March 2, 2023, 6:24pm Business
Clark County’s median hourly wage outpaced inflation during the second quarter of last year, according to the latest labor market report from the Washington State Employment Security Department. Read story
January 3, 2023, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive
With interest rates rising and inflation higher than this time last year, many may ponder — what is the state of the local economy? Read story
December 4, 2022, 6:00am Business
We’ve all heard the line about a canary in a coal mine, but have you heard the one about business services employment in the economy? Read story
November 16, 2022, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive
With Thanksgiving on its way, families will be facing a new reality this year — a more expensive meal. Read story
October 26, 2022, 6:30am Business Subscriber Exclusive
What’s that big building going up in your neighborhood? Odds are it’s a warehouse. Read story
October 25, 2022, 6:10pm Business
Clark County continued to add jobs in September: Not including seasonal trends, there were 400 more added last month, leaving the unemployment rate at 3.8 percent — more than a point lower than the 4.9 percent from September 2021. Read story
October 10, 2022, 6:31pm Business
A large bus decked out in Manufacturing Week decor pulled up to Clark College’s campus at the Columbia Tech Center on Monday morning. As the bus unloaded, people clad in blue Association of Washington Business jackets crossed the parking lot, hustling for their chance to tour the school’s mechatronics lab. Read story
September 26, 2022, 5:22pm Business
Clark County’s unemployment rate is more than a point below where it was last August, according to an update from the Washington Employment Security Department. Read story
September 20, 2022, 6:04am Business Subscriber Exclusive
Eight hundred jobs were added to Clark County’s local economy in July, according to seasonally adjusted statistics from Scott Bailey, regional economist for the Washington Employment Security Department. Read story
August 25, 2022, 5:39pm Business
Clark County has added 11,400 jobs since the onset of pandemic in February 2020 — a 6.7 percent increase that has outpaced employment rate increases in Portland and Seattle, as well as in Oregon and Washington — and the United States as a whole. Read story
