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Courtney and Ryan Self pass their toddler son, Hudson, between them at their Vancouver area home, where they run the small business HuddyBearCo. It sells clothing and toys for babies and toddlers. Hudson&rsquo;s premature birth inspired their give-back venture.

After son born prematurely, Vancouver parents start online store HuddyBearCo and donate to NICU

Courtney and Ryan Self pass their toddler son, Hudson, between them at their Vancouver area home, where they run the small business HuddyBearCo. It sells clothing and toys for babies and toddlers. Hudson&rsquo;s premature birth inspired their give-back venture.

January 9, 2024, 6:08am Business

Courtney Self and her husband were shocked when their son was born seven weeks early. Hudson, now 2½, required an extensive stay in the neonatal intensive care unit. Their experience with a preemie led them to launch an online children’s store, HuddyBearCo. Read story

Construction workers move a piece of siding up a ladder on Northeast 138th Avenue in east Vancouver. The construction industry locally and nationally is seeing huge labor shortages, delaying projects and making them more expensive.

Labor shortages in construction cause delays, drive up costs in Clark County

Construction workers move a piece of siding up a ladder on Northeast 138th Avenue in east Vancouver. The construction industry locally and nationally is seeing huge labor shortages, delaying projects and making them more expensive.

January 9, 2024, 6:08am Business

For years, the local construction industry has seen labor shortages. Experts say the trend is driving up the cost of building and causing delays. Read story

A welder works in a Seattle warehouse. More than a third of the health and safety penalties that the state’s Department of Labor & Industries issued on violations between 2017 and 2021 were later reduced during appeal, voiding roughly $15 million in safety fines.

WA’s job safety fines reduced on appeal; Clark County company negotiated a $1.3M reduction after worker’s hand was crushed

A welder works in a Seattle warehouse. More than a third of the health and safety penalties that the state’s Department of Labor & Industries issued on violations between 2017 and 2021 were later reduced during appeal, voiding roughly $15 million in safety fines.

January 8, 2024, 6:04am Business

After a worker’s hand was crushed in 2019 — the 10th serious injury in six years at Green Willow Trucking— Washington state safety regulators slapped the dairy and bottling distribution company with $1.8 million in fines and 22 willful citations. Read story

A group of executives and engineers from Probat Inc., visited the roaster at Pull Caffe in Yacolt.

Pull Caffe’s coffee roaster in Yacolt is officially the oldest of its kindvideo icon

A group of executives and engineers from Probat Inc., visited the roaster at Pull Caffe in Yacolt.

January 6, 2024, 6:10am Business

An old German coffee roaster machine in Yacolt was acknowledged in December as the oldest of its kind by world-renowned manufacturer Probat. Read story

18th District Rep. Greg Cheney answers a question Wednesday during a candidate forum at Columbia River High School in 2023.

Battle Ground lawmaker proposes bill that would pay landlords who reduce rent or keep it the same

18th District Rep. Greg Cheney answers a question Wednesday during a candidate forum at Columbia River High School in 2023.

January 6, 2024, 6:02am Business

Rep. Greg Cheney, R-Battle Ground, is proposing a bill this upcoming legislative session to pay back Washington landlords who reduce rents or keep them the same. Read story

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian 
 Volunteer Steve Bader takes part in a big reupholstery project Friday at the Kiggins Theater. The Kiggins has shut down for two weeks and rounded up local volunteers to refurbish more than 100 worn and damaged seats.

Kiggins Theatre gets a little help from its friends

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian 
 Volunteer Steve Bader takes part in a big reupholstery project Friday at the Kiggins Theater. The Kiggins has shut down for two weeks and rounded up local volunteers to refurbish more than 100 worn and damaged seats.

January 5, 2024, 3:09pm Business

Who knew that a chair could turn out to be such a complicated, costly machine? Not even retired Hewlett-Packard engineer Joe Barbera, flipping over a disassembled cinema seat to reveal the array of complicated parts that are usually hidden below a moviegoer’s bottom. Read story

Tyler Malek, co-founder of Salt &amp; Straw, serves up a scoop of Chocolate Gooey Brownie at the Waterfront Vancouver on Thursday morning.

Salt & Straw ready to dig in on Vancouver’s waterfront at chain’s 40th store

Tyler Malek, co-founder of Salt &amp; Straw, serves up a scoop of Chocolate Gooey Brownie at the Waterfront Vancouver on Thursday morning.

January 4, 2024, 2:28pm Business

Salt & Straw opened in 2011 with a food cart and four $16 used ice cream makers. Read story

The Clark County Council is reviewing how fire district impact fees are assessed and imposed.

Clark County Council to have public hearing on fire district impact fees

The Clark County Council is reviewing how fire district impact fees are assessed and imposed.

January 4, 2024, 6:06am Business

Concerns about rising home and rental prices left some Clark County councilors on the fence when it comes to proposed fire district impact fees. The county council unanimously voted Wednesday to hold a public hearing on the matter, with the date to be announced later. Read story

The Attorney General's Office expects to send more than 400,000 checks to Washington households by the end of the year because the state has settled a series of price-fixing lawsuits with chicken and tuna producers.

Tuna, chicken settlement checks from Washington AG’s Office are legitimate – don’t throw them away

The Attorney General's Office expects to send more than 400,000 checks to Washington households by the end of the year because the state has settled a series of price-fixing lawsuits with chicken and tuna producers.

January 4, 2024, 6:05am Business

If you get a check in the mail from the Washington Attorney General’s Office, don’t throw it away. It’s not a scam, as feared by several who called The Columbian after the unexpected checks arrived. Read story

SCORE member Al Gold talks about the importance of the “elevator Pitch” to attendees of a SCORE Business Education series at the Port of Kalama. Several of the attendees completed the course and now have facilities located in the Port of Kalama’s Mountain Timber Market.

SCORE small-business mentorships streamline experience for Southwest Washington entrepreneurs

SCORE member Al Gold talks about the importance of the “elevator Pitch” to attendees of a SCORE Business Education series at the Port of Kalama. Several of the attendees completed the course and now have facilities located in the Port of Kalama’s Mountain Timber Market.

January 3, 2024, 6:08am Business

When Nancie Edwards launched her Camas business, Canine Coach, she knew she’d be connecting with SCORE. She’d heard about the organization when she was studying business management at Portland State University. Read story