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Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota. (AP Photo/Nicholas K.

Study: Snake River dam removal would cost $2.3B, jeopardize regional economies

Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota. (AP Photo/Nicholas K.

January 7, 2020, 9:20am Clark County News

A new study commissioned by an association of river commercial groups says removing the four Lower Snake River dams to improve salmon runs would cost $2.3 billion over the next 30 years, boost state carbon emissions and jeopardize already fragile local and regional economies. Read story

Construction and expansion at the Waterfront Vancouver was the top business story of 2019. As more businesses and buildings came online, plans for the development rolled along with the year.

Top Clark County Business story of 2019: Waterfront’s rising tide

Construction and expansion at the Waterfront Vancouver was the top business story of 2019. As more businesses and buildings came online, plans for the development rolled along with the year.

December 29, 2019, 6:03am Business

Clark County saw a wide range of important business stories in 2019 – so many that we ran into trouble trying to narrow down a Top 10 list. In the end, we settled for a list of the Top 15 – five primary stories that made the biggest splashes, plus… Read story

Construction crews work on apartment buildings at the Latitude 45 development, a Ginn Group project near the Four Seasons subdivision in east Vancouver. Ginn Group typically builds single-family detached housing and townhomes; the apartment project represents a new push into multi-family units and rental properties.

November tops ’19 so far in Clark County job growth

Construction crews work on apartment buildings at the Latitude 45 development, a Ginn Group project near the Four Seasons subdivision in east Vancouver. Ginn Group typically builds single-family detached housing and townhomes; the apartment project represents a new push into multi-family units and rental properties.

December 27, 2019, 4:55pm Business

November was the best month of 2019 to date for employment growth, according to statistics released Friday from the Washington Employment Security Department. Read story

Co-owners of Backwoods Brewing, Tom Waters, left, and Steve Waters stand inside their production facility in Stevenson. The brewery has seen a large amount of growth since it opened in 2012.

Barrels of craft beer flow from Backwoods Brewing

Co-owners of Backwoods Brewing, Tom Waters, left, and Steve Waters stand inside their production facility in Stevenson. The brewery has seen a large amount of growth since it opened in 2012.

December 22, 2019, 6:05am Business

It’s been over a year since Backwoods Brewing, a family brewery in the Columbia River Gorge town of Carson extended a foot into downtown Portland to open its second pub. Read story

ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck, whose company is one of the fastest growing in the county, is pictured in his downtown office. The Vancouver-based form, formerly known as DiscoverOrg, has filed for an IPO.

ZoomInfo, formerly DiscoverOrg, files for IPO

ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck, whose company is one of the fastest growing in the county, is pictured in his downtown office. The Vancouver-based form, formerly known as DiscoverOrg, has filed for an IPO.

November 26, 2019, 1:41pm Business

One of Vancouver’s largest employers, ZoomInfo, formerly DiscoverOrg, announced it is seeking approval from regulators for an initial public offering to sell shares in the company, the company said on Tuesday. Read story

Bartender and server Garrett Lawler, center, serves customers at Mt. Tabor Brewing in Felida on Tuesday evening. Lawler said he&#039;s looking forward to the increase in minimum wage. &quot;It&#039;s absolutely fantastic,&quot; he said. Top: Lawler pours beer at Mt. Tabor Brewing.

Minimum wage rises to $13.50 Jan. 1, creating challenge for businesses

Bartender and server Garrett Lawler, center, serves customers at Mt. Tabor Brewing in Felida on Tuesday evening. Lawler said he&#039;s looking forward to the increase in minimum wage. &quot;It&#039;s absolutely fantastic,&quot; he said. Top: Lawler pours beer at Mt. Tabor Brewing.

November 24, 2019, 6:03am Business

At Mt. Tabor Brewing Company’s pub in Felida, 10 of the 21 workers are getting a raise effective Jan. 1. They’ll see their hourly rate bumped from $12 to $13.50, thanks to Initiative 433, passed by Washington voters in 2016. Read story

Construction workers work on a home in Cedars Village, a new subdivision in southeast Battle Ground.

Employment in Clark County sees ‘average October’

Construction workers work on a home in Cedars Village, a new subdivision in southeast Battle Ground.

November 19, 2019, 4:49pm Business

It was a run-of-the-mill October for Clark County’s job market, which saw a gain of 2,900 jobs. And most of those — 1,700 jobs — were seasonal positions from the education sector with school back in session. Read story

Nautilus Shop in Vancouver in 2017.

Vancouver-based Nautilus sees sales drop 32.2% year-over-year

Nautilus Shop in Vancouver in 2017.

November 7, 2019, 5:17pm Business

Vancouver-based home exercise equipment company Nautilus released its third-quarter financial results Thursday, detailing year-over-year declines across the board as the company continues to grapple with flagging sales. Read story

Scott Montross, CEO of Northwest Pipe Company, pauses for a portrait at the company&#039;s Vancouver headquarters office on Sept. 27.

Vancouver’s Northwest Pipe sees strong third-quarter growth

Scott Montross, CEO of Northwest Pipe Company, pauses for a portrait at the company&#039;s Vancouver headquarters office on Sept. 27.

October 31, 2019, 6:19pm Business

Vancouver-based Northwest Pipe Company released its third-quarter financial results on Wednesday, detailing strong year-over-year growth in both net sales and gross profit. Read story

Emmett Schlenz with the Burgerville Workers Union leads the crowd in one of a series of &quot;funeral hymns&quot; outside the Burgerville corporate headquarters in Vancouver on Thursday night. The event was described as a &quot;vigil to mourn the death of Burgerville&#039;s conscience,&quot; hence the songs.

Burgerville workers picket company HQ in Vancouver

Emmett Schlenz with the Burgerville Workers Union leads the crowd in one of a series of &quot;funeral hymns&quot; outside the Burgerville corporate headquarters in Vancouver on Thursday night. The event was described as a &quot;vigil to mourn the death of Burgerville&#039;s conscience,&quot; hence the songs.

October 25, 2019, 12:46pm Business

Members of the Burgerville Workers Union gathered outside the company’s Vancouver headquarters for a strike event Thursday evening, the latest in a series of pickets and protests that the union has held this week. Read story