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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

1,300 workers vote to authorize a strike at PeaceHealth Southwest in Vancouver, St. John in Longview

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

October 9, 2023, 10:49am Business

More than 1,300 PeaceHealth workers have voted to authorize a strike at PeaceHealth Southwest and PeaceHealth St. John medical centers, according to a statement from the union.  Read story

From left: Jeff Kelly, Sara McCarville, Mimi Kelly, Delilah McCarville-Kruse and Lorelei Kelly are the family behind MAVRIK Equine, a new Washougal-based horse-care products business.

Working in Clark County: Sara McCarville, MAVRIK Equine

From left: Jeff Kelly, Sara McCarville, Mimi Kelly, Delilah McCarville-Kruse and Lorelei Kelly are the family behind MAVRIK Equine, a new Washougal-based horse-care products business.

October 9, 2023, 6:05am Business

Looking for a new grooming oil to pamper your pony? A family-owned business in Washougal is trying to make the hunt a little bit easier. Read story

Vancouver City Hall in downtown Vancouver.

East Vancouver neighbors oppose a city zoning change that would allow apartment development

Vancouver City Hall in downtown Vancouver.

October 7, 2023, 6:30am Business

In east Vancouver, a group of neighbors are opposing a rezone that would bring an apartment building into their community, causing the city and the would-be developer to reconsider the move. Read story

CEOs of publicly traded Clark County companies: (clockwise from top left) Scott Montross, Northwest Pipe Co.; Henry Schuck, ZoomInfo; Kevin Lycklama, formerly of Riverview Bancorp; Jim Barr, Nautilus; Cyrus Arman, CytoDyn; Scott Keeney, nLIGHT; Sean McClain, Absci

How much do Clark County’s CEOs make?

CEOs of publicly traded Clark County companies: (clockwise from top left) Scott Montross, Northwest Pipe Co.; Henry Schuck, ZoomInfo; Kevin Lycklama, formerly of Riverview Bancorp; Jim Barr, Nautilus; Cyrus Arman, CytoDyn; Scott Keeney, nLIGHT; Sean McClain, Absci

October 7, 2023, 6:14am Business

With uncertainty plaguing the global economy, executive compensation for Clark County’s publicly traded companies is mixed this year. Read story

The Interstate 5 Bridge stretches across a hazy Columbia River on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2022, as seen from the Vancouver Waterfront. Smoke from the Nakia Creek Fire and a morning layer of fog pushed air quality into the “unhealthy” range.

I-5 bridge environmental impact statement delayed, again — this time until 2024

The Interstate 5 Bridge stretches across a hazy Columbia River on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2022, as seen from the Vancouver Waterfront. Smoke from the Nakia Creek Fire and a morning layer of fog pushed air quality into the “unhealthy” range.

October 7, 2023, 6:10am Business

The release of a draft supplemental environmental impact statement, a critical milestone for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program, has been delayed for the second time, this time from the end of 2023 until the start of 2024. Read story

Students Camilla Arelano, left, and Leslie Robles play with toy diggers while exploring career options at the Dozer Day Career Fair.

Clark County high school students get close-up look at trades during Dozer Day Career Fair

Students Camilla Arelano, left, and Leslie Robles play with toy diggers while exploring career options at the Dozer Day Career Fair.

October 6, 2023, 6:50pm Business

Hundreds of local high school students gathered at the Clark Event Center at the Fairgrounds on Friday to get a hands-on look at what a future career in the construction industry — a sector that is said to be facing a workforce crisis — might entail. Read story

Lifeguard Daniela Valderrana, 19, watches over the pool at Marshall Community Center. A nationwide lifeguard shortage has pushed Vancouver's pools to cut hours and limit their offerings for swim lessons.

Vancouver pools cut hours, swim lessons as fewer apply to be lifeguards

Lifeguard Daniela Valderrana, 19, watches over the pool at Marshall Community Center. A nationwide lifeguard shortage has pushed Vancouver's pools to cut hours and limit their offerings for swim lessons.

October 6, 2023, 6:03am Business

A nationwide lifeguard shortage has pushed Vancouver’s pools to cut hours and limit their offerings for swim lessons. Read story

Passing cars on Mill Plain Boulevard honked in support of the health care Kaiser health care workers picketing at Kaiser Permanente's Cascade Park Medical Office Wednesday morning.

Kaiser health care workers in Vancouver join thousands across the country on picket lines

Passing cars on Mill Plain Boulevard honked in support of the health care Kaiser health care workers picketing at Kaiser Permanente's Cascade Park Medical Office Wednesday morning.

October 4, 2023, 11:07am Business

Unionized health care workers picketed outside of Kaiser Permanente’s Cascade Park Medical Office this morning, marking the start of the largest health care strike in U.S. history. Read story

Adam Young, a bartender at Grains of Wrath Brewing, pours one of the house beers in 2018.

Washougal breweries launch ‘passport’ program

Adam Young, a bartender at Grains of Wrath Brewing, pours one of the house beers in 2018.

October 3, 2023, 4:48pm Business

Lori Reed, the owner of the Washougal-based graphic design firm Reed Creative, has been thinking a lot about the way McMenamins, the Pacific Northwest chain of pubs, restaurants, historic hotels and movie theaters, encourages customers to visit its more than 60 locations. Read story

A trio of trucks travel to and from the Zimmerly gravel pit near Washougal.

Lawsuits over Columbia Gorge gravel pit slowing after court denies owners’ request for review

A trio of trucks travel to and from the Zimmerly gravel pit near Washougal.

October 3, 2023, 6:03am Business

Nearly half a decade of lawsuits surrounding a controversial gravel pit east of Washougal are slowing as even more governing entities deny resuming operations at the site. Read story