October 12, 2019, 11:50am Business
A “sizeable majority” of members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 555 have voted to ratify a new contract with grocery store employers in Oregon and Southwest Washington. UFCW Local 555 announced the result in a press release late Friday night. The new three-year contract includes a… Read story
October 12, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Life
Clark Asks: “What’s with the creepy, abandoned building in the Providence Academy parking lot?” Read story
October 10, 2019, 2:18pm Business
PeaceHealth has announced a round of support staff layoffs. It’s the second round of layoffs that the Washington-based health care company has announced in the past three months. Read story
October 10, 2019, 6:05am Business
Marcell’s Pie House has abruptly closed for what the owner refers to as a restructuring. Read story
October 9, 2019, 6:55pm Business
A group of unionized Portland and Vancouver-area Kaiser Permanente workers have voted to approve a new national contract with the health care company, although the contract will not take effect unless several other unions also vote to ratify it. Read story
October 9, 2019, 5:50pm Business
The Washington State Department of Ecology announced Wednesday that it has temporarily halted its review of Cowlitz County's decision to grant a permit for a proposed methanol terminal in Kalama, citing an incomplete permit application from the Port of Kalama and builder Northwest Innovation Works. Read story
October 6, 2019, 6:02am Business
It’s a good time to be in the water transmission business. Northwest Pipe Co., headquartered in Vancouver, has been enjoying consistent positive financial results in recent years, buoyed by a series of major infrastructure projects contributing to a record-breaking backlog of orders. Read story
October 4, 2019, 6:02am Business
Tonight’s Night Market Vancouver will mark the two-year anniversary of the monthly public vendor event, which has quickly grown into a downtown mainstay. Read story
October 2, 2019, 6:00pm Business
The ports of Vancouver and Camas-Washougal each gave an update on their respective waterfront redevelopment projects at a Tuesday evening event hosted by the Southwest Washington Contractors Association. Read story
October 2, 2019, 5:59pm Business
The Association of Washington Businesses kicked off its annual statewide Manufacturing Week bus tour on Wednesday, and this year’s tour started at SEH America in Vancouver. Read story