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Epik reverses course, says BitMitigate will not support 8chan

August 6, 2019, 4:36pm Business

Seattle-based internet domain registration company Epik announced Tuesday it will not provide services to 8chan, the online message board that has gained notoriety as a haven for white supremacists, including the suspect in Saturday’s mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Read story

Nick Lim of Vancouver is the founder and former owner of the internet security firm Bitmitigate, which is now a subsidiary of Seattle-based domain registration company Epik.

BitMitigate becomes new security provider for 8chan

Nick Lim of Vancouver is the founder and former owner of the internet security firm Bitmitigate, which is now a subsidiary of Seattle-based domain registration company Epik.

August 5, 2019, 2:43pm Business

Internet security company Bitmitigate appears to have been knocked offline after its primary server provider, Voxility, objected to Bitmitigate’s decision to provide security services to the website 8chan. Read story

United Grain’s sprawling complex at the Port of Vancouver dominates the city’s western skyline.

United Grain celebrates 50 years

United Grain’s sprawling complex at the Port of Vancouver dominates the city’s western skyline.

August 4, 2019, 6:05am Business

Vancouver-based United Grain Corporation reached its 50th anniversary in June, and the company has been enthusiastically celebrating its half-century milestone. Read story

Toddler falls out of window in Hazel Dell

August 3, 2019, 8:01pm Clark County News

A 2-year-old was transported to the hospital on Saturday evening after falling out of a window in the Hazel Dell area. Read story

A crowd of golfers including Ridgefield resident Zac Warren, 15, center in white T-shirt, work on their swing during a busy summer afternoon at Vanco Golf Range.

Vanco Golf Range customers campaign to save facility

A crowd of golfers including Ridgefield resident Zac Warren, 15, center in white T-shirt, work on their swing during a busy summer afternoon at Vanco Golf Range.

August 2, 2019, 6:00am Business

The city of Vancouver’s Heights District Plan aims to transform the aging and dilapidated Tower Mall site into a bustling residential and commercial center along the Mill Plain corridor. Read story

Nautilus headquarters in Vancouver.

Despite second-quarter sales drop, Nautilus expects to bounce back

Nautilus headquarters in Vancouver.

July 31, 2019, 7:18pm Business

Vancouver-based Nautilus posted its second-quarter results on Wednesday, which showed a continued trend of declining sales, although executives expressed confidence that measures are in place to reverse the pattern. Nautilus manufactures exercise equipment products such as Bowflex. Read story

Blocks 20 and 18 are adjacent and are currently a single undeveloped field, but they will eventually be divided by a pedestrian path. Block 20 is seen in the foreground of this picture, to the left of the pathway, with Block 18 behind it. A 200-unit senior housing tower is in the works for Block 18.

Senior residential tower in the works for Waterfront Vancouver

Blocks 20 and 18 are adjacent and are currently a single undeveloped field, but they will eventually be divided by a pedestrian path. Block 20 is seen in the foreground of this picture, to the left of the pathway, with Block 18 behind it. A 200-unit senior housing tower is in the works for Block 18.

July 31, 2019, 6:05am Business

Gramor Development and The Springs Living have submitted a preliminary application to build a 12-story senior housing tower on Block 18 of The Waterfront Vancouver. Read story

A sign in the window at Axehead directs customers to call the owners for service. The store became embroiled in a social media backlash last week following a post that featured and anti-gay slur.

Axehead in Uptown Village faces social media backlash

A sign in the window at Axehead directs customers to call the owners for service. The store became embroiled in a social media backlash last week following a post that featured and anti-gay slur.

July 29, 2019, 4:21pm Business

Axehead, a Vancouver store that sells custom handcrafted products and printing and embroidery services, has found itself at the center of a social media controversy stemming from an Instagram post that appeared to endorse the use of an anti-gay slur. Read story

Repairs are done to a ship on the dry docks at Vigor on Swan Island in Portland.

Portland-based Vigor bought by investment firm

Repairs are done to a ship on the dry docks at Vigor on Swan Island in Portland.

July 25, 2019, 12:12pm Business

Investment firm The Carlyle Group and private equity firm Stellex Capital Management announced Thursday that they will acquire Vigor Industrial LLC, the Portland-based shipbuilding company that earlier this year purchased the former Christensen yacht company shipyard in Vancouver. Read story

Construction continues at the site of Rosauers in Ridgefield, which is targeting an open date of Nov. 1.

Clark County breaks slump, gains 1,800 jobs in June

Construction continues at the site of Rosauers in Ridgefield, which is targeting an open date of Nov. 1.

July 24, 2019, 6:05am Business

Clark County’s labor market gained 1,800 jobs in June, breaking out of what regional economist Scott Bailey described in his monthly report as a two-month slump. The latest numbers from the Washington Employment Security Department were released Tuesday. Read story