dogg House' in January 2023. (Screenshot).

Dogg toyz: Funko, rapper Snoop Dogg greenlight new retail venture

“Tha Dogg House” opening next year in Inglewood, California, will be Funko’s third U.S. retail store.

Snoop Dogg in a video announces the opening of 'Tha Dogg House' in January 2023. (Screenshot).
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Mountlake Terrace medical transport service will close

Falck Northwest, which provides non-emergency patient transport, will lay off 123 workers around Puget Sound.

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Arlington’s Eviation makes Gregory Davis its permanent CEO

The interim CEO will continue as president for the electric aircraft maker; Eviation just inked a deal for 50 new planes.

Gregory Davis
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Snohomish County remote work study echoes national sentiment

Roughly 50% of workers won’t take a job that requires them to be in the office full-time, a survey found.

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Jim and Karen Staniford have owned the Vintage Cafe on Hewitt Avenue for 40 years.  They have changed the name of the cafe, and the menu over the years, but it has stayed in the same place. (Dan Bates/The Herald)

Karen Staniford, founder of storied Vintage Cafe, dies at 79

The cafe’s former owner was “feisty and independent, a force to be reckoned with when she put her mind to something.”

Jim and Karen Staniford have owned the Vintage Cafe on Hewitt Avenue for 40 years.  They have changed the name of the cafe, and the menu over the years, but it has stayed in the same place. (Dan Bates/The Herald)
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Business briefs: Leadership Snohomish County names new executive director

Plus a new short-term, career programs at Edmonds College, state grants for small businesses and more.

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