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A sign greets customers at the Burgerville restaurant along Southeast McGillivray Boulevard.

Burgerville announces across-the-board wage hikes

A sign greets customers at the Burgerville restaurant along Southeast McGillivray Boulevard.

October 16, 2019, 12:10pm Business

Vancouver-based fast food chain Burgerville announced a series of across-the-board wage hikes at its 41 restaurants on Wednesday morning. Read story

Port of Vancouver commissioner Jerry Oliver listens to a public statement during a board meeting where commissioners voted unanimously to put an end date on Vancouver Energy’s rolling lease for a proposed oil terminal, Tuesday January 9, 2018, at the Port of Vancouver.

Waterways group gives award to port’s Oliver

Port of Vancouver commissioner Jerry Oliver listens to a public statement during a board meeting where commissioners voted unanimously to put an end date on Vancouver Energy’s rolling lease for a proposed oil terminal, Tuesday January 9, 2018, at the Port of Vancouver.

October 16, 2019, 6:00am Business

The Pacific Northwest Waterways Association last week presented Port of Vancouver Commissioner Jerry Oliver with its Distinguished Service Award. Read story

Mechatronics instructor Larry Smith greets guests during a tour at Clark College's Columbia Tech Center campus Monday. The tour was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the facility.

Columbia Tech Center celebrates 10 years

Mechatronics instructor Larry Smith greets guests during a tour at Clark College's Columbia Tech Center campus Monday. The tour was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the facility.

October 14, 2019, 7:44pm Business

When the Clark College Columbia Tech Center opened in 2009, the college was seeing peak enrollment as layoff victims of the Great Recession went back to school to bolster their skills. Read story

Diana Kirkpatrick opened Center Stage Clothiers in January 2018 after dreaming of doing so for decades. Previously working a not-so-creative job as a secretary for many years, she cashed out her individual retirement account to get it started. She calls the store a &quot;God wink.&quot; &quot;It just fell into place so wonderfully. It was a dream; I never thought it would happen,&quot; Kirkpatrick said.

Working in Clark County: Diana Kirkpatrick, owner and costume designer at Center Stage Clothiers

Diana Kirkpatrick opened Center Stage Clothiers in January 2018 after dreaming of doing so for decades. Previously working a not-so-creative job as a secretary for many years, she cashed out her individual retirement account to get it started. She calls the store a &quot;God wink.&quot; &quot;It just fell into place so wonderfully. It was a dream; I never thought it would happen,&quot; Kirkpatrick said.

October 14, 2019, 6:00am Business

The sun shined downtown Vancouver on a recent weekday, illuminating the windows of Center Stage Clothiers, a small costume and vintage shop on the corner of Main Street and East Mill Plain Boulevard. Read story

Construction is underway at the site for the new Al Angelo tower on Mill Plain Boulevard, which will add more office space to downtown Vancouver.

Clark County sees tight market for office space

Construction is underway at the site for the new Al Angelo tower on Mill Plain Boulevard, which will add more office space to downtown Vancouver.

October 13, 2019, 6:03am Business

It’s been less than a year since The Murdock — currently The Waterfront Vancouver’s sole office building — came online, but its owners say it’s on track to hit 100 percent occupancy. Read story

The Columbian files

Union members vote to ratify grocery store contract

The Columbian files

October 12, 2019, 3:14pm Business

A “sizeable majority” of members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 555 have voted to ratify a new contract with grocery store employers in Oregon and Southwest Washington. UFCW Local 555 announced the result in a press release late Friday night. Read story

Lab tech Tom Krewson prepares bottles of tobacco-flavored e-liquid while working at River Reserve Eliquid in Vancouver on Thursday. The company is having to scale back making flavored eliquid, which accounts for 90 percent of its products. At top, tobacco-flavored eliquid is the only legal vapor flavor in the state, which was decided by the Washington State Board of Health on Wednesday.

Flavored vaping ban affects Vancouver e-liquid lab

Lab tech Tom Krewson prepares bottles of tobacco-flavored e-liquid while working at River Reserve Eliquid in Vancouver on Thursday. The company is having to scale back making flavored eliquid, which accounts for 90 percent of its products. At top, tobacco-flavored eliquid is the only legal vapor flavor in the state, which was decided by the Washington State Board of Health on Wednesday.

October 11, 2019, 6:01am Business

Clint Pettee smoked cigarettes for 17 years as a construction worker, but after finally switching to vapor, he decided to open an e-liquid manufacturing lab. Read story

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

PeaceHealth lays off another 50 employees

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

October 10, 2019, 2:18pm Business

PeaceHealth has announced a round of support staff layoffs. It’s the second round of layoffs that the Washington-based health care company has announced in the past three months. Read story

Marcell&#039;s Pie House was unexpectedly closed Tuesday morning and, by Wednesday, a sign had been posted on the front door announcing the restaurant is undergoing a temporary closure for a restructuring.

Marcell’s Pie House in Vancouver temporarily goes dark for restructuring

Marcell&#039;s Pie House was unexpectedly closed Tuesday morning and, by Wednesday, a sign had been posted on the front door announcing the restaurant is undergoing a temporary closure for a restructuring.

October 10, 2019, 6:05am Business

Marcell’s Pie House has abruptly closed for what the owner refers to as a restructuring. Read story

Northwest Innovation Works hopes to build a methanol plant at the downstream end of the Port of Kalama property.

Kalama methanol plant decision delayed

Northwest Innovation Works hopes to build a methanol plant at the downstream end of the Port of Kalama property.

October 9, 2019, 5:50pm Business

The Washington State Department of Ecology announced Wednesday that it has temporarily halted its review of Cowlitz County's decision to grant a permit for a proposed methanol terminal in Kalama, citing an incomplete permit application from the Port of Kalama and builder Northwest Innovation Works. Read story