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Andy Doty, a computer numerical control machinist at Sigma Design, makes a set of screws on a lathe.

Camas’ Sigma has designs on a productive future

Andy Doty, a computer numerical control machinist at Sigma Design, makes a set of screws on a lathe.

July 7, 2019, 6:00am Business

Clients, vendors, friends and employees’ families poured through the front door of Sigma Design on a rainy Thursday afternoon at the end of June. Read story

The Whole Foods Market in the Mill Plain Plaza shopping center is slated to close in mid-August, but shoppers are campaigning for it to be moved to downtown Vancouver instead.

Shoppers launch campaign to keep Whole Foods Market in Vancouver

The Whole Foods Market in the Mill Plain Plaza shopping center is slated to close in mid-August, but shoppers are campaigning for it to be moved to downtown Vancouver instead.

July 5, 2019, 6:00am Business

Local residents disappointed by the closure of the Whole Foods Market in east Vancouver have begun campaigning to save the store — but in a new location. Read story

Hazel Dell Book Exchange closes

July 4, 2019, 4:49pm Business Briefs

One of Clark County's longest-running independent bookstores has closed. Hazel Dell Book Exchange hosted a final sale last weekend and then shut its doors after 44 years in operation. Read story

A motorist passes by an electric vehicle charging station at the Walmart store in Hazel Dell. Electrify America and Walmart have installed electric vehicle charging stations at Walmart stores across Washington, including this one in Vancouver. This effort is part of a broader plan to develop a coast-to-coast EV charging network, which would make Walmart one of the largest retail hosts of EV charging stations across the United States.

Hazel Dell Walmart 1 of 120 with new electric-vehicle charging stations

A motorist passes by an electric vehicle charging station at the Walmart store in Hazel Dell. Electrify America and Walmart have installed electric vehicle charging stations at Walmart stores across Washington, including this one in Vancouver. This effort is part of a broader plan to develop a coast-to-coast EV charging network, which would make Walmart one of the largest retail hosts of EV charging stations across the United States.

July 3, 2019, 7:20pm Business

Independence Day means freedom and that includes freedom to drive, a lot. Read story

Gaynor’s acquires transmission shop

July 3, 2019, 7:19pm Business Briefs

Gaynor's Automotive has purchased the former Swinehart's Transmission in Orchards, making that the fifth of Gaynor's Clark County locations. Read story

Chelsea McDonald, from left, Alicia Jenkins, Emily Jenkins and Tiffany Ward at WhichCraft, a bar in downtown Vancouver that gives customers the supplies to work on arts and crafts projects.

WhichCraft in downtown Vancouver has brews, creativity on tap

Chelsea McDonald, from left, Alicia Jenkins, Emily Jenkins and Tiffany Ward at WhichCraft, a bar in downtown Vancouver that gives customers the supplies to work on arts and crafts projects.

July 3, 2019, 6:02am Business

Downtown Vancouver’s growing bar scene quietly welcomed another newcomer a few weeks ago: WhichCraft, a business that aims to create a novel bar concept that highlights arts and craft projects as much as craft beer. Read story

Digital marketing specialist Zach Losness, left, looks over team photos with CEO Andy Lowery at the RealWear headquarters in Vancouver on Friday. The company has secured a new $80 million funding round and hopes to nearly double its staff in Vancouver by the end of the year.

RealWear secures $80M in new round of funding

Digital marketing specialist Zach Losness, left, looks over team photos with CEO Andy Lowery at the RealWear headquarters in Vancouver on Friday. The company has secured a new $80 million funding round and hopes to nearly double its staff in Vancouver by the end of the year.

July 1, 2019, 6:04am Business

Vancouver-based technology company RealWear has announced a successful $80 million funding round. The company says it will use the money to substantially expand its operations, with the potential to nearly double the number of employees at its Vancouver headquarters by the end of the year. Read story

Devon Laverne, a 2018 graduate from Mountain View High School in Evergreen District, works in the laser mark department at SEH America in Vancouver.

Southwest Washington High Tech Council targets education

Devon Laverne, a 2018 graduate from Mountain View High School in Evergreen District, works in the laser mark department at SEH America in Vancouver.

June 30, 2019, 6:02am Business

When it formed, the Southwest Washington High Tech Council seemed to have two goals in mind: Improving transportation and grabbing a megaphone. Read story

The future location of the Meridian apartment complex at the corner of Northeast 32nd Street and Northeast 78th Avenue. The affordable housing project is just 500 feet from a stop on the Vine bus rapid transit line.

Council for Homeless subsidiary backs Ogden development

The future location of the Meridian apartment complex at the corner of Northeast 32nd Street and Northeast 78th Avenue. The affordable housing project is just 500 feet from a stop on the Vine bus rapid transit line.

June 27, 2019, 9:16pm Business

A developer has submitted plans to build a 46-unit affordable housing complex near Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard, in the Ogden neighborhood. The proposed project would be built on a 0.52-acre lot on Northeast 78th Avenue next to the intersection with Northeast 32nd Street, east of Andresen Road. Read story

Workers unload 49-meter Vestas wind turbine blades at the Port of Vancouver on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.

Long haul at Port of Vancouver: Turbine blades set record

Workers unload 49-meter Vestas wind turbine blades at the Port of Vancouver on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.

June 26, 2019, 5:48pm Business

Wind turbine blades aren’t the heaviest products to pass through the Port of Vancouver, but they’re definitely among the biggest. Read story