Clark County Business

An aerial view of the Costco on Southeast First Street. The proposed Ridgefield location will be the warehouse club's third Clark County store.

Ridgefield cutting Costco a break of up to $2.5 million

November 20, 2022, 6:00am Business

Costco is getting a multimillion-dollar break from the city of Ridgefield to build its proposed 160,000-square-foot warehouse store. Read story

A large, open atrium greets guests upon their arrival at Hotel Indigo, which has opened for business.

Hotel Indigo opens on Vancouver waterfront as flagship of Kirkland Tower

November 19, 2022, 6:04am Business Subscriber Exclusive

With its first guests sleeping comfortably in their rooms and its first eventgoers sipping cocktails in a riverside ballroom, Hotel Indigo officially joined The Waterfront Vancouver on Thursday. Read story

Jessica Moran, rings up items for Mary Frio of Hockinson at Grocery Outlet on Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard. The store has already seen an increase in foot traffic in preparation for the holidays.

Clark County shoppers see feast with fewer trimmings as food prices soar

November 16, 2022, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

With Thanksgiving on its way, families will be facing a new reality this year — a more expensive meal. Read story

Clark County seeks business to clean catch basins

November 15, 2022, 6:04am Business

Clark County Public Works is seeking quotes from businesses that can clean privately owned stormwater catch basins as part of the Catch Basin Cleanout Program. Read story

Quarterly reports for publicly traded Clark County companies mostly good news

November 15, 2022, 6:01am Business

Early November means quarterly reporting time for publicly traded companies. For the companies based locally, there was growth for some while others reported operating losses and declines in revenue. Read story

Nonprofit putting down roots, this time in central Vancouver

Fruit Valley Terrace, a tiny home village for people exiting homelessness, opened in 2021 through a partnership between Wolf Industries and Community Roots Collaborative. The organizations are planning to partner again to build cottage cluster homes in Vancouver's Ogden neighborhood.

November 14, 2022, 6:05am Business

Modular homebuilder Wolf Industries is teaming up again with nonprofit tiny homes developer Community Roots Collaborative for a proposed project to build cottage cluster homes in Vancouver’s Ogden neighborhood at 8005 N.E. 32nd St. Read story

The rail world: MAX offers cheap, quick commute for Clark County, Portland residents

Joseph Fowler, right, is one of roughly 65,000 Clark County workers who commute to Portland. But unlike most of them, he rides public transportation. At top, a C-Tran bus stops at the Fisher's Landing Transit Center before taking commuters to the Parkrose/Sumner transit center in Portland so they can board a MAX light rail train.

November 13, 2022, 6:02am Business

As Joseph Fowler boarded the MAX light rail on his way to work one October morning, he found a seat near an exit door. There were about 30 people aboard, mostly commuters and tired travelers headed to downtown Portland from the airport. You could notice the quiet of the early… Read story