August 13, 2014, 12:00am Business
Opponents of building the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail terminal at the Port of Vancouver renewed their calls on the port Tuesday to re-open its lease for the project, approved in 2013, and to conduct a public hearing in light of new information about safety problems and other risks. Read story
August 12, 2014, 12:00am Business
A bitter two-year labor dispute that engulfed everyone from Vancouver police and Washington's governor to state and federal agriculture officials may have ended, as the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Northwest grain terminal operators have reached a tentative contract agreement. Read story
August 12, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News
The Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council said Monday it has added 12 members to boost its ability to collaborate with key growth industries and to further line up its training and employment services with industry needs. Read story
August 9, 2014, 12:00am Business
The companies proposing the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail transfer terminal at the Port of Vancouver are digging for information about two major roadblocks standing in their way: the Vancouver City Council's resolution opposing the oil terminal and the $1.3 billion plan to redevelop the city's former industrial waterfront. Read story
August 7, 2014, 12:00am Business
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says "the Port of Vancouver has not been enforcing its rules of conduct" to enable state or federal grain inspectors to safely move through a picketed gate to reach United Grain's export facility. Read story
August 6, 2014, 12:00am Business
Add the federal government to the growing list of agencies that are staying out, for now, of a thorny situation in which a lack of inspections has forced United Grain Corp. -- operator of the largest grain elevator on the West Coast -- to largely halt its export operations. Read story
August 5, 2014, 12:00am Business
Nautilus Inc. on Monday reported something it doesn't usually report in the second quarter: robust sales, and a decent profit, too. Read story
August 2, 2014, 12:00am Business
The state panel reviewing a proposed oil transfer terminal in Vancouver issued an order Friday confirming that the site where it would be built is appropriately zoned for such a purpose. Read story
August 2, 2014, 12:00am Business
The state panel reviewing a proposed oil transfer terminal in Vancouver issued an order Friday confirming that the site where it would be built is appropriately zoned for such a purpose. Read story
July 30, 2014, 12:00am Business
Barrett Business Services Inc., the Vancouver-based supplier of staffing and outsourced human resources services, said Wednesday it added 187 clients in the April-to-June period -- the best second-quarter new-client haul in the company's history. Read story
