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Flood warnings issued Rivers in the county are rising; most are expected to crest today
Albertsons won the right to repurchase 33 stores, but whether or not it can legally go through with the deal remains to be determined. By Oliver Lazenby The Bellingham Business Journal
BELLINGHAM — Albertsons outbid competitors for the right to buy 33 grocery stores from bankrupt Haggen in an auction this week in Los Angeles. Among them were stores in Everett and Monroe. But an agreement between Albertsons and the Federal Trade Commission seems to cast doubt on whether the grocery giant will be able to go through with the purchase. The Boise-based grocery chain, now a giant after its $9.2 billion acquisition of Safeway earlier this year, won the right to buy back 12 of 13 Washington stores that were auctioned by Haggen, an upscale grocery and drug chain based in Bellingham. In the wake of its sudden collapse, Haggen has auctioned 55 stores in all in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California and Arizona, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. All of the 33 stores that Albertsons won at auction this week used to be either an Albertsons or a Safeway. Albertsons had sold them only months ago to Haggen to satisfy FTC anti-trust concerns, to clear the way for the Safeway acquisition. See HAGGEN, Page A7
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An abandoned car sits on flooded Mann Road in Sultan on Friday near the Skykomish River.
By Amy Nile
The Stilly had risen above the 14-foot flood level Friday. It is expected to crest at 18.8 feet early Saturday morning and fall below flood level by Saturday evening. The North Fork Stillaguamish River near Arlington also is under a moderate flood warning until Saturday afternoon. Flooding is expected in the Cicero and Swede Heaven areas as well as near Oso Loop Road and Highway 530. Flood waters likely will cause riverbank erosion. The North Fork was expected to rise to a flood level of 13 feet by around 2 p.m. Friday.
Herald Writer
The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued moderate flood warnings for five Snohomish County rivers. The warning for the Stillaguamish River at Arlington is in place until Saturday night. Water is expected to cover roads, including Highway 530, Pioneer Highway, Marine Drive and several locations along Norman Road. Swift waters are expected to flood residential areas near Silvana.
Forecasters believe it will crest near 14.5 feet Friday night and fall below flood stage Saturday morning. Moderate flooding also is expected for the South Fork Stillaguamish River near Granite Falls until Saturday afternoon. Flooding is expected in Granite Falls and downstream to the Blue Spruce area and Jordan Road. By 11:15 a.m. Friday, the water was above the river’s 14-foot flood level, at 15.8 feet. It was expected to crest at 16.5 feet by Friday afternoon and fall below flood stage early Saturday morning.
A moderate flood warning is in effect for the Skykomish River near Gold Bar until Saturday evening. It is expected to cause flooding from near Index downstream through the city of Sultan. Water is likely to cover low lying pastures and roads, including Ben Howard, IndexGalena and Tualco Loop. By 11:30 a.m. Friday the Skykomish River was at 17.2 feet. Flood stage is 15 feet. The water is expected to continue to rise, cresting near 17.4 feet around 10 Friday night. See FLOOD, Page A2
DOT to make running ads on website permanent Herald Writer
OLYMPIA — Four years after the Department of Transportation started selling ads on its website on a trial basis, agency leaders are ready to make the practice permanent.
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They’ve drafted a bill they hope lawmakers will approve in the 2016 session to give permanence to an undertaking projected to gross $80,000 a year. “Our pilot project was created out of a budget proviso,” said Kris Reitmann deputy communications director for WSDOT. “It is
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time for it to move out of a pilot phase.” Washington lawmakers agreed in 2009 to investigate the potential of making money off one of the most-visited state government websites. It averaged 18.5 million views per month in 2015 and is at
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11.5 million page views per month so far this year, according to DOT figures. That average could rise as demand for traveler information increases when it snows. A year later they authorized the pilot project allowing advertisements and sponsorships on certain pages. Lawmakers
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insisted the DOT draw up guidelines on what kinds of vendors would be permitted to advertise and on which webpages the ads could appear. The department sold its initial web ad in 2011 and became the See ADS, Page A2
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