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An aerial view shows the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in downtown Camas.

Camas officials rule demolition plan for Georgia-Pacific paper mill won’t have significant adverse environmental impacts

An aerial view shows the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in downtown Camas.

August 19, 2023, 6:07am Business

Camas city officials have ruled that the planned removal of Camas paper mill structures in and over the Columbia River and the Camas Slough would not have significant adverse environmental impacts. Read story

Customers take a minute to decide their lunch order while visiting the food carts at Living Hope Church on Northeast Andresen Road.

Living Hope Church wants Vancouver food cart owners to help pay $45K bill for traffic study

Customers take a minute to decide their lunch order while visiting the food carts at Living Hope Church on Northeast Andresen Road.

August 18, 2023, 6:03am Business

A land use permit that Living Hope Church did not acquire until months after its food cart pod was established came with an unexpected traffic study fee of $45,000. Now Living Hope wants food cart owners to help foot the bill. Read story

The Oregon Health & Science University campus in Portland is seen in 2016.

OHSU to acquire Legacy Health in merger; combined entity will have 32,000 employees

The Oregon Health & Science University campus in Portland is seen in 2016.

August 17, 2023, 3:19pm Business

Legacy Health and Oregon Health & Science University announced Wednesday that the two health care systems are combining. Read story

FILE - The Starbucks sign is displayed in the window of a Pittsburgh Starbucks, Jan. 30, 2023. On Monday, June 12, jurors in a federal court in New Jersey awarded $25.6 million to a former regional Starbucks manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished by the coffee chain after the high-profile 2018 arrests of two Black men at one of the chain's Philadelphia locations. (AP Photo/Gene J.

Employees at downtown Vancouver Starbucks vote to unionize

FILE - The Starbucks sign is displayed in the window of a Pittsburgh Starbucks, Jan. 30, 2023. On Monday, June 12, jurors in a federal court in New Jersey awarded $25.6 million to a former regional Starbucks manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished by the coffee chain after the high-profile 2018 arrests of two Black men at one of the chain's Philadelphia locations. (AP Photo/Gene J.

August 17, 2023, 12:48pm Business

Starbucks employees at the company’s Heritage Place store in Vancouver voted Wednesday to unionize, according to the Starbucks Workers United union. Read story

Manager Betzaira Rodriguez cleans up the food cart after a rush Wednesday at the Maya Fruits and Juice Bar food cart on Northeast Andresen Road. Triple-digit temperatures have made operating food carts difficult.

Workers in Clark County toil away amid extreme heat

Manager Betzaira Rodriguez cleans up the food cart after a rush Wednesday at the Maya Fruits and Juice Bar food cart on Northeast Andresen Road. Triple-digit temperatures have made operating food carts difficult.

August 17, 2023, 6:08am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Betzaira Rodriguez leaned down to the Maya Fruits and Juice Bar window to take a family’s order. Read story

Home sales, availability ebb in Clark County

August 16, 2023, 5:58am Business Free

Once again, there are too many buyers and not enough sellers in Clark County. Read story

(Photo contributed by The Port of Vancouver)

Scientist: Floating wetlands a natural solution for algae blooms in Clark County lakes

(Photo contributed by The Port of Vancouver)

August 15, 2023, 6:07am Business

A litany of solutions exist that can rid the region’s waters of contaminants and persistent algae blooms, yet one contender remains relatively unknown. Read story

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

Vancouver-based Absci reports revenues up in its Q2

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

August 14, 2023, 4:59pm Business

Vancouver-based drug creation company Absci reported its revenues were up in its latest quarterly financial statement released Monday. Read story

Janie Wood, left, and Karen Lyles, both of Ridgefield, take a break for good food and conversation at Carts by the Park on Wednesday afternoon. The city council held a work session Thursday to consider development regulations specific to food cart pods.

Ridgefield: ‘We really don’t have standards for permanent food cart pods’ — but that could change

Janie Wood, left, and Karen Lyles, both of Ridgefield, take a break for good food and conversation at Carts by the Park on Wednesday afternoon. The city council held a work session Thursday to consider development regulations specific to food cart pods.

August 14, 2023, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Ridgefield’s popular food cart pod will likely have to meet new development regulations by early next year. The city council held a work session on the proposed regulations Thursday. Read story

Lacamas Lake, at left, stretches into the distance in Camas. The north shore of the lake, at right, will soon be developed after six years of planning.

Council approves unique plan for Camas’ North Shore

Lacamas Lake, at left, stretches into the distance in Camas. The north shore of the lake, at right, will soon be developed after six years of planning.

August 12, 2023, 6:05am Business

After six years of planning, Camas’ roughly 900-acre North Shore is poised to become a unique area featuring hundreds of acres of green space, mixed-use developments, stronger protections for trees, a focus on walkability and sustainability, a more diverse mix of housing types that should lead to more affordable housing… Read story