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Corey Walters, founder and CEO of Homeworthy, looks over one of his company’s “for sale” signs in his downtown Vancouver office. The signs are intended to be hung from full-size posts like a traditional For Sale sign, but with a more distinctive look.

Vancouver real estate startup aims to make home sale process entirely digital

Corey Walters, founder and CEO of Homeworthy, looks over one of his company’s “for sale” signs in his downtown Vancouver office. The signs are intended to be hung from full-size posts like a traditional For Sale sign, but with a more distinctive look.

March 14, 2019, 6:00am Business

The internet has changed the game for home sales, with online listing sites such as Zillow and Redfin giving potential buyers in-depth views of homes before they ever contact the seller. Read story

Clark County’s nonfarm employment dropped by an estimated 2,500 jobs in January, ending at 165,700. Aside from the federal jobs, some of the biggest losses were in retail trade, which lost 800 jobs; business services, which lost 200 jobs; and construction, food services and K-12 education, which each lost 300 jobs.

Shutdown plays role in rise of unemployment in January

Clark County’s nonfarm employment dropped by an estimated 2,500 jobs in January, ending at 165,700. Aside from the federal jobs, some of the biggest losses were in retail trade, which lost 800 jobs; business services, which lost 200 jobs; and construction, food services and K-12 education, which each lost 300 jobs.

March 13, 2019, 6:03am Business

Clark County’s unemployment rate jumped to 5.4 percent in January, according to Washington Employment Security Department data released Tuesday. Read story

Kari Ferguson, owner of Dickens Children’s Books and Publishing Lab, sits in the reading area of her new bookstore in the Hough neighborhood. The stage area will also allow for puppet shows, live music performances and story time reading sessions.

Kids bookstore set to open in Vancouver

Kari Ferguson, owner of Dickens Children’s Books and Publishing Lab, sits in the reading area of her new bookstore in the Hough neighborhood. The stage area will also allow for puppet shows, live music performances and story time reading sessions.

March 12, 2019, 6:02am Business

Opening a new retail bookstore might seem like a risky venture in the era of Amazon, ebooks and online shopping, but Vancouver resident Kari Ferguson thinks she has a strategy to succeed: make the store a destination. Read story

A shopper walks down the stairs near the former Sears location at the Vancouver Mall in November. The space will apparently be split into a Hobby Lobby and a Round1 amusement center.

Hobby Lobby, Round1 destined for vacated Vancouver Mall Sears space?video icon

A shopper walks down the stairs near the former Sears location at the Vancouver Mall in November. The space will apparently be split into a Hobby Lobby and a Round1 amusement center.

March 11, 2019, 10:42am Business

Hobby Lobby along with a bowling and amusement games venue appear to be destined for the former Sears space at Vancouver Mall. Read story

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian Tandy Slaton works with people from all walks of life and says one of the toughest parts of her job is always being present with people as they are telling her their difficult stories, which could include childhood trauma and other types of abuses.

Working in Clark County: Tandy Slaton, substance abuse counselor at Lifeline Connections

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian Tandy Slaton works with people from all walks of life and says one of the toughest parts of her job is always being present with people as they are telling her their difficult stories, which could include childhood trauma and other types of abuses.

March 11, 2019, 6:00am Business

When Tandy Slaton was 18 years old, she made a decidedly drastic change in her environment — moving from the very small town of Republic in northeastern Washington to Southern California. Her parents had divorced; she bounced around from Oregon to Washington, graduating high school in Colorado. Read story

Carbon12, the tallest mass timber and cross-laminated timber building in the country, is an eight-story condominium tower in Portland completed in January 2018 and designed and developed by Path Architecture and Kaiser Group. Those two firms, which operate as one company, are planning to build a similar structure at The Waterfront Vancouver on Block 14. The building would be called The Trestle.

Trendy timber at chic Waterfront Vancouver?

Carbon12, the tallest mass timber and cross-laminated timber building in the country, is an eight-story condominium tower in Portland completed in January 2018 and designed and developed by Path Architecture and Kaiser Group. Those two firms, which operate as one company, are planning to build a similar structure at The Waterfront Vancouver on Block 14. The building would be called The Trestle.

March 10, 2019, 6:00am Business

In its brief existence, The Waterfront Vancouver has offered an urban development few could have thought possible in Vancouver. Read story

Barrett Business Services set to participate in investors conference

March 9, 2019, 6:03am Business

Barrett Business Services Inc., the Vancouver-based business management provider, has been invited to participate at the 31st Annual ROTH Capital Partners Conference, held March 18-19 at The Ritz-Carlton in Dana Point, Calif. Read story

Travel writers conference to be held in Vancouver

March 9, 2019, 6:01am Business

Dozens of travel and lifestyle writers will converge at Vancouver's Heathman Lodge from March 31 to April 2 for workshops, speakers, panel discussions and networking with other industry professionals for the 2019 Travel & Words Conference. Read story

Bruce Cazenave (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Ex-Nautilus CEO Bruce Cazenave lands at direct-to-consumer Bluestem Group

Bruce Cazenave (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

March 8, 2019, 9:30am Business

Bruce Cazenave, who a week ago stepped down as president and CEO of Nautilus, Inc., has been named president and CEO of Bluestem Group Inc., a direct-to-consumer retailer, the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based company announced Friday. Read story

Developer plans industrial project in east Vancouver

March 8, 2019, 6:05am Business

A developer has submitted preliminary plans for a pair of industrial buildings at 15710 N.E. 65th St. in east Vancouver, south of Orchards. Read story