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Vancouver City Hall in downtown Vancouver.

Vancouver officials developing new green building policy

Vancouver City Hall in downtown Vancouver.

March 27, 2024, 5:38pm Business

Vancouver officials want to curb greenhouse gas emissions from some of the biggest polluters in the city: buildings. Read story

Interpreter Daniel Mroz, from left, signs Skanska project executive Alan Halleck words for Washington State Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth Executive Director Shauna Bilyeu and others Tuesday at the Washington School for the Deaf in Vancouver.

Work at Washington School for Deaf in Vancouver celebrates identity

Interpreter Daniel Mroz, from left, signs Skanska project executive Alan Halleck words for Washington State Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth Executive Director Shauna Bilyeu and others Tuesday at the Washington School for the Deaf in Vancouver.

March 26, 2024, 7:33pm Clark County News

Outside the Washington School for the Deaf, people who are hearing impaired are a minority. But inside the Vancouver campus, they are the majority. Read story

A new state law is requiring the city of Vancouver to allow duplexes, fourplexes and even sometimes sixplexes in any single-family home neighborhood.

Following new state law, Vancouver will create rules to allow duplexes, fourplexes in any neighborhood

A new state law is requiring the city of Vancouver to allow duplexes, fourplexes and even sometimes sixplexes in any single-family home neighborhood.

March 21, 2024, 6:07am Business

The city of Vancouver is moving toward implementing state-required rules that would permit duplexes, fourplexes and even some sixplexes in any neighborhood, even those zoned for single-family residences. Read story

Northwest Pipe's spiral-welded steel pipe pieces are typically 50 feet in length and have a cement mortar lining and a polyurethane coating. The pipes pictured here are from the company's plant in Saginaw, Texas, which is supplying pipe for the Bois d'Arc Lake water project.

Northwest Pipe took a hit in 2023, compared to 2022’s record earnings

Northwest Pipe's spiral-welded steel pipe pieces are typically 50 feet in length and have a cement mortar lining and a polyurethane coating. The pipes pictured here are from the company's plant in Saginaw, Texas, which is supplying pipe for the Bois d'Arc Lake water project.

March 6, 2024, 1:59pm Business

After a record year in 2022, Northwest Pipe Company reported falling earnings in 2023, the Vancouver-based company said in its latest financial report. Read story

Building Futures Foundation plans gala to fund scholarships

February 21, 2024, 5:55am Business

Building Futures Foundation, a workforce development arm of the Building Industry Association of Clark County, is hosting its first Green Tie Gala to raise money for scholarships, tool grants and career and technical education programs. Read story

Co-founders Ty Frackiewicz, left, and Ryan Fink give a demonstration for the media at their downtown business, Digs. Digs is a web-based collaboration software for homebuilders and homeowners.

Downtown Vancouver AI firm Digs raises its roof

Co-founders Ty Frackiewicz, left, and Ryan Fink give a demonstration for the media at their downtown business, Digs. Digs is a web-based collaboration software for homebuilders and homeowners.

February 19, 2024, 6:05am Business

Clark County natives Ryan Fink and Ty Frackiewicz are serial entrepreneurs. Their latest tech startup, Digs, combines their collective passions for artificial intelligence and homebuilding. The company’s web-based software creates digital blueprints and helps homebuilders manage collaboration. Read story

The Waterfront Gateway project is expected to bridge downtown Vancouver to the waterfront district.

Vancouver’s Waterfront Gateway Project ‘creating a place for people to connect year-round’

The Waterfront Gateway project is expected to bridge downtown Vancouver to the waterfront district.

February 6, 2024, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Vancouver officials are seeking feedback on the design of the central plaza behind City Hall, a key piece of the Waterfront Gateway project that aims to connect downtown to the waterfront district. Read story

Dean Kirkland, chairman of Kirkland Developments, left, oversees work on the foundation of Hotel Indigo along the Vancouver Waterfront in 2018. The developer has faced legal headwinds in recent months.

Vancouver developer Dean Kirkland keeps building despite legal disputes

Dean Kirkland, chairman of Kirkland Developments, left, oversees work on the foundation of Hotel Indigo along the Vancouver Waterfront in 2018. The developer has faced legal headwinds in recent months.

January 27, 2024, 6:06am Business

Prominent Vancouver developer Dean Kirkland said Friday that his Clark County projects are continuing despite facing legal headwinds in recent months. Read story

The walk-behind trencher a 16-year-old boy was using to dig a channel for fence posts while working for a Vancouver construction company over the summer. He was dragged under the blade of the machine, and his injuries required both of his legs to be amputated.

Vancouver construction company fined for teenager’s injuries that resulted in amputation of his legs

The walk-behind trencher a 16-year-old boy was using to dig a channel for fence posts while working for a Vancouver construction company over the summer. He was dragged under the blade of the machine, and his injuries required both of his legs to be amputated.

January 23, 2024, 7:31pm Business

Labor officials have fined a Vancouver construction company more than $150,000 after a 16-year-old boy’s legs were amputated following an injury last summer while working on a site in La Center. Read story

Construction workers move a piece of siding up a ladder on Northeast 138th Avenue in east Vancouver. The construction industry locally and nationally is seeing huge labor shortages, delaying projects and making them more expensive.

Labor shortages in construction cause delays, drive up costs in Clark County

Construction workers move a piece of siding up a ladder on Northeast 138th Avenue in east Vancouver. The construction industry locally and nationally is seeing huge labor shortages, delaying projects and making them more expensive.

January 9, 2024, 6:08am Business Subscriber Exclusive

For years, the local construction industry has seen labor shortages. Experts say the trend is driving up the cost of building and causing delays. Read story