February 6, 2017, 6:02am Business
Billy Snook, owner of Seven Seas Scuba, tells a story about diving in Browning Pass, north of Vancouver Island, when a giant octopus slithered familiarly onto his lap. Snook’s diving apparatus, a closed-circuit rebreather, allows close encounters like this because it emits no disturbing bubbles and allows longer dives. Since… Read story
January 16, 2017, 6:00am Business
John LaBerge is a true Renaissance man. A gym rat in his youth, he worked professionally in social services and played music on Venice Beach, Calif., later in life. Today he is the chief operating officer at Love Potion Magickal Perfumerie, an ethereal corner shop in downtown Vancouver, where he… Read story
January 2, 2017, 6:04am Business
At the end of a successful day, Elizabeth Higley can reflect on the many people she has spoken with, emailed, trained or interviewed, and know that all her team’s hard work is serving to facilitate healthy relationships between children in the mental health service system and adult mentors. Higley said… Read story
December 5, 2016, 6:04am Business
Most office workers would agree that having plants in the office environment makes it a nicer place to be. Read story
November 21, 2016, 6:01am Business
Every day, more than 50 tons of food moves through the Clark County Food Bank. With hundreds of volunteers and a small paid staff, Tim Hensley helps the organization fulfill its mission to alleviate hunger in Clark County. Hensley oversees the storage facility and the work that goes into getting… Read story
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
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
