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Ken Fisher, founder of Fisher Investments

Ken Fisher strikes back with ads that feature female employees

Ken Fisher, founder of Fisher Investments

November 1, 2019, 2:40pm Business

Ken Fisher is striking back with an advertising campaign that showcases female employees to clear up his firm’s image after he made lewd remarks. Read story

Columbian newsroom employees vote to unionize

October 31, 2019, 7:31pm Business

Newsroom employees at The Columbian voted Thursday to join a union to collectively bargain over wages, benefits and working conditions at the newspaper. Read story

Scott Montross, CEO of Northwest Pipe Company, pauses for a portrait at the company&#039;s Vancouver headquarters office on Sept. 27.

Vancouver’s Northwest Pipe sees strong third-quarter growth

Scott Montross, CEO of Northwest Pipe Company, pauses for a portrait at the company&#039;s Vancouver headquarters office on Sept. 27.

October 31, 2019, 6:19pm Business

Vancouver-based Northwest Pipe Company released its third-quarter financial results on Wednesday, detailing strong year-over-year growth in both net sales and gross profit. Read story

Shoppers stroll up Esther Street on the last weekend of the Vancouver Farmers Market on Saturday. The market saw its highest yearly attendance in 2019, when an estimated 420,000 shoppers attended.

Vancouver Farmers Market sets record

Shoppers stroll up Esther Street on the last weekend of the Vancouver Farmers Market on Saturday. The market saw its highest yearly attendance in 2019, when an estimated 420,000 shoppers attended.

October 29, 2019, 6:15am Clark County Business

After the last vendors collapsed their tents and packed their unsold produce at the Vancouver Farmers Market for the last time this season on Sunday, market workers celebrated a record-setting season. Read story

William Zalpys clears away moss buildup on the side of the path at the Fern Prairie Cemetery in Camas. Zalpys has led the cemetery district in the outskirts of Camas since April 2002. He wears many hats in his position, one of which includes groundskeeping, but not grave digging. Cemetery commissioners are elected to six-year terms. Zalpys&#039; term ends in 2023.

Working in Clark County: William Zalpys, Fern Prairie Cemetery commissioner

William Zalpys clears away moss buildup on the side of the path at the Fern Prairie Cemetery in Camas. Zalpys has led the cemetery district in the outskirts of Camas since April 2002. He wears many hats in his position, one of which includes groundskeeping, but not grave digging. Cemetery commissioners are elected to six-year terms. Zalpys&#039; term ends in 2023.

October 28, 2019, 6:05am Business

On a sunny late October day, leaves whose lives had recently come to an end gently floated to the ground, finding a home on any one of Fern Prairie Cemetery’s 1,300 occupied graves. Read story

A group of Burgerville employees and their supports picket the chain's Vancouver headquarters Thursday evening. The restaurant and its union will reopen contract talks, ending a four-day strike.

Workers at four Burgerville locations in Portland end four-day strike

A group of Burgerville employees and their supports picket the chain's Vancouver headquarters Thursday evening. The restaurant and its union will reopen contract talks, ending a four-day strike.

October 27, 2019, 5:27pm Business

Workers at four Portland Burgerville locations ended their four-day strike on Sunday after both sides agreed to reopen labor contract negotiations. Read story

The new Residence Inn by Marriott has 72 studio suites and 15 one-bedroom suites. It opens Nov. 7 in east Vancouver.

Residence Inn to soon greet guests in Vancouver

The new Residence Inn by Marriott has 72 studio suites and 15 one-bedroom suites. It opens Nov. 7 in east Vancouver.

October 27, 2019, 6:05am Business

Vancouver’s next hotel, the Residence Inn by Marriott Portland-Vancouver, is slated to open Nov. 7. In the meantime, construction crews are finishing the final touches on its lobby, fitness room and indoor pool before the new-building smell fades. Read story

Fred Meyer grocery stores, including the seven in Clark County, on Wednesday began charging customers for getting cash back from its checkout stands.

Fred Meyer charging customers for cash back at checkout stands

Fred Meyer grocery stores, including the seven in Clark County, on Wednesday began charging customers for getting cash back from its checkout stands.

October 27, 2019, 6:01am Business

Fred Meyer grocery stores, including the seven in Clark County, on Wednesday began charging customers for getting cash back from its checkout stands, and it’s drawing a mixed reaction from customers, some unhappy and some understanding. Read story

Ken Fisher, CEO of Fisher Investments gives the keynote speech at the Columbian's annual Economic Forecast breakfast in Vancouver on January 22, 2015.

Fisher issues open letter apologizing for vulgar remarks

Ken Fisher, CEO of Fisher Investments gives the keynote speech at the Columbian's annual Economic Forecast breakfast in Vancouver on January 22, 2015.

October 25, 2019, 7:33pm Business

Camas billionaire Ken Fisher issued an open letter of apology Friday, two weeks after media reports surfaced about vulgar comments he made to a group of wealthy investors at a San Francisco conference. Read story

Emmett Schlenz with the Burgerville Workers Union leads the crowd in one of a series of &quot;funeral hymns&quot; outside the Burgerville corporate headquarters in Vancouver on Thursday night.  The event was described as a &quot;vigil to mourn the death of Burgerville&#039;s conscience,&quot; hence the songs.

Burgerville workers picket company HQ in Vancouver

Emmett Schlenz with the Burgerville Workers Union leads the crowd in one of a series of &quot;funeral hymns&quot; outside the Burgerville corporate headquarters in Vancouver on Thursday night.  The event was described as a &quot;vigil to mourn the death of Burgerville&#039;s conscience,&quot; hence the songs.

October 25, 2019, 12:46pm Business

Members of the Burgerville Workers Union gathered outside the company’s Vancouver headquarters for a strike event Thursday evening, the latest in a series of pickets and protests that the union has held this week. Read story