June 20, 2015, 12:00am Business
Proponents of building the nation's largest rail-to-marine oil transfer terminal at the Port of Vancouver will be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit that accuses the port of unlawfully cloaking parts of the lease. Read story
June 18, 2015, 12:00am Business
Consultants to the Port of Vancouver on Thursday rolled out numerous different design concepts for rejuvenating the port's 13-acre Terminal 1 waterfront property. The concepts ranged from putting green roofs on terraced buildings and installing a traffic-calming corridor to creating a specialized retail market and merging blocks to generate a… Read story
June 17, 2015, 12:00am Business
A Clark County Superior Court judge has ruled against a petition to recall from office Port of Vancouver Commissioner Brian Wolfe, saying the charges leveled against Wolfe weren't enough to allow the petition to move forward. Read story
June 16, 2015, 12:00am Business
Three environmental groups are asking Clark County Superior Court Judge David Gregerson to reconsider an earlier ruling and to wipe out the Port of Vancouver's lease for an oil terminal in light of "evidence of much more extensive" violations of Washington's open public meetings law. In their newly revised lawsuit… Read story
June 14, 2015, 12:00am Business
This week presents as grand a stage as any to burnish the state of Washington's global standing as an aerospace hub: the 51st International Paris Air Show. And Clark County, home to 84 companies tied to the aerospace and defense industries, isn't about to miss out on it. Read story
June 12, 2015, 12:00am Business
A Clark County Superior Court judge heard arguments Friday over whether to allow to move forward a petition to recall from office Port of Vancouver Commissioner Brian Wolfe. Read story
June 10, 2015, 12:00am Business
After months of public criticism over approving a lease for an oil terminal, the Port of Vancouver's leaders on Tuesday showed a new sensitivity to barbs directed at the port by its critics. Read story
June 9, 2015, 12:00am Business
Six of seven candidates for Port of Vancouver commissioner weighed in on Monday on everything from a proposed oil transfer terminal and the contract that underpins it to public transparency and accountability in the port's approach to making decisions. Read story
June 7, 2015, 12:00am Business
When we think about economic mobility — our capacity to improve our economic status by pumping up our paychecks — a college education, job training and hard work are among the winning ingredients that likely come to mind. Read story
June 2, 2015, 12:00am Business
A local environmental group and one of its members have sued the Port of Vancouver, alleging it's violating the state's public records law by redacting parts of a lease it signed with two companies for what would be the nation's largest rail-to-marine oil transfer terminal. Read story