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Working in Clark County

Randy Anis stands atop the tower crane he operates at The Waterfront Vancouver just after 6 a.m. Sept. 11. He has been working on the Block 8 project since October of last year. Scheduled to be completed in April 2019, the development along Columbia Way will include retail space and 188 multifamily apartment units.

Working in Clark County: Randy Anis, crane operator at Waterfront Vancouver’s Block 8

Randy Anis stands atop the tower crane he operates at The Waterfront Vancouver just after 6 a.m. Sept. 11. He has been working on the Block 8 project since October of last year. Scheduled to be completed in April 2019, the development along Columbia Way will include retail space and 188 multifamily apartment units.

September 24, 2018, 6:02am Business

Just before 6 a.m. on a recent weekday, the construction site at The Waterfront Vancouver’s Block 8 was quiet. Read story

Ficstitches Yarns kit club founders Carissa Jane Reid, left, and Laurinda Reddig stand outside the Camas Public Library.

Working in Clark County: Laurinda Reddig and Carissa Reid, Ficstitches Yarns

Ficstitches Yarns kit club founders Carissa Jane Reid, left, and Laurinda Reddig stand outside the Camas Public Library.

September 10, 2018, 6:03am Business

Ten years ago, in August 2008, Laurinda Reddig was sitting in a wheelchair in Legacy Emanuel Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit. Read story

Dan Dilley, a chimney sweeper and owner of “A” Your Town Chimney, checks a chimney atop a customer’s home Tuesday in Camas. He has been sweeping chimneys for more than 30 years and has owned his Washougal business since 1996.

Working in Clark County: Dan Dilley, ‘A’ Your Town Chimney

Dan Dilley, a chimney sweeper and owner of “A” Your Town Chimney, checks a chimney atop a customer’s home Tuesday in Camas. He has been sweeping chimneys for more than 30 years and has owned his Washougal business since 1996.

September 3, 2018, 6:00am Business

Clark County has a lot of dirty chimneys. Read story

Karin and Randy Finch stand among their 68 alpacas at White Oak Alpacas. The couple started the farm 18 years ago and now own 27 alpacas and board 41 more at their property near Woodland.

Working in Clark County: Karin and Randy Finch, White Oak Alpacas

Karin and Randy Finch stand among their 68 alpacas at White Oak Alpacas. The couple started the farm 18 years ago and now own 27 alpacas and board 41 more at their property near Woodland.

August 27, 2018, 6:00am Business

Tired of Southern California and its city living, Karin and Randy Finch left for greener pastures — literally. Read story

Mike McCoy, owner of Snake Brand Products, demonstrates fly-casting techniques on the lawn outside his workshop. McCoy makes a patented line guide for fly rods that enables fishers to cast farther and more accurately.

Working in Clark County: Mike McCoy, owner of Snake Brand

Mike McCoy, owner of Snake Brand Products, demonstrates fly-casting techniques on the lawn outside his workshop. McCoy makes a patented line guide for fly rods that enables fishers to cast farther and more accurately.

August 20, 2018, 6:02am Business

Fly-fishing, for many, is a passion and an obsession. Read story

Trader Joe’s artist Crystal Humble Lary of Vancouver works on a mural of the Fort Vancouver apple orchard at a workspace near the Vancouver Trader Joe’s. Humble Lary paints murals for the store that focus on community landmarks and spaces around the Vancouver area.

Working in Clark County: Crystal Humble Lary, artist at Trader Joe’s

Trader Joe’s artist Crystal Humble Lary of Vancouver works on a mural of the Fort Vancouver apple orchard at a workspace near the Vancouver Trader Joe’s. Humble Lary paints murals for the store that focus on community landmarks and spaces around the Vancouver area.

August 13, 2018, 6:02am Business

One of Crystal Humble Lary’s earliest memories is drawing her childhood crush, Spock from “Star Trek,” when she was a child in the 1980s in Rhode Island. She’d pause the recording on a VHS tape and draw on the back of old radar printouts that her dad would bring home… Read story

Dana Lukens, Emerald Kalama Chemical director of Global Logistics, works out of the company’s headquarters in Vancouver.

Working in Clark County: Dana Lukens, director of Global Logistics at Emerald Kalama Chemical

Dana Lukens, Emerald Kalama Chemical director of Global Logistics, works out of the company’s headquarters in Vancouver.

August 6, 2018, 6:05am Business

Have you ever looked at the back of a bottle of soda and wondered what on earth the long, hard-to-spell-or-pronounce words listed in the ingredients were? Read story

Compliance specialist and Paralympic gold medalist Aaron Paulson is pictured at his office at the Bonneville Power Administration’s Ross Complex in Vancouver on Thursday. Paulson recently won the BPA’s Administrator´s Award for Achievement in Equal Opportunity Employment or Diversity for his efforts in rekindling a disability awareness group. He contracted polio, which damaged nerves in his legs, when he was a 6-month-old baby in Bombay, India.

Working in Clark County: Aaron Paulson, compliance specialist with BPA

Compliance specialist and Paralympic gold medalist Aaron Paulson is pictured at his office at the Bonneville Power Administration’s Ross Complex in Vancouver on Thursday. Paulson recently won the BPA’s Administrator´s Award for Achievement in Equal Opportunity Employment or Diversity for his efforts in rekindling a disability awareness group. He contracted polio, which damaged nerves in his legs, when he was a 6-month-old baby in Bombay, India.

July 30, 2018, 6:05am Business

Aaron Paulson isn’t just a guy crunching numbers behind tall cubical walls. Read story

Doula Sherilee Valenta works with clients Greg Pratt and his wife, Lindsey Pratt, in their east Minnehaha home as they prepare for the late August birth of their baby.

Working in Clark County: Doula Sherilee Valenta, doula and owner of Baby Nest Birth Services

Doula Sherilee Valenta works with clients Greg Pratt and his wife, Lindsey Pratt, in their east Minnehaha home as they prepare for the late August birth of their baby.

July 23, 2018, 6:00am Business

As the open screen door let in warm summer air, birth doula Sherilee Valenta told a very-pregnant Lindsey Pratt as they stood in the kitchen over the counter: “Stick out your booty.” Read story

Hunter Decker, a forester with Clark County Public Works, poses for a press photo at Camp Bonneville. He spends some days out at Camp Bonneville and others working with the public and permitting issues.

Working in Clark County: Hunter Decker, forester, Clark County Public Works

Hunter Decker, a forester with Clark County Public Works, poses for a press photo at Camp Bonneville. He spends some days out at Camp Bonneville and others working with the public and permitting issues.

July 16, 2018, 6:03am Business

Amid the trees that cover more than half of the 6 square miles that make up Camp Bonneville, one might find Hunter Decker carefully tying a pink ribbon to the trunk of a Douglas fir. Read story