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March 30, 2023

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Pipes sit on a trailer waiting to be unloaded and installed as part of the Willamette Water Supply Program, which will add a new water filtration plant and more than 30 miles of pipeline to accommodate future population growth in Washington County, Ore.

Reports positive for Northwest Pipe Company, Barrett Business Services

Pipes sit on a trailer waiting to be unloaded and installed as part of the Willamette Water Supply Program, which will add a new water filtration plant and more than 30 miles of pipeline to accommodate future population growth in Washington County, Ore.

March 15, 2023, 5:29pm Business

Northwest Pipe Company’s net sales increased 37.7 percent year over year, the Vancouver company reported Wednesday. Read story

Plywood covers three windows and a pair of front doors that were smashed early Saturday at Heathen Brewing Feral Public House in downtown Vancouver. The Vancouver Police Department is investigating the vandalism.

No motive found so far in vandalism at Heathen Brewing Feral Public House in Vancouver

Plywood covers three windows and a pair of front doors that were smashed early Saturday at Heathen Brewing Feral Public House in downtown Vancouver. The Vancouver Police Department is investigating the vandalism.

March 13, 2023, 6:01pm Business

The Vancouver Police Department is investigating after three windows and a pair of front doors were smashed early Saturday at Heathen Brewing Feral Public House in downtown Vancouver. Read story

Slumberkins co-founders and CEOs Kelly Oriard, left, and Callie Christensen pause for a portrait at their downtown Vancouver office in December 2020.

Vancouver’s Slumberkins finds itself enmeshed in Silicon Valley Bank failure

Slumberkins co-founders and CEOs Kelly Oriard, left, and Callie Christensen pause for a portrait at their downtown Vancouver office in December 2020.

March 13, 2023, 1:11pm Business

Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen were midflight when they caught word that their business world was in disarray. Their company’s money was held in Silicon Valley Bank — the bank that had just collapsed. Read story

Alcohol sales have jumps in Clark County in the past few years.

Alcohol sales in Clark County well up since 2017

Alcohol sales have jumps in Clark County in the past few years.

March 12, 2023, 6:04am Business

Clark County increasingly likes a cold one now and then, or so it appears from the region’s wine, beer and alcohol sales numbers. Read story

Greater Vancouver Chamber honors 3 businesswomen with Iris Award

March 11, 2023, 6:05am Business

Two local bankers and a C-Tran executive were honored by the Greater Vancouver Chamber on Thursday. The women were given the chamber’s Iris Award, which is given to women who have made a significant contribution to the community. Read story

Programs like ChatGPT quickly process large amounts of data and are getting better at matching writing styles.

Vancouver businesses, schools embrace artificial intelligence technology

Programs like ChatGPT quickly process large amounts of data and are getting better at matching writing styles.

March 8, 2023, 6:05am Business

Some Vancouver businesses, schools using artificial intelligence technology but caution against too much reliance Read story

Construction is underway on Broadstone Apartments Block 19 near the Claro Building, background center, and The Columbia on the Waterfront Vancouver on Tuesday.

Clark County gains 1,600 jobs in January

Construction is underway on Broadstone Apartments Block 19 near the Claro Building, background center, and The Columbia on the Waterfront Vancouver on Tuesday.

March 8, 2023, 6:05am Business

Clark County’s normally big new-year drop in jobs was less severe than usual, according to the Washington Employment Security Department. Read story

Port of Vancouver official Don Orange announces he’ll seek reelection

March 7, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News

Port of Vancouver Commissioner Don Orange announced that he is running for reelection this year. Read story

The development team that owns the Vancouver Innovation Center plan to propose a new master plan, Masterplan 2.0, to incorporate more high-density housing and open space.

Vancouver Innovation Center a community by design

The development team that owns the Vancouver Innovation Center plan to propose a new master plan, Masterplan 2.0, to incorporate more high-density housing and open space.

March 6, 2023, 6:05am Business

The developers at the Vancouver Innovation Center have big dreams for the parcel of land that was once home to Hewlett-Packard’s Vancouver campus. Read story

Barbara Rhoden, left, and Adrienne Strehlow share an embrace at a Vancouver Heights tree dedication in honor of Rhoden's deceased husband, Vaughn, and all those in the county who have lost their lives to the coronavirus.

Vancouver neighborhood dedicates sequoia to those lost to COVID

Barbara Rhoden, left, and Adrienne Strehlow share an embrace at a Vancouver Heights tree dedication in honor of Rhoden's deceased husband, Vaughn, and all those in the county who have lost their lives to the coronavirus.

March 4, 2023, 8:00pm Clark County News

During a moment of silence at a small triangular park in Vancouver’s Heights neighborhood, friends and neighbors stood around an infant sequoia tree thinking back on the life of Vaughn Rhoden and others who’ve died during the pandemic. Read story