March 24, 2015, 12:00am Business
Clark County's employment growth "remained very strong" in the 12 months ending in February, the region's labor economist reported Tuesday, adding 6,900 jobs and posting an annualized growth rate of 4.9 percent. Read story
March 22, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News
I'm stuck. Stuck between two schools of thought about the inexorable shift toward higher levels of technology, toward the further distillation of automatic, mobile, social, virtual -- everywhere, at all times. Read story
March 17, 2015, 12:00am Business
Papa Murphy's Holdings Inc., the Vancouver-based parent of Papa Murphy's take-and-bake pizza chain, said Tuesday it posted a fourth-quarter profit of $2.8 million. That compares with a net loss of $2.9 million in the same October-to-December period a year earlier. Read story
March 13, 2015, 12:00am Business
Christensen Shipyards, the financially troubled builder of yachts in Vancouver, now faces a total of five lawsuits, including one leveled by Henry Luken, the deep-pocketed Tennessee businessman who owns 50 percent of the company. Read story
March 11, 2015, 12:00am Business
Clark County's economy "continues to be very strong," the region's labor economist reported Tuesday, adding 6,200 jobs in the 12 months ending in January and posting an annualized growth rate of 4.4 percent. Read story
March 11, 2015, 12:00am Business
What began as an expected step by the Port of Vancouver toward helping rejuvenate Vancouver's waterfront swerved Tuesday into a skirmish between port commissioners and project developer Barry Cain over Cain's opposition to building a rail-to-marine oil transfer terminal at the port. Read story
March 9, 2015, 12:00am Business
Tetra Pak, the Vancouver-based arm of a global builder of packaging for various foods and beverages, is seeking to expand its local plant to make room for new manufacturing equipment. Read story
March 3, 2015, 12:00am Business
The Port of Camas-Washougal is poised to launch several major construction projects, including a park and trail, and a building that will enable an existing tenant to expand. Read story
March 1, 2015, 12:00am Business
A new statewide light bulb recycling program is enlisting everyone from consumers and retailers to manufacturers to join the cause of keeping mercury from used light bulbs out of the food chain. Read story
February 28, 2015, 12:00am Business
The number of parties opposed to or concerned about a plan to build the nation's largest rail-to-marine oil transfer terminal in Vancouver piled up Friday, as initial preparations for the project's judicial trial took further shape. Read story