PeopleWashington & Alyeska Vocational Services has appointed Mountlake Terrace resident Bill Munson executive director. He replace Lynn Van Vactor, who recently relocated after an eight year tenure. WVS operates Auntie Anne Pretzel franchises, including Auntie Anne Pretzels at Seattle Premium Outlets in Tulalip.

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Snohomish County people and businesses in the news

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The Edmonds Chamber of Commerce has appointed four new members to the board of directors. They are Bill Wood, Theresa Catt, David Jones and Jeff Ritter. The additions come with the significant growth in chamber membership over the past year, by 100 to 450 members.

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This week, Home Care Association of Washington will honors three people and an organization in Snohomish County. Jenelle Coale will receive...

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A new sign is up at Everett Mall, and it's actually visible from I-5. The old sign was smaller and obscured by trees. Those trees have been felled, and Clarity Signs of Kenmore is installing the new one.

The mall, two-thirds of which is owned by Steadfast Companies of Irvine, Calif., had fallen on fiscally challenging times, with Steadfast in default on a $98 million loan. But last...

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The state Utilities and Transportation Commission today announced that landline telephone providers will no longer be required to provide customers with printed "white pages" directories — those fat books with tiny print that listed, alphabetically, private and business customer phone numbers.

The reason, of course, is...

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Seattle Business magazine has a feature story in the current issue about Snohomish County's economy, focusing on familiar engines like aerospace, Paine Field, Naval Station Everett, Bothell's biotech corridor and, optimistically, a recovering real-estate market. Though nothing new is revealed, it's a good overview from 39,000 feet.

Perhaps the freshest...

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The board of directors of Zumiez has approved a share-repurchase program of up to $20 million, the company said in a regulatory filing Tuesday.The Lynnwood-based retailer of sports apparel and gear said the program will end Feb. 1, 2014, unless the board decides to curtail the stock repurchase earlier.

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