September 22, 2021, 6:01am Business
Clark County is within 0.6 percent of regaining the number of jobs lost when COVID-19 hit and caused a massive wipeout of the economy. Read story
September 18, 2021, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive
The remote-work atmosphere of the pandemic left lots of extra time for Raoul Campbell-Rouzan to rethink his career path. As a worker at the Washington State Department of Transportation, he didn’t have the urge of excitement for his job. Although it was steady, the slow burn of his dissatisfaction with… Read story
September 4, 2021, 6:07am Business Subscriber Exclusive
Every day for about five hours, Meghan Richardson visits her daughter, Rose Washington, at the hospital’s intensive care unit. Rose was born prematurely before her lungs could fully develop. Read story
August 23, 2021, 6:31pm Business
Clark County retailers reacted with a mix of resignation and trepidation as Washington’s renewed mask mandate took effect Monday. Read story
August 19, 2021, 7:55pm Business
Following a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s annual Clark County jobs fair returned Thursday, drawing what she and her staff described as a record turnout of employers and likely a record number of job seekers. Read story
August 14, 2021, 2:34pm Business
Unemployment insurance claims in Clark County are the fewest since the pandemic began, and they continue a steady decline. Read story
July 31, 2021, 2:39pm Business
Continued unemployment claims in Clark County saw another drop, according to the latest weekly data released by the Employment Security Department. Read story
July 22, 2021, 5:49pm Clark County Business
Clark County’s labor market maintained its recovery momentum in June with a seasonally adjusted net gain of 700 jobs, according to the latest report from regional economist Scott Bailey. The county added 1,400 jobs in June in unadjusted terms, for a total of 167,700 jobs. Read story
July 2, 2021, 5:25pm Business
The county’s barometer for a recovering labor market, continued unemployment claims, continued a downward trend last week but still remained at a high number. Read story
June 24, 2021, 5:39pm Business
Clark County’s job market continued to improve during May, and many sectors, including retail trade, are back to — or even better than — before the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story
