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After decades of only having one Trader Joe's in Clark County, the company has filed permits for a third to open in east Vancouver. A second location in Salmon Creek is expected to open May 2.

Trader Joe’s files permits for third Clark County store, this time in east Vancouver

After decades of only having one Trader Joe's in Clark County, the company has filed permits for a third to open in east Vancouver. A second location in Salmon Creek is expected to open May 2.

March 26, 2024, 10:35am Business

Clark County could soon be home to three Trader Joe’s grocery store. Read story

Battle Ground opposes Clark County proposal to allow industrial development along railroad

March 26, 2024, 6:05am Business

Battle Ground officials are pushing back on Clark County’s proposal to allow industrial development along a railroad that passes through the city. At its March 18 meeting, the Battle Ground City Council unanimously approved a resolution opposing expansion of a county zoning overlay for so-called freight-rail dependent uses. Read story

Construction is underway on housing for low-income families. This property in Vancouver&rsquo;s Rose Village neighborhood is owned by the nonprofit Community Roots Collaborative, which helped the city&rsquo;s affordable housing numbers grow in 2022 with its Fruit Valley Terrace community.

‘We’re still a long way off’: Vancouver closing gap between housing, residents’ needs; more work to be done

Construction is underway on housing for low-income families. This property in Vancouver&rsquo;s Rose Village neighborhood is owned by the nonprofit Community Roots Collaborative, which helped the city&rsquo;s affordable housing numbers grow in 2022 with its Fruit Valley Terrace community.

March 26, 2024, 6:05am Business

A new report shows a slight increase in availability of low-income housing in the Vancouver-Portland metro area. Read story

Shoppers make their way into Vancouver Mall on in June 2022.

Vancouver Mall working with police to identify suspect in Friday’s gun incident

Shoppers make their way into Vancouver Mall on in June 2022.

March 25, 2024, 2:29pm Business

Vancouver police are investigating a Friday altercation involving a gun at Vancouver Mall that left mall customers scared but uninjured. Read story

An "Adventure Park Not Welcome Sign" is staked into the ground on the west side of Washougal River Road near the Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School/Canyon Creek Middle School campus in Washougal on Saturday, Oct. 28.

Despite moratorium, worries about Skamania County ‘adventure park’ persist

An "Adventure Park Not Welcome Sign" is staked into the ground on the west side of Washougal River Road near the Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School/Canyon Creek Middle School campus in Washougal on Saturday, Oct. 28.

March 23, 2024, 6:10am Business

A group of Skamania County residents say they fear the county’s moratorium on recreational applications won’t be enough to keep a proposed adventure park from being built. Read story

An Amtrak train pulls into the Vancouver station on Feb. 7.

Amtrak said slides that blocked tracks earlier this year were ‘south of Kelso’ — in Felida

An Amtrak train pulls into the Vancouver station on Feb. 7.

March 22, 2024, 7:40am Business

When a series of landslides interrupted Amtrak’s service in Southwest Washington between December and February, the company described the location of the slides as “south of Kelso.” Read story

Clark College student Hallie Tibbit, right, welds a bar to the bottom of a metal boat as River Fortier, center, watches during an Advanced TIG (tungsten inert gas) welding class at Clark College. The boat, the students' final project, will be put to the test at Lacamas Lake in less than three weeks, a rite of passage for those graduating from the program, a symbolic send-off to their next adventure.

Ridgefield Golden Grads’ scholarship will be for students interested in Clark College trades programs

Clark College student Hallie Tibbit, right, welds a bar to the bottom of a metal boat as River Fortier, center, watches during an Advanced TIG (tungsten inert gas) welding class at Clark College. The boat, the students' final project, will be put to the test at Lacamas Lake in less than three weeks, a rite of passage for those graduating from the program, a symbolic send-off to their next adventure.

March 22, 2024, 6:06am Business

A group of Ridgefield High School alumni — the Ridgefield Golden Grads — are looking to help graduates interested in trades programs at Clark College. Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez to host small-business resource fair

March 22, 2024, 5:55am Business

A small-business resource fair hosted by U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, is coming to Vancouver next week. Read story

ZoomInfo, formerly DiscoverOrg, is based in Vancouver.

Vancouver-based tech company ZoomInfo mostly prevails in federal suit

ZoomInfo, formerly DiscoverOrg, is based in Vancouver.

March 21, 2024, 5:44pm Business

In a class-action lawsuit questioning how Vancouver-based tech company ZoomInfo gets its proprietary data, a federal judge ruled in favor of the company in all but one of the claims last week. Read story

Founder and CEO Sean McClain poses next to a mural in a lab at Absci Corp., headquartered in Vancouver.

Vancouver’s Absci reports loss for 2023 but still moving forward with ‘AI-driven biologic drug discovery’

Founder and CEO Sean McClain poses next to a mural in a lab at Absci Corp., headquartered in Vancouver.

March 21, 2024, 2:02pm Business

Pharmaceutical company Absci reported a loss for 2023, but the Vancouver-based company also brought in $86 million in gross proceeds from its common stock offering. Read story