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Workforce Southwest Washington is looking for ways to help what it calls “opportunity youth” to receive training to join local industries. For example, Cascadia Technical Academy juniors, from left, Sergey Revenko, Alissa Garon and Miguel Rodriquez are in a culinary arts program in Vancouver.

Next: Center aims to help ‘opportunity youth’ in county

Workforce Southwest Washington is looking for ways to help what it calls “opportunity youth” to receive training to join local industries. For example, Cascadia Technical Academy juniors, from left, Sergey Revenko, Alissa Garon and Miguel Rodriquez are in a culinary arts program in Vancouver.

June 18, 2018, 8:33pm Clark County Business

About 7,000 youths in Clark County between ages 16 and 24 are not in school or employed. Officials trying to help them call them “opportunity youth,” and it’s estimated that existing programs aimed to help only them reach about 700. Read story

Carol “C.J.” Andrew, owner of C.J.’s Dog Training uses rewards as a way to train dogs in her classes, versus punishment techniques such as shock collars and choke chains.

Working in Clark County: Carol J. Andrew, owner, C.J.’s Dog Training

Carol “C.J.” Andrew, owner of C.J.’s Dog Training uses rewards as a way to train dogs in her classes, versus punishment techniques such as shock collars and choke chains.

June 18, 2018, 6:02am Business

Carol “C.J.” Andrew’s love for pups started out with a boxer-breed dog named Skipper, who she got for Christmas back in 1948. Read story

Workers assemble components at Blokable’s production facilities during a recent visit from Gov. Jay Inslee. The Seattle company makes its modular housing units — called bloks — in Vancouver.

Blokable builds on idea

Workers assemble components at Blokable’s production facilities during a recent visit from Gov. Jay Inslee. The Seattle company makes its modular housing units — called bloks — in Vancouver.

June 17, 2018, 6:05am Business

This summer is shaping up to be a big one for Blokable, the Seattle construction technology company that hopes to upend the market for new affordable housing. Read story

The Tower Mall on Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver in 1978.

Shopping for a new face on Tower Mall in Vancouver

The Tower Mall on Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver in 1978.

June 17, 2018, 6:02am Business

Once a bustling hub, Tower Mall has largely fallen silent. One by one, tenants move on, leaving behind a lone security guard roaming the halls of an enclosed shopping mall that’s now just a shell of its former self. Read story

The Port of Vancouver's 218-acre Terminal 5 was the proposed site for the nation's largest oil-by-rail terminal.

Vancouver port to pay $500K to settle open meetings lawsuit

The Port of Vancouver's 218-acre Terminal 5 was the proposed site for the nation's largest oil-by-rail terminal.

June 14, 2018, 5:32pm Business

The Port of Vancouver has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit wherein it admitted to violating open meetings laws while commissioners debated a lease for an oil terminal. Read story

Hawthorne Gardening Co., a subsidiary of Scotts Miracle-Gro, hopes to lease space from the Port of Vancouver’s Centennial Industrial Building, seen Thursday morning. The new space would be down the road from the former Sunlight Supply headquarters, which Scotts bought in May.

Sunlight Supply’s new owners making moves in Vancouver

Hawthorne Gardening Co., a subsidiary of Scotts Miracle-Gro, hopes to lease space from the Port of Vancouver’s Centennial Industrial Building, seen Thursday morning. The new space would be down the road from the former Sunlight Supply headquarters, which Scotts bought in May.

June 14, 2018, 5:13pm Business

Sunlight Supply Inc.’s new owners could soon arrive in Vancouver with supplies of their own. Read story

The TransAlta power plant in Centralia was fined by the Southwest Clean Air Agency for violating federal mercury standards and not operating pollution control equipment at optimal levels. The plant is one of the largest polluters in the state.

Power plant issued $331,000 fine

The TransAlta power plant in Centralia was fined by the Southwest Clean Air Agency for violating federal mercury standards and not operating pollution control equipment at optimal levels. The plant is one of the largest polluters in the state.

June 13, 2018, 7:36pm Business

The Southwest Washington Clean Air Agency has fined the TransAlta coal-fired power plant in Centralia more than $331,000 for exceeding federal mercury emission standards and improper operation of its air pollution equipment. Read story

Dean Kirkland, second from left, chats with colleagues and supporters after the groundbreaking of Hotel Indigo and Kirkland Tower. The two buildings will be the sixth and seventh buildings at The Waterfront Vancouver.

Hotel Indigo, Kirkland Tower break ground at The Waterfront Vancouver

Dean Kirkland, second from left, chats with colleagues and supporters after the groundbreaking of Hotel Indigo and Kirkland Tower. The two buildings will be the sixth and seventh buildings at The Waterfront Vancouver.

June 13, 2018, 7:23pm Business

Even if golden shovels weren’t customary at groundbreakings, Dean Kirkland may have wanted one anyway. Read story

Efren Martinez Zavala with GRO Outdoor Living works on the outdoor patio outside The Black Pearl in Washougal. The long-unused building is expected to open as an events center in August.

The Black Pearl nears opening as events venue

Efren Martinez Zavala with GRO Outdoor Living works on the outdoor patio outside The Black Pearl in Washougal. The long-unused building is expected to open as an events center in August.

June 13, 2018, 6:02am Business

A prized but unfinished restaurant on the Washougal waterfront is on its way to finding new life as an events center. Read story

Jason Granneman, school resource officer at Hockinson High School and deputy with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, keeps an eye on activities in the school from the second floor. In addition to developing initiatives at the high school, Granneman serves as a member a statewide Mass Shooting Task Force formed earlier this year.

Working in Clark County: Jason Granneman, school resource Officer at Hockinson High School

Jason Granneman, school resource officer at Hockinson High School and deputy with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, keeps an eye on activities in the school from the second floor. In addition to developing initiatives at the high school, Granneman serves as a member a statewide Mass Shooting Task Force formed earlier this year.

June 11, 2018, 6:02am Business

Clark County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jason Granneman didn’t sit idle when he learned that a student at Hockinson High School in Brush Prairie, where he is a school resource officer, made threats to “shoot up the school” last month. Read story