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Brooklyn Feustel looks through the selection at Kazoodles Toys in Vancouver. The toy store is one of many small businesses in Clark County that received Paycheck Protection Program loans last year. Local lenders have now turned to guiding their clients through the loan forgiveness process.

Clark County businesses find COVID relief comes with a price: lots of paperwork

Brooklyn Feustel looks through the selection at Kazoodles Toys in Vancouver. The toy store is one of many small businesses in Clark County that received Paycheck Protection Program loans last year. Local lenders have now turned to guiding their clients through the loan forgiveness process.

May 22, 2021, 6:01am Business Subscriber Exclusive

COVID relief comes with a price — lots of paperwork to show the government Read story

Stacks of lumber sit on the lot ready to be used to construct apartment buildings on Friday at the Latitude 45 apartment complex in Vancouver. Local builders have had to navigate rising lumber prices amid a national spike in demand.

Spiking lumber costs splinter Clark County homebuilders’ budgets

Stacks of lumber sit on the lot ready to be used to construct apartment buildings on Friday at the Latitude 45 apartment complex in Vancouver. Local builders have had to navigate rising lumber prices amid a national spike in demand.

May 15, 2021, 6:04am Clark County Business Subscriber Exclusive

When Vancouver-based Ginn Development began work on the Latitude 45 apartments in 2019, the cost of lumber per unit for the east Vancouver complex was $8,188. Read story

Nautilus is headquartered in Vancouver.

Vancouver-based Nautilus’ sales continue to soar

Nautilus is headquartered in Vancouver.

May 10, 2021, 5:52pm Business

Vancouver-based home exercise equipment maker Nautilus released its “2021 Transition Period” results Monday, detailing a second consecutive quarter of record-breaking sales powered by high consumer demand for home workout gear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

The corporate offices of Northwest Pipe Company are at 201 NE Park Plaza Drive, No. 100, in Vancouver.

Northwest Pipe records $72.3 million in sales in first quarter

The corporate offices of Northwest Pipe Company are at 201 NE Park Plaza Drive, No. 100, in Vancouver.

May 8, 2021, 3:05am Clark County Business

Vancouver-based Northwest Pipe Co. released its first quarter earnings results Tuesday, outlining a modest increase in net sales during a period that CEO Scott Montross described as challenging due to bidding delays, extreme weather events and steel market supply and delivery disruptions. Read story

A photo from nLIGHT shows the company's facility in Camas.

nLIGHT Q1 revenue climbs 42% year over year

A photo from nLIGHT shows the company's facility in Camas.

May 7, 2021, 3:39pm Business

Vancouver-based industrial laser manufacturer nLIGHT released its first-quarter financial results Thursday, detailing a strong quarter with annual growth across all of its major sales markets. Read story

A sign in the entryway alerts customers to COVID-19 restrictions at Battle Ground Cinema. Clark County movie theaters are reopening, but owners are still waiting on a federal grant program intended to help them stay afloat.

SBA: Glitches fixed in website that gave Clark County theater owners problems

A sign in the entryway alerts customers to COVID-19 restrictions at Battle Ground Cinema. Clark County movie theaters are reopening, but owners are still waiting on a federal grant program intended to help them stay afloat.

April 23, 2021, 4:04pm Business

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that the application portal for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program will go back online Monday morning. Read story

A pair of moviegoers wait for their concessions on Wednesday at Battle Ground Cinema. The multiplex was one of a handful of local theaters that reopened earlier this month.

Clark County theaters in limbo after glitch delays applications for federal grant

A pair of moviegoers wait for their concessions on Wednesday at Battle Ground Cinema. The multiplex was one of a handful of local theaters that reopened earlier this month.

April 23, 2021, 6:03am Clark County Business Subscriber Exclusive

April 8 was supposed to be the big day. After three months of waiting, stage and screen venue operators were finally going to get their chance to apply for Shuttered Venue Operator grants, a major federal lifeline for one of the hardest-hit industries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

Beaches server April Martinell brings a plate of bread to customers. Restaurants returned to limited indoor dining in February.

Clark County adds 700 jobs in March for 3rd straight month of gains

Beaches server April Martinell brings a plate of bread to customers. Restaurants returned to limited indoor dining in February.

April 20, 2021, 6:45pm Business

Clark County gained about 700 jobs in March on a seasonally adjusted scale. It was the third month in a row of gains for the local job market. Read story

The Columbia Palisades development, as seen from the bluff that lines the northern and eastern sides of the site. The eastern half of the former Fisher Quarry is poised to become a major development hub along the 192nd Avenue corridor. At top, Romano Capital recently wrapped up work on the Westridge apartment complex, one of four projects that the company has been working on within the 192nd Avenue corridor. Company President Kess Romano said he sees the eastern corridor and Ridgefield as Clark County&#039;s two biggest development hot spots at the moment.

Vancouver’s 192nd corridor reimagined

The Columbia Palisades development, as seen from the bluff that lines the northern and eastern sides of the site. The eastern half of the former Fisher Quarry is poised to become a major development hub along the 192nd Avenue corridor. At top, Romano Capital recently wrapped up work on the Westridge apartment complex, one of four projects that the company has been working on within the 192nd Avenue corridor. Company President Kess Romano said he sees the eastern corridor and Ridgefield as Clark County&#039;s two biggest development hot spots at the moment.

April 11, 2021, 6:05am Business

Commercial buildings and subdivisions line most of the length of 192nd Avenue today, but as recently as 30 years ago, none of that bustling corridor existed — not even the road itself. A viewer flying over today’s eastern edge of Vancouver in the early 1990s would have seen an expanse… Read story

A motorist drives past the exterior of the former J.C. Penney store at Columbia Tech Center, which filed for bankruptcy last year and closed. Retail stores are the only industry in which bankruptcies are increasing. The total number of bankruptcies in Clark County has been decreasing for years, even with the economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Bankruptcies low in Clark County during pandemic

A motorist drives past the exterior of the former J.C. Penney store at Columbia Tech Center, which filed for bankruptcy last year and closed. Retail stores are the only industry in which bankruptcies are increasing. The total number of bankruptcies in Clark County has been decreasing for years, even with the economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

February 22, 2021, 6:01am Business

A series of government interventions in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic kept the nation’s bankruptcy levels to the lowest seen since before the Great Recession. Read story