November 7, 2016, 6:00am Business
When Marty Brusco was a machinist at Tektronix, she felt she should have something to fall back on when and if the time ever came when she might be laid off. Mohler Barber College was near her home, and she thought barbering sounded like fun. So fast forward 30 years,… Read story
November 5, 2016, 6:05am Churches & Religion
The mention of a multimedia worship service these days might evoke images of a young preacher in jeans and Chuck Taylors, a backup rock band, high definition video and special effects lighting. But on a recent fall Sunday morning at Vancouver First Presbyterian Church, a very different scenario took place. Read story
October 24, 2016, 6:00am Business
Name: Asadour “Ozz” Demirjian. Read story
October 10, 2016, 6:01am Business
As a young man, Milton Copeland worked in food service and the entertainment industry for a number of years, struggling to find his way while supporting a wife and child. A chance meeting with a sales manager from Dick Hannah Honda led to a career where he now finds himself… Read story
September 26, 2016, 6:30am Business
Catherine Misener talks about baking all day, dreams about it at night, thinks about it 24/7— she blames it on the Brownies. No, not the luscious chocolatey kind, but the Girl Scout kind. Earning her Brownie badge in cooking led to her becoming the family cook and to her lifelong… Read story
September 12, 2016, 6:07am Business
The next time you pick up a bunch of carrots or a bag of apples at the store, think about how it got there. There are many unseen individuals working transactions behind the scenes to link up farmers and vendors with trucking services and shippers who then bring the products… Read story
September 6, 2016, 5:35am Community
Tillie Berndt came from Beaver County, Okla., to the Portland metro area with her young family -- including five children -- during World War II and like so many of her generation, found herself working as a welder at the Portland shipyards. She later worked for what is now Foster… Read story
August 29, 2016, 6:03am Business
The mornings of Deb Spofford’s workdays are marked by intention and inspiration. After a morning gym workout, she exercises her creative self with what she calls her “Good Morning Project,” an hour-long artistic warm-up unrelated to any project she might have underway at Made on 23rd, her Felida studio. When… Read story
August 24, 2016, 6:00am Community
Lifelong Southwest Washington resident Margaret Chittester of Vancouver is celebrating her 100th birthday today. Read story
August 15, 2016, 6:03am Business
When Laura Standridge, principal and owner of a planning and civil engineering firm, is out and about in her travels, she can’t help herself — she’s pretty much always in engineer mode. “I look at the big picture: How places are laid out; how people and buildings and green spaces… Read story
