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Stories by Sarah Wolf

Columbian staff writer

A new Technical Services Building is under construction at the BPA Ross Complex. It's expected to be completed next summer.

Bonneville Power Administration building new facility at Ross Complex

A new Technical Services Building is under construction at the BPA Ross Complex. It's expected to be completed next summer.

December 15, 2022, 6:03am Business

The cost for upgrading two 80-year-old buildings on the Bonneville Power Administration’s Ross Complex, including its Technical Services Building, would have been upward of $25 million, so the agency decided to build a single large building instead. Read story

Assisted living facility in works in central Vancouver

December 14, 2022, 6:05am Business

An adult family home is in the works for Northeast 79th Avenue in Vancouver, an effort to fulfill the dream of one local woman and her dear friend. Read story

Visitors browse at the Vancouver Farmers Market on March 26.

Vancouver Farmers Market bounces back, delights locals, tourists

Visitors browse at the Vancouver Farmers Market on March 26.

December 12, 2022, 4:50pm Business

The Vancouver Farmers Market came roaring back this year, welcoming more vendors than even before the pandemic and welcoming hundreds of thousands of shoppers. Read story

Danny Percich of Full Plate Farm, left, harvests beets with Mason Hodnefield. The farm is one of only a small number locally offering cold-season CSA shares.

Ridgefield CSA Full Plate Farm one of few to offer cold-weather vegetables

Danny Percich of Full Plate Farm, left, harvests beets with Mason Hodnefield. The farm is one of only a small number locally offering cold-season CSA shares.

December 10, 2022, 6:03am Business

As he kneeled in the mud, Danny Percich plucked a beet out of the earth, snapped off its leaves and placed it in a bin. Read story

Clark Public Utilities.

Clark Public Utilities’ 2023 budget approved; rates to hold steady

Clark Public Utilities.

December 7, 2022, 6:04am Business

Despite inflation all around, rates for electricity and water from Clark Public Utilities are expected to remain steady next year. Read story

Construction cranes tower over buildings at various stages of completion as work continues at The Waterfront Vancouver this month. Around half a dozen buildings are currently or are soon to be under construction there.

Construction work continues at The Waterfront Vancouver

Construction cranes tower over buildings at various stages of completion as work continues at The Waterfront Vancouver this month. Around half a dozen buildings are currently or are soon to be under construction there.

December 6, 2022, 6:04am Business

Cranes along the river at The Waterfront Vancouver are in no short supply this December, with about half a dozen buildings currently or soon to be under construction and more development coming. Read story

As business services go, so goes the economy in Clark County

December 4, 2022, 6:00am Business

We’ve all heard the line about a canary in a coal mine, but have you heard the one about business services employment in the economy? Read story

A vessel named the Agios Nikolas receives a load of red wheat as it stops at United Grain Corporation on the Port of Vancouver campus on its way to Vietnam in 2021.(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Port of Vancouver officials confident as they OK $77.9M budget for 2023

A vessel named the Agios Nikolas receives a load of red wheat as it stops at United Grain Corporation on the Port of Vancouver campus on its way to Vietnam in 2021.(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

December 3, 2022, 6:00am Business

Port of Vancouver officials expressed confidence for the future in the face of uncertain economic times as they approved a $77.9 million budget for 2023. Read story

Cottage complex planned in Vancouver’s Image neighborhood

November 29, 2022, 6:04am Business

A 10-unit cottage development has been proposed just north of Northeast 28th Street in Vancouver’s Image neighborhood. Read story

Children wait in line with their families for a chance to ride dinosaurs. There were also bouncy houses, a jeep ride and a fossil dig for children.

Dinosaurs roar to life in Ridgefield

Children wait in line with their families for a chance to ride dinosaurs. There were also bouncy houses, a jeep ride and a fossil dig for children.

November 26, 2022, 6:28pm Clark County News

“Hello, there,” bellowed dino trainer Joe Johnson as I walked into the Clark County Event Center on Saturday morning. “Welcome to Jurassic Quest,” he continued, introducing his baby Tyrannosaurus rex to the crowd of giggling children around me. Read story