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*LEADOPTION* First Citizens Bank has opened this 5,900-square-foot branch on Southeast Park Plaza Drive. It's the first Clark County location for the North Carolina-based bank.

First Citizens Bank opens a big branch in east Vancouver

*LEADOPTION* First Citizens Bank has opened this 5,900-square-foot branch on Southeast Park Plaza Drive. It's the first Clark County location for the North Carolina-based bank.

September 19, 2023, 3:27pm Business

Driving down Mill Plain Boulevard in east Vancouver, it’s hard to miss the new grand First Citizens Bank building that opened this summer. Read story

Kalea Maluenda-Telles, 10, right, climbs at Lucia Aberin's birthday party at The Source Climbing Center on Sept. 10.

Parents in Clark County have cause for celebration with venues where kids can bounce, jump, climb or bowl

Kalea Maluenda-Telles, 10, right, climbs at Lucia Aberin's birthday party at The Source Climbing Center on Sept. 10.

September 16, 2023, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

As a mother of three children, ages 1 to 10, I have planned and attended many, many birthday parties. To hand out invitations at my older kids’ school, you have to invite the entire class. The prospect of bringing 20 to 30 children — and their parents — into your… Read story

Fresh to Death from Vice Beer (Rachel Pinsky)

Clark County brewers make the most of seasonal hops

Fresh to Death from Vice Beer (Rachel Pinsky)

September 15, 2023, 6:07am Business

In late August and early September local brewers drive to Willamette Valley hop farms to fill up their rigs with fresh hops, then quickly return to throw their loads into brewing tanks. These expeditions take on the feel of a rural Pacific Northwest version of the car chase scene in… Read story

Drivers pass by the Main Street New Seasons Market. According to the company's <a href="https://www.newseasonsmarket.com/find-a-store/main-street">website</a>, the new store's amenities include catering, an espresso bar, pizza, soft serve ice cream and cookies.

New Seasons Market in downtown Vancouver stirs excitement

Drivers pass by the Main Street New Seasons Market. According to the company's <a href="https://www.newseasonsmarket.com/find-a-store/main-street">website</a>, the new store's amenities include catering, an espresso bar, pizza, soft serve ice cream and cookies.

September 15, 2023, 6:06am Business

The green and black signs are up. And that means Vancouver’s westside residents won’t have to wait much longer for the much-anticipated Main Street New Seasons Market. Read story

Health Inspections: Reported Sept. 6-9

September 15, 2023, 6:00am Business

Health Inspections: Sept. 6-9 Read story

The union that represents Kaiser Permanente health care workers announced Thursday that 98 percent of its members have voted to authorize a strike.

Kaiser workers in Clark County, elsewhere vote to authorize strike

The union that represents Kaiser Permanente health care workers announced Thursday that 98 percent of its members have voted to authorize a strike.

September 14, 2023, 4:46pm Business

As a strike vote comes to a close, the union that represents Kaiser Permanente health care workers announced Thursday that 98 percent of its members have voted to authorize a strike. Read story

Wind turbine components are a major import at the Port of Vancouver. Last year, enough components to serve 94,000 homes crossed the docks.

Port of Vancouver settles suit over pollution

Wind turbine components are a major import at the Port of Vancouver. Last year, enough components to serve 94,000 homes crossed the docks.

September 14, 2023, 6:05am Business

Environmental watchdog Columbia Riverkeeper and the Port of Vancouver USA came to a settlement Tuesday over alleged water pollution coming from the port. Read story

A motorist drives past Allegro Pointe on Northeast 65th Avenue in Vancouver. Vancouver Housing Authority hopes to purchase Allegro Pointe in November for mixed-income housing, including up to 23 units of low-income housing.

Vancouver boosts low-income housing projects with $2.4M

A motorist drives past Allegro Pointe on Northeast 65th Avenue in Vancouver. Vancouver Housing Authority hopes to purchase Allegro Pointe in November for mixed-income housing, including up to 23 units of low-income housing.

September 13, 2023, 5:03pm Business

Three housing projects for very low-income tenants will receive a total of $2.4 million in funding from the city of Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Fund. Read story

Sydney Bennett, customer success manager for Divert, left, brings a donated food box to Casey Shea, director of industrial solutions, after the groundbreaking of the company's new integrated diversion and energy facility in Longview. The operation will transform surplus food from Washington and Oregon producers and manufacturers into renewable natural gas. At top, Divert celebrated the groundbreaking of the company's 66,000-square-foot facility in Longview on Thursday morning.

Facility planned for Longview will convert surplus food into carbon-negative renewable energy

Sydney Bennett, customer success manager for Divert, left, brings a donated food box to Casey Shea, director of industrial solutions, after the groundbreaking of the company's new integrated diversion and energy facility in Longview. The operation will transform surplus food from Washington and Oregon producers and manufacturers into renewable natural gas. At top, Divert celebrated the groundbreaking of the company's 66,000-square-foot facility in Longview on Thursday morning.

September 13, 2023, 6:07am Business

A company aiming to redirect a torrent of food from hitting the landfill and, instead, turn it into energy is moving to Southwest Washington. Read story

A motorist passes by a development underway at Lacamas Square in southeast Vancouver. The retail center will include four buildings in its first phase, bringing in around 38,000 square feet of new retail space to the corner of N.E. 192nd Avenue and S.E. First Street.

Lacamas Square development underway

A motorist passes by a development underway at Lacamas Square in southeast Vancouver. The retail center will include four buildings in its first phase, bringing in around 38,000 square feet of new retail space to the corner of N.E. 192nd Avenue and S.E. First Street.

September 12, 2023, 6:08am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Work is underway on a new retail development, Lacamas Square, in east Vancouver, set to bring in a number of restaurants to the area. Read story