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Darren McGrady, former chef to Princess Diana, is launching a franchise of food carts, beginning with Winston's British Fish N Chips in Vancouver.

Winston’s British Fish N Chips food truck in Vancouver is fit for royalty

March 10, 2023, 6:04am Business

A long line of humans and a few corgis recently waited in the Living Hope Church parking lot on a cold, blustery day for British fish and chips created by the former Buckingham Palace chef Darren McGrady. Read story

Clark County's first homebuyer down payment program was approved by the Clark County COuncil. The program was established at the request of Clark County Treasurer Alishia Topper, who has been working on the program for two years.

Clark County to help homebuyers with down payment program

March 10, 2023, 6:02am Business

On Tuesday, the Clark County Council approved an agreement with the Washington State Housing Finance Commission to establish the area’s first homebuyer down payment program. Read story

Clark Public Utilities' River Road Generating Plant burns natural gas to make about 225 megawatts of electricity, using a turbine similar to those used on jet engines in airplanes.

Clark Public Utilities divvies up $25 million

March 9, 2023, 6:01am Business

After another year of upholding conservative budgets and strict spending habits, Clark Public Utilities decided how to distribute $25 million from its 2022 electric surplus toward future developments. Read story

Programs like ChatGPT quickly process large amounts of data and are getting better at matching writing styles.

Vancouver businesses, schools embrace artificial intelligence technology

March 8, 2023, 6:05am Business

Some Vancouver businesses, schools using artificial intelligence technology but caution against too much reliance Read story

Construction is underway on Broadstone Apartments Block 19 near the Claro Building, background center, and The Columbia on the Waterfront Vancouver on Tuesday.

Clark County gains 1,600 jobs in January

March 8, 2023, 6:05am Business

Clark County’s normally big new-year drop in jobs was less severe than usual, according to the Washington Employment Security Department. Read story

Washington leaders tout its Climate Commitment Act as a landmark initiative to heal its environmental wounds caused by greenhouse gas emissions. What does this cap and invest program look like on a local level, especially considering Vancouver is 13th on the list of most overburdened communities statewide impacted by air pollution.

How will state’s Climate Commitment Act affect Clark County?

March 7, 2023, 6:03am Business

What exactly is this market-based tool that Washington officials deem as the state’s “most efficient path” to lowering carbon emissions? Read story

Rally Pizza, which closed at the end of 2022, will return March 14 as a permanent pop up at Victor-23 Brewing.

Shuttered Rally Pizza finds new home as pop-up at Victor-23 in Vancouver

March 6, 2023, 2:29pm Business

Alan Maniscalco and Shan Wickham of Rally Pizza have revived their popular pizza spot as a permanent pop-up at Victor-23 Brewing at 2905 St. Johns Blvd. The grand opening on March 14 (Pi Day) showcases a re-invented Rally’s menu of beer-friendly offerings like garlic bread, pepperoni pizza, and the meat-heavy… Read story