January 7, 2020, 4:29pm Business
SPOKANE -- Members of a union representing workers at an Idaho mine have voted in favor of a settlement agreement ending a two-and-half year strike. Read story
January 7, 2020, 4:29pm Business
Dale Lewis, a former deputy district director for U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, joined the Port of Longview staff Monday as director of external affairs. Read story
January 7, 2020, 4:28pm Business
Amid an announcement that Pier 1 Imports is closing 450 of its stores nationwide, two local branches will remain open, store employees told The Columbian on Tuesday. Read story
January 6, 2020, 4:34pm Business Briefs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Hallmark Cards Inc. will cut about 400 jobs worldwide, including 325 at its headquarters of Kansas City, Mo., the company said Monday. Read story
January 6, 2020, 4:33pm Business Briefs
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Pier 1 Imports is closing nearly half its 942 stores as it struggles to draw consumers and compete online. Read story
January 6, 2020, 4:33pm Business Briefs
RENTON -- About a dozen partially completed 737 MAX airplanes currently inside Boeing's Renton plant will be finished before production comes to a complete stop in mid-January, the company told employees in an internal email message Monday. Read story
January 6, 2020, 6:02am Business Briefs
OLYMPIA -- A shipment of dairy cattle was handled by the Port of Olympia last week, the port announced. Read story
January 6, 2020, 6:00am Business
PORTLAND -- Upscale Portland grocery chain New Seasons has temporarily shut down its central kitchen, forcing the 166 people who work there to shift to working in one or more of its 18 Portland-area stores, a spokeswoman said. Read story
January 3, 2020, 3:25pm Business Briefs
SALEM, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality fined a creamery for river water pollution caused by dumping milk in 2019, officials said. Read story
January 3, 2020, 3:24pm Business Briefs
MOUNT VERNON -- County commissioners in Skagit County have settled a legal battle with an oil refinery and environmental groups arguing against plans to produce xylenes for shipment overseas. Read story
