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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
October 23, 2019, 6:03am Business
The education sector led the charge for job gains in Clark County last month, adding about half of the roughly 1,600 jobs that the county picked up. That’s according to the latest labor market report from the state’s regional labor economist, Scott Bailey. Read story