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Stories by Will Campbell

Columbian Associate Editor

Cole Wyckoff, one of the owners of RYD, pauses to pick up a passenger Monday. The service has expanded to anyone who needs a lift in downtown Vancouver.

After pandemic pause, RYD service returns to downtown Vancouver

Cole Wyckoff, one of the owners of RYD, pauses to pick up a passenger Monday. The service has expanded to anyone who needs a lift in downtown Vancouver.

November 16, 2021, 6:04am Business

A Vancouver-based transportation startup with a fleet of electric vehicles is operating again with new features after the pandemic caused it to temporarily halt operations. Read story

Ginn Group is building a 50-unit affordable housing complex called Allegro Pointe near the international district of Fourth Plain Boulevard.

New apartments planned for Vancouver’s international district

Ginn Group is building a 50-unit affordable housing complex called Allegro Pointe near the international district of Fourth Plain Boulevard.

November 13, 2021, 6:07am Business

A new 50-unit affordable housing apartment complex by Ginn Group’s nonprofit arm Ginn Gives aims to help steer Vancouver’s housing stock in the right direction. Read story

Taco Bell (Associated Press files)

New York investment firm buys Vancouver-based Taco Bell franchisee

Taco Bell (Associated Press files)

November 12, 2021, 4:41pm Business

Vancouver-based Pacific Bells, one of the largest Taco Bell franchisees in the country with more than 245 restaurants in eight states, has been sold to a New York-based private investment firm. Read story

A sign directs customers to the Burgerville restaurant on Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard.

Vancouver-based Burgerville, union reach tentative agreement

A sign directs customers to the Burgerville restaurant on Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard.

November 12, 2021, 12:30pm Business

Vancouver-based Burgerville USA announced today that it has come to an agreement on a first contract with a labor union that represents employees at some of its Portland locations.  Read story

A 3-D animation from the Washington State Department of Transportation shows what is likely to happen to the Interstate 5 Bridge in the event of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.

Video shows what earthquake would do to Interstate 5 Bridgevideo icon

A 3-D animation from the Washington State Department of Transportation shows what is likely to happen to the Interstate 5 Bridge in the event of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.

November 9, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

The group tasked with building a new Interstate 5 Bridge has created an animated video of the current bridge collapsing in an earthquake. It hopes the video, which it has shared on social media, will bring awareness to the need for a new bridge. Read story

Kimberly Erkenbrack holds a notice of the rent increase. There was one moment that struck her particularly hard: A unknown neighbor walked up while Erkenbrack was in her driveway, and she asked for boxes because she needed to move out. She couldn't afford to live there any more. "It was an old woman I didn't know," she said.

Rent increases causing strife at Cascade Park Estates

Kimberly Erkenbrack holds a notice of the rent increase. There was one moment that struck her particularly hard: A unknown neighbor walked up while Erkenbrack was in her driveway, and she asked for boxes because she needed to move out. She couldn't afford to live there any more. "It was an old woman I didn't know," she said.

November 9, 2021, 6:03am Business

When Kimberly Erkenbrack moved from California to Vancouver this year, seeking a more affordable place to live, she didn’t expect the cost of living to be rising so fast. Read story

United Grain at the Port of Vancouver (The Columbian files)

Vancouver’s United Grain strained by supply chain pressures

United Grain at the Port of Vancouver (The Columbian files)

November 6, 2021, 6:02am Business

The towering silos of United Grain are a halfway point for the flow of grain and beans that farmers up the Columbia River harvest and people in Asia consume. Read story

The ZoomInfo logo adorns a wall at the company's downtown Vancouver offices.

ZoomInfo, Barrett Business Services see strong Q3 growth

The ZoomInfo logo adorns a wall at the company's downtown Vancouver offices.

November 5, 2021, 6:22pm Business

Clark County-based publicly traded companies ZoomInfo and Barrett Business Services Inc. showed strong revenue growth during their third-quarter financial earnings reports. Read story

One of the new city-themed buses featuring photos of Washougal is pictured on a C-Tran bus as it stops at the Fisher&#039;s Landing Transit Center in Vancouver on Dec. 13, 2019.

C-Tran might lower its fares

One of the new city-themed buses featuring photos of Washougal is pictured on a C-Tran bus as it stops at the Fisher&#039;s Landing Transit Center in Vancouver on Dec. 13, 2019.

November 4, 2021, 6:03am Business

C-Tran is considering lowering its rates next year, a temporary measure meant to help those who rely on public transit, and also because tax collections exceeded its projected budget for 2022. Read story

The Interstate 5 bridge pictured from the air on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.

How should new I-5 Bridge be laid out? Program wants your input

The Interstate 5 bridge pictured from the air on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.

November 4, 2021, 6:01am Clark County News

Three options for the layout of a new Interstate 5 Bridge are under consideration by leaders of the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program: a curved twin span, a straight twin span and a straight stacked alignment. Read story