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Greene Jungle Farm raises Animal Welfare-approved, pasture-raised, grass-fed beef on 30 acres in Ridgefield.

Producers meat the challenge in Clark County

Greene Jungle Farm raises Animal Welfare-approved, pasture-raised, grass-fed beef on 30 acres in Ridgefield.

February 7, 2022, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Despite an increase in customers during the pandemic, Clark County meat producers looking to expand their business are struggling against a lack of local processing facilities and the high cost of farmland. Read story

Riffat Ahmed checks the quality of samples in Capsigen's downtown Vancouver lab. At top, AAV capsids have the potential to deliver gene therapy tools directly to specific cells to cure diseases that currently have no cure.

Can harmless viruses target only cells that need treatment? Vancouver’s Capsigen says yes

Riffat Ahmed checks the quality of samples in Capsigen's downtown Vancouver lab. At top, AAV capsids have the potential to deliver gene therapy tools directly to specific cells to cure diseases that currently have no cure.

February 6, 2022, 6:05am Business

Can harmless viruses target only the cells that need treatment? Vancouver company says yes. Read story

Research associate Hayley Carter works in the lab at Absci doing DNA sequencing sample preparation.

Clark County, Washington bullish on biotech industry

Research associate Hayley Carter works in the lab at Absci doing DNA sequencing sample preparation.

February 6, 2022, 6:00am Business

Vancouver’s medical biotech companies — Absci, CytoDyn and a new player, Capsigen — are on the leading edge of a global revolution aimed at developing new technologies to produce medicines and tools for gene therapy. Read story

American Medical Response Operations Supervisor Kanessa Thompson, and Apollo, a 3-year-old labradoodle and certified therapy dog, are partners at work and at home. Thompson has been working with Apollo for three years.

Working in Clark County: Paramedic Kanessa Thompson and Therapy Dog Apollo

American Medical Response Operations Supervisor Kanessa Thompson, and Apollo, a 3-year-old labradoodle and certified therapy dog, are partners at work and at home. Thompson has been working with Apollo for three years.

February 5, 2022, 6:00am Business

Kanessa Thompson is a paramedic, and her partner is the perfect employee. Read story

Betsy Henning, left, shares a drink with co-worker Nicholas Arnold at AHA, a Vancouver creative agency, in 2016.

Vancouver-based AHA acquired by New York firm

Betsy Henning, left, shares a drink with co-worker Nicholas Arnold at AHA, a Vancouver creative agency, in 2016.

February 4, 2022, 6:05am Business

The AHA brand strategy and creative agency announced this week it has been acquired by New York marketing and communications firm FINN Partners, effective Feb. 1. Read story

Greater Vancouver Chamber launches business assistance program

February 4, 2022, 5:53am Business

The Greater Vancouver Chamber announced recently it has created a new business assistance program, Business POD (Pathways to Opportunity and Development). Read story

(Courtesy of Burgerville)

Vancouver-based Burgerville names Ed Casey new CEO

(Courtesy of Burgerville)

February 2, 2022, 5:27pm Business

Vancouver-based Burgerville announced Wednesday that Ed Casey will be taking over as the company’s new chief executive. Read story

Nader Pourhassan has been removed as biotechnology company CytoDyn's CEO.

CytoDyn board of directors removes CEO

Nader Pourhassan has been removed as biotechnology company CytoDyn's CEO.

January 31, 2022, 5:55pm Business

Biotechnology company CytoDyn has new leadership after its board of directors removed Nader Pourhassan as chief executive effective Jan. 24. The company’s chief financial officer, Antonio Migliarese, will be his interim president. Read story

Marijuana is weighed for sale.

Robbery spike at Washington pot shops has owners on ‘high alert.’ Reliance on cash the problem

Marijuana is weighed for sale.

January 31, 2022, 7:48am Business

The details are strikingly similar. Armed robbers enter a pot store, often near closing time, and hold employees and customers at gunpoint while cash and product are stolen. Then they take off. Read story

Bre'Anna Glynn, owner of The Eucalyptus Lounge, works with client Bob Engle in her downtown Vancouver massage room. The business has an established clientele, including many people of color, but is struggling as people distance themselves due to the omicron variant.

Vancouver massage therapist turns to GoFundMe to survive omicron

Bre'Anna Glynn, owner of The Eucalyptus Lounge, works with client Bob Engle in her downtown Vancouver massage room. The business has an established clientele, including many people of color, but is struggling as people distance themselves due to the omicron variant.

January 31, 2022, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Bre’Anna Glynn had built a community at her downtown Vancouver spa, Eucalyptus Lounge, where she’s the owner. But then came December and the latest pandemic wave. Now, her appointment books are nearly empty. To save her business, she did what she didn’t want to do and created a Go Fund… Read story