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An employee works Jan. 9, 2024, at ePac Flexible Packaging at the Vancouver Innovation Center. While Clark County's industrial total vacancy rate has climbed in recent months, the market is still tight.

Thailand-based electronics company to put its first U.S. production facility at Vancouver Innovation Center

An employee works Jan. 9, 2024, at ePac Flexible Packaging at the Vancouver Innovation Center. While Clark County's industrial total vacancy rate has climbed in recent months, the market is still tight.

January 14, 2025, 6:09am Business

Thailand-based SVI Electronics is expanding its global footprint with its first production facility in the United States at the Vancouver Innovation Center. It’s one of the many new companies moving into Clark County’s industrial spaces. Read story

Lt. Col. Lincoln Ward, left, presents an American flag to Paula Knight, in black and white coat, wife of Bob Knight, while joined by her family during a celebration of life at AC Hotel Vancouver Waterfront on Monday morning. Knight was a veteran and former Clark College president.

Former Clark College president, Vancouver Barracks commander Bob Knight remembered in memorial service

Lt. Col. Lincoln Ward, left, presents an American flag to Paula Knight, in black and white coat, wife of Bob Knight, while joined by her family during a celebration of life at AC Hotel Vancouver Waterfront on Monday morning. Knight was a veteran and former Clark College president.

January 13, 2025, 3:09pm Business

Family, friends and community members gathered Monday morning to remember Robert “Bob” Kennedy Knight, former president of Clark College and commander of the U.S. Army’s Vancouver Barracks. Read story

A For Sale real estate sign is seen in front of a new house. Clark County had fewer home listings in 2024 than in any other year since 2012, leading to higher median home prices in 2024.

Clark County home listings in 2023 and 2024 were the lowest in a decade

A For Sale real estate sign is seen in front of a new house. Clark County had fewer home listings in 2024 than in any other year since 2012, leading to higher median home prices in 2024.

January 13, 2025, 2:54pm Business

Clark County had fewer home listings last year than in any other year since 2012, leading to higher median home prices in 2024. Read story

Holy Apostles Orthodox Christian Church in Rose Village is for sale, standing as an example of the area’s robust church real estate market.

Holy Apostles Orthodox Christian Church expands to bigger location, puts building up for sale at $650,000

Holy Apostles Orthodox Christian Church in Rose Village is for sale, standing as an example of the area’s robust church real estate market.

January 13, 2025, 6:08am Business

For just $650,000, buyers can get their hands on a circa 1900, 2,400-square-foot building with a beautiful interior in a quiet residential neighborhood. But they better like a church vibe because this gem sure has one. Read story

Kindred Homestead Supply in Vancouver offers a variety of nonalcoholic beverages.

Booze-free beverage boom: Vancouver’s Kindred offers unique nonalcoholic drinks

Kindred Homestead Supply in Vancouver offers a variety of nonalcoholic beverages.

January 10, 2025, 6:05am Business

Alex Luna recently moved her shop, Kindred Homestead Supply, a few blocks north on Vancouver’s Main Street. Read story

Craft Warehouse, which opened on Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver in 1997, is preparing to close its doors.

Camas-based Craft Warehouse closing east Vancouver store

Craft Warehouse, which opened on Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver in 1997, is preparing to close its doors.

January 9, 2025, 1:25pm Business

East Vancouver crafters, knitters and scrapbookers may need to find a new place to get their square frames. Craft Warehouse on Mill Plain will soon be no more. Read story

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez tours the Yaquina dredging vessel as the crews works along the Columbia River in August. “So many of our industries rely on these waterways and this dredging schedule,” Perez said.

Lawmakers: Water Resource Development Act will boost Columbia River projects, jobs and the economy

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez tours the Yaquina dredging vessel as the crews works along the Columbia River in August. “So many of our industries rely on these waterways and this dredging schedule,” Perez said.

January 9, 2025, 6:08am Business

Washington’s federal lawmakers are celebrating a significant list of new Columbia River projects made possible by the 2024 Water Resource Development Act, which became law Saturday. Read story

A parking lot and an empty lot border the intersection of Southeast Brady Road and Southeast 192nd Avenue in August as seen from Southeast Ascension Drive in Vancouver. The city of Vancouver may offer construction tax deferrals for affordable housing projects being built on underdeveloped public parking lots in Vancouver.

Vancouver looks at tax break for affordable housing projects built in parking lots

A parking lot and an empty lot border the intersection of Southeast Brady Road and Southeast 192nd Avenue in August as seen from Southeast Ascension Drive in Vancouver. The city of Vancouver may offer construction tax deferrals for affordable housing projects being built on underdeveloped public parking lots in Vancouver.

January 8, 2025, 2:52pm Business

Vancouver could lose one parking lot a year but gain affordable housing under a proposed tax break. Read story

Cartons of eggs are shown for sale on Jan. 17, 2023, in North Miami, Fla. Egg prices have recently soared to record highs nationwide.

Record-high egg prices a shock for shoppers in Clark County

Cartons of eggs are shown for sale on Jan. 17, 2023, in North Miami, Fla. Egg prices have recently soared to record highs nationwide.

January 7, 2025, 6:08am Business

Shoppers rang in the new year with record-high egg prices. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee, left, checks out the logo for Clark County’s law enforcement training academy in east Vancouver while joined by Cmdr. Dave Miller of the Criminal Justice Training Commission at the center’s opening on Jan. 5, 2024. Local officials are now asking the state Legislature to dedicate millions of dollars to study the feasibility of building a permanent center at the Boschma Farms property in Ridgefield.

Boschma family eyes donating Ridgefield property for a new home for regional law enforcement training academy

Gov. Jay Inslee, left, checks out the logo for Clark County’s law enforcement training academy in east Vancouver while joined by Cmdr. Dave Miller of the Criminal Justice Training Commission at the center’s opening on Jan. 5, 2024. Local officials are now asking the state Legislature to dedicate millions of dollars to study the feasibility of building a permanent center at the Boschma Farms property in Ridgefield.

January 4, 2025, 6:13am Business

Local officials are eyeing land at Boschma Farms in Ridgefield to build the permanent home of Southwest Washington’s regional law enforcement training academy. Read story