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Battle Ground-based dairy, bottling plant fined for worker amputations, injuries

September 25, 2019, 5:31pm Business Briefs

SEATTLE -- A Washington dairy and bottling plant has been fined about $2 million after multiple violations left workers with broken bones and amputated limbs. Read story

Warehouse planned near Fourth Plain in east Vancouver

September 25, 2019, 5:27pm Business Briefs

A developer has submitted plans to build a 38,000-square-foot industrial building off Fourth Plain Boulevard in east Vancouver, the second of two buildings that are being referred to as Fourth Plain Business Park. Read story

Employment data showed jobs in the education sector fell by 2,000 in August, which is typical when school district contracts end for classified employees. Those jobs return with new contracts in the new school year.

County’s August job losses driven by education sector

Employment data showed jobs in the education sector fell by 2,000 in August, which is typical when school district contracts end for classified employees. Those jobs return with new contracts in the new school year.

September 25, 2019, 4:07pm Business

Employment in Clark County declined by 400 jobs in August when accounting for expected seasonal losses, according to data released Tuesday by the Washington State Employment Security Department. Read story

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson talks to reporters Aug. 26 during a news conference in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S.

AG sues two Vancouver companies over robocalls, advertising tactics

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson talks to reporters Aug. 26 during a news conference in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S.

September 24, 2019, 6:27pm Business

The state Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against two Vancouver air-duct cleaning companies, accusing them of making more than 13 million robocalls and using deceptive advertising tactics. Read story

Eric Olmsted, president and founder of On Line Support, voices his opinion from behind the lectern during an Aug. 15 public hearing in Vancouver regarding a proposed increase in the minimum salary required for employees to be exempt from overtime in Washington.

Feds announce increase in minimum salary for overtime exemptions

Eric Olmsted, president and founder of On Line Support, voices his opinion from behind the lectern during an Aug. 15 public hearing in Vancouver regarding a proposed increase in the minimum salary required for employees to be exempt from overtime in Washington.

September 24, 2019, 5:58pm Business

The Department of Labor announced Tuesday that it has finalized a new rule to raise the minimum salary requirement for executive, administrative and professional workers who are considered exempt from paid overtime. Read story

Construction is underway for The Aria apartments on West Sixth Street in downtown Vancouver. The apartments are being built by Cascadia Development Partners, which is headquartered in the Esther Short Building, visible on the right.

The Aria apartments under construction in downtown Vancouver

Construction is underway for The Aria apartments on West Sixth Street in downtown Vancouver. The apartments are being built by Cascadia Development Partners, which is headquartered in the Esther Short Building, visible on the right.

September 24, 2019, 6:03am Business

Another downtown building has officially broken ground and joined a lengthy list of active construction sites: The Aria, a six-story apartment tower from Cascadia Development Partners. Read story

An exterior view of the copper face of the new Fred Meyer at Grand Central, Thursday April 10, 2008.

Workers urge Fred Meyer boycott

An exterior view of the copper face of the new Fred Meyer at Grand Central, Thursday April 10, 2008.

September 23, 2019, 4:45pm Business

Since the 2008 opening of the Grand Central Fred Meyer, 79-year-old shopper Patricia Weinkauf has developed relationships with the workers during her visits. Read story

Bill Lamkin, a maintenance worker with Vancouver Public Works, checks his mirrors while driving a vacuum intake street sweeper through the DuBois Park neighborhood. Lamkin has worked for the city for the department for 12 years, rotating on and off sweeping jobs to other maintenance tasks.

Working in Clark County: Bill Lamkin, maintenance worker, Vancouver Public Works

Bill Lamkin, a maintenance worker with Vancouver Public Works, checks his mirrors while driving a vacuum intake street sweeper through the DuBois Park neighborhood. Lamkin has worked for the city for the department for 12 years, rotating on and off sweeping jobs to other maintenance tasks.

September 23, 2019, 6:02am Business

Have you ever awoken to the hiss and hum of a large, slow-moving machine outside your window? Read story

The Columbian files

Grocery workers union calls for Fred Meyer boycott

The Columbian files

September 22, 2019, 1:48pm Business

A union representing thousands of grocery workers has called for a boycott of Fred Meyer stores in Southwest Washington and Oregon. Read story

Erick Chavez, left, details a wine tank made of polyethylene while working with colleague Steve Downing at the newly expanded SmaK Plastics in Vancouver. A recent expansion nearly tripled the working floor space.

SmaK Plastics in Vancouver nearly triples floor space, continues growth

Erick Chavez, left, details a wine tank made of polyethylene while working with colleague Steve Downing at the newly expanded SmaK Plastics in Vancouver. A recent expansion nearly tripled the working floor space.

September 22, 2019, 6:06am Business

When Jon Smalley founded SmaK Plastics in 2007, he wasn’t quite sure where the field of rotational molding would take his young company. Read story