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April 15, 2021, 3:25pm Clark County Business

The Health Systems Quality Assurance Division of the state Department of Health recently took disciplinary actions or has withdrawn charges against these Clark County health care providers. Read story

Russell Hines of Brothers Concrete Inc., foreground, helps to build a triplex at the 2 Creeks development in Camas on Wednesday. Clark County's housing market is facing a record low supply, and industry professionals say it's not that new listings have dried up or the pace of building has slowed down - it's just that there's no way to keep up with the current level of demand.

Clark County supply of homes can’t keep up with ongoing demand

Russell Hines of Brothers Concrete Inc., foreground, helps to build a triplex at the 2 Creeks development in Camas on Wednesday. Clark County's housing market is facing a record low supply, and industry professionals say it's not that new listings have dried up or the pace of building has slowed down - it's just that there's no way to keep up with the current level of demand.

April 14, 2021, 7:10pm Business Subscriber Exclusive

New residential listings couldn’t keep up with home sales in Southwest Washington last month, pushing Clark County’s remaining inventory to a new record low. The latest report from the Regional Multiple Listing Service estimated the region had only half a month’s worth of inventory. Read story

Money management firm Fisher Investments has a 150-acre campus located in Camas.

Lawsuit: Fisher Investments violated federal telemarketing law

Money management firm Fisher Investments has a 150-acre campus located in Camas.

April 13, 2021, 5:07pm Business

Camas-based financial management firm Fisher Investments has been hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company violated federal law by using an automated system to place telemarketing calls to prospective clients’ cellphones. The company disputes the allegations. Read story

A Vancouver programmer is part of a group that spent the pandemic creating and launching a new social network called Slyde.

Social network Slyde focuses on privacy

A Vancouver programmer is part of a group that spent the pandemic creating and launching a new social network called Slyde.

April 13, 2021, 6:04am Business

A team of local developers are trying to carve out a space in the crowded social media landscape with new app that they hope can set itself apart by focusing on a particular feature that has become a hot-button issue for many of the biggest social networks: privacy. Read story

The Columbia Palisades development, as seen from the bluff that lines the northern and eastern sides of the site. The eastern half of the former Fisher Quarry is poised to become a major development hub along the 192nd Avenue corridor. At top, Romano Capital recently wrapped up work on the Westridge apartment complex, one of four projects that the company has been working on within the 192nd Avenue corridor. Company President Kess Romano said he sees the eastern corridor and Ridgefield as Clark County&#039;s two biggest development hot spots at the moment.

Vancouver’s 192nd corridor reimagined

The Columbia Palisades development, as seen from the bluff that lines the northern and eastern sides of the site. The eastern half of the former Fisher Quarry is poised to become a major development hub along the 192nd Avenue corridor. At top, Romano Capital recently wrapped up work on the Westridge apartment complex, one of four projects that the company has been working on within the 192nd Avenue corridor. Company President Kess Romano said he sees the eastern corridor and Ridgefield as Clark County&#039;s two biggest development hot spots at the moment.

April 11, 2021, 6:05am Business

Commercial buildings and subdivisions line most of the length of 192nd Avenue today, but as recently as 30 years ago, none of that bustling corridor existed — not even the road itself. A viewer flying over today’s eastern edge of Vancouver in the early 1990s would have seen an expanse… Read story

The Washington Employment Security Department had a page on its website dedicated to those who have lost hours or wages due to COVID-19.

Clark County unemployment claims continue to fall

The Washington Employment Security Department had a page on its website dedicated to those who have lost hours or wages due to COVID-19.

April 11, 2021, 6:03am Business

The best statistic to reflect Clark County’s job market is the total continued unemployment insurance claims filed every week by residents. Thankfully, it continued a downward trend last week, according to Scott Bailey, regional labor economist for Southwest Washington. Claims fell from 14,585 to 14,537. Read story

Mechanic Jeremy O&#039;Hearn welds a part at Vigor Industrial in Vancouver in 2019. The Vancouver shipyard is partnering with Clark College on a welding program starting the summer term.

Clark College, Vigor partner on welding program

Mechanic Jeremy O&#039;Hearn welds a part at Vigor Industrial in Vancouver in 2019. The Vancouver shipyard is partnering with Clark College on a welding program starting the summer term.

April 11, 2021, 6:03am Business

Behind a partnership with Vigor Industrial’s Vancouver shipyard, Clark College’s welding facility will launch a six-credit marine and pipe welding course starting in the summer 2021 term. Read story

Construction is underway at Block 17 at The Waterfront Vancouver for Broadstone Claro, set to be a seven-story apartment building with garage parking.

More apartments joining The Waterfront Vancouver

Construction is underway at Block 17 at The Waterfront Vancouver for Broadstone Claro, set to be a seven-story apartment building with garage parking.

April 10, 2021, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

A new seven-story apartment building with garage parking is under construction at The Waterfront Vancouver’s Block 17. Read story

Erica Sawyer, an art therapist, has seen a tremendous demand for therapy during the pandemic, but therapists are struggling too. &quot;We do want to help so much, but the need is so great. It truly is,&quot; Sawyer said. &quot;But none of us is immune to challenges in our home life and work life. Many of us therapists are seeking our own therapy, too.

Working in Clark County: Erica Sawyer, counselor and art therapist

Erica Sawyer, an art therapist, has seen a tremendous demand for therapy during the pandemic, but therapists are struggling too. &quot;We do want to help so much, but the need is so great. It truly is,&quot; Sawyer said. &quot;But none of us is immune to challenges in our home life and work life. Many of us therapists are seeking our own therapy, too.

April 10, 2021, 5:00am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Art therapy is an incredibly powerful healing tool, according to Erica Sawyer. Read story

Conceptual renderings show the proposed Washington Street Apartments project in downtown Vancouver from Hurley Development. The apartment complex is planned to rise on a lot between Columbia, Washington, West Fifth and West Fourth streets.

Downtown Vancouver to gain new apartments

Conceptual renderings show the proposed Washington Street Apartments project in downtown Vancouver from Hurley Development. The apartment complex is planned to rise on a lot between Columbia, Washington, West Fifth and West Fourth streets.

April 9, 2021, 6:03am Business

Hurley Development and LSW Architects plan on building a six-story mixed-use apartment building on the block of downtown Vancouver that Hurley planned to build into a Hyatt Hotel before the pandemic. Read story