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Vancouver fire battles two-alarm blaze in grain elevator at Port of Vancouver

October 13, 2022, 7:28am Business

The Vancouver Fire Department battled a two-alarm fire Thursday morning in a grain elevator at the Port of Vancouver. Read story

Paul Warnock, co-owner of Copper Bell Bookshop in Ridgefield, works behind the front counter of the newly opened shop. The store opened Oct. 1. At top, pedestrians stroll past the nearly 1,400-square-foot space that is home to new books.

Ridgefield bookstore a ‘labor of love,’ new chapter for Clark County couple

October 12, 2022, 6:03am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Exposed beams and a wagon wheel chandelier decorate the ceiling at the new Copper Bell Bookshop in Ridgefield. They add to the store’s warm atmosphere, but what really makes the space homey are the tall bookshelves stuffed with written works. Read story

Vancouver chef David Mork prepares a plate. In 2008, he co-opened Lapellah in Vancouver. The restaurant helped elevate Vancouver's fine-dining scene.

Vancouver chef David Mork remembered for elevating fine dining at Lapellah

October 11, 2022, 7:25pm Business

David Mork, who elevated Vancouver’s fine-dining scene as Lapellah’s co-owner and head chef by creating farm-to-table ingredients for wood-fired paellas and other plates, died late last month. He was 47. Read story

Crews unload a nacelle, the piece where the blades and turbine of a wind turbine meet, from a ship at the Port of Vancouver in March 2019. The port has sought to position itself as a major wind energy import destination in recent years.

U.S. awards $4.1 million to Vancouver shipping company Tidewater for electric cranes

October 11, 2022, 5:20pm Business

A shipping company at the Port of Vancouver is expected to receive millions in federal funding for new equipment to improve its operations for containerized cargo while simultaneously cutting emissions. Read story

Kris Johnson, president of the Association of Washington Business, right, pauses to take a photo while touring lab rooms at Clark College's Columbia Tech Center campus on Monday morning. The visit was part of a Manufacturing Week bus tour, which highlights the contributions of the state's manufacturing sector.

State business group visits Clark College lab, Camas’ Analog Devices in Manufacturing Week bus tour

October 10, 2022, 6:31pm Business

A large bus decked out in Manufacturing Week decor pulled up to Clark College’s campus at the Columbia Tech Center on Monday morning. As the bus unloaded, people clad in blue Association of Washington Business jackets crossed the parking lot, hustling for their chance to tour the school’s mechatronics lab. Read story

Traffic travels south on Interstate 5 as the new ilani hotel that is currently under construction continues to take shape near La Center. The hotel will have nearly 300 guest rooms.

Checking in on ilani’s 14-story hotel

October 10, 2022, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Walking up the metal construction stairs in what will eventually be ilani’s new hotel, Kara Fox-LaRose, president and general manager of ilani, points to what the company calls the heart of the house. Read story

Screen printing is the process of transferring stenciled designs onto fabric. In this case, Krystin Alexander uses a large iron to adhere the design to this T-shirt.

Working in Clark County: Jamie Young, Uptown Screen Printing

October 8, 2022, 6:02am Business Subscriber Exclusive

With autumn weather finally arriving in Clark County, now is the perfect time for local clubs, businesses, and other creatively inclined consumers to think about bundling up in fashion. Read story

An empty lot at the northwest corner of the intersection of Southeast First Street and 192nd Avenue. The site sits at the southeast corner of the massive Section 30 area, a former mine which is now home to multiple major planned developments, including a new corporate campus from HP.

HP files early plans for 24-acre office, research site in east Vancouver

October 7, 2022, 3:16pm Business

HP Inc. has submitted plans to the city of Vancouver to build approximately 235,000 square feet at its east Vancouver development. Read story

A 70,000-square-foot, mixed-use commercial building is being proposed for the property adjacent to Clark College's Columbia Tech Center campus.

East Vancouver’s Columbia Tech Center site of planned mixed-use building

October 5, 2022, 6:04am Business

A three-story, mixed-use commercial building is in the works at east Vancouver’s Columbia Tech Center, abutting the Clark College at Columbia Tech Center campus. Read story