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PeaceHealth lays off 50 staff members

July 12, 2019, 12:50pm Business

PeaceHealth has laid off approximately 50 employees from its Technology Solutions Partners division. In a statement Friday, the health care company said the layoffs resulted from a decision to centralize some of its tech support services to a shared services center in Vancouver. Read story

A crowd of onlookers watched Thursday morning as the ceremonial first shovelfuls of dirt were turned over for the fourth tower of the Vancouvercenter.

Final Vancouvercenter tower breaks ground

A crowd of onlookers watched Thursday morning as the ceremonial first shovelfuls of dirt were turned over for the fourth tower of the Vancouvercenter.

July 11, 2019, 3:51pm Business

A ground-breaking ceremony Thursday morning marked the official start of construction on the long-awaited fourth and final tower of the Vancouvercenter. Read story

Traffic drives past the 179th Street and I-5 interchange.

County close to decision on development in 179th Street area

Traffic drives past the 179th Street and I-5 interchange.

July 10, 2019, 9:59pm Business

Clark County is zeroing in on a $66.5 million plan so developers can build more than 1,500 single-family houses, townhomes and apartments near the Northeast 179th Street corridor without the county raising property taxes. Read story

James “Jim” Barr IV, new CEO of Nautilus Inc.

New CEO to lead Nautilus into ‘next era’

James “Jim” Barr IV, new CEO of Nautilus Inc.

July 10, 2019, 3:54pm Business

Nautilus Inc. has named as its new CEO a man it hails as a proven digital innovator, the Vancouver-based exercise machine company announced this week. Read story

Pepper Bridge Winery and Amavi Cellars from Walla Walla announced plans for a tasting room at the Waterfront Vancouver development in the Rediviva building.

Waterfront secures Pepper Bridge Winery and Amavi Cellars tasting room

Pepper Bridge Winery and Amavi Cellars from Walla Walla announced plans for a tasting room at the Waterfront Vancouver development in the Rediviva building.

July 10, 2019, 6:02am Business

The Waterfront Vancouver development is proving popular with Walla Walla Valley wineries, with an announcement of a second tasting room set to open there this fall. Read story

An aerial view of the old Fisher’s Quarry mine, just off of Exit 10 north of state Highway 14 in east Vancouver, as seen in March 2015. The rock quarry is the site of a new condominium development called Ledges at Columbia Palisades, which makes up one piece of an 84-acre redevelopment project.

Condominium development in works at old rock quarry

An aerial view of the old Fisher’s Quarry mine, just off of Exit 10 north of state Highway 14 in east Vancouver, as seen in March 2015. The rock quarry is the site of a new condominium development called Ledges at Columbia Palisades, which makes up one piece of an 84-acre redevelopment project.

July 10, 2019, 6:00am Business

New condominiums are in the works at an old rock quarry, part of a massive redevelopment underway on a site north of state Highway 14 in east Vancouver. Read story

The Trap Door team pours beer out onto the golden shovels during the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of Pioneer Village in Ridgefield. Trap Door was the first tenant to sign a lease at the mixed-use development, which will also include about 300 apartments.

Trap Door pours a few for new Ridgefield development

The Trap Door team pours beer out onto the golden shovels during the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of Pioneer Village in Ridgefield. Trap Door was the first tenant to sign a lease at the mixed-use development, which will also include about 300 apartments.

July 9, 2019, 6:04am Business

Trap Door Brewing won’t open its Ridgefield location for roughly another year, but the first few drinks from the Vancouver brewery were poured in the city Monday morning. Read story

Melonie Nielson, owner of Vancouver Yoga Center, center, leads a Yoga Refinements course last month. “The yoga studio came about out of love and passion for yoga and did not start as a plan to open a yoga business,” she said.

Working in Clark County: Melonie Nielson, Vancouver Yoga Center owner, instructor

Melonie Nielson, owner of Vancouver Yoga Center, center, leads a Yoga Refinements course last month. “The yoga studio came about out of love and passion for yoga and did not start as a plan to open a yoga business,” she said.

July 8, 2019, 6:00am Business

Vancouver Yoga Center owner Melonie Nielson, 45, can recall the first time she tried yoga. It was long before the United States experienced a recent onslaught of yoga studios, and with it gimmicky trends like yoga with cats, goats, or even with beer. Read story

L&I proposal would drastically change state’s overtime rules

July 7, 2019, 6:03am Business

Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries unveiled a set of proposed changes to the state’s overtime rules last month, proposing a substantial overhaul that has the potential to affect hundreds of thousands of paychecks statewide, including workers in Clark County. Read story

State tightens up on rules for noncompete agreements

July 7, 2019, 6:02am Business

In the latest move in a string of changes aimed at tightening the state’s labor laws, legislators passed a bill in April that cracks down on the use of noncompete agreements. Read story