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Drivers pass land proposed for industrial development, left, north of state Highway 14. Developer Killian Pacific has plans for four large industrial buildings there, to be used in a flexible capacity.

Industrial development planned off Highway 14 in Vancouver

Drivers pass land proposed for industrial development, left, north of state Highway 14. Developer Killian Pacific has plans for four large industrial buildings there, to be used in a flexible capacity.

January 21, 2023, 6:02am Business

It’s a site that anyone who regularly drives down state Highway 14 in Vancouver would recognize — an empty, roughly 17 acres of land, just down the road from the Grand Central retail center. Now it’s being planned as a large flexible industrial development called simply The Collective. Read story

State offering $35M in grants for solar power

January 20, 2023, 6:03am Business

More than $35 million in grants is up for grabs for Washington municipalities seeking to give a boost to their solar base. Read story

At left, two robbers are seen in this surveillance video captured at Sticky's Pot Shop in Hazel Dell in September. Armed robberies at cannabis retailers spiked statewide last year.

Cannabis shop robberies spiked in Clark County in 2022

At left, two robbers are seen in this surveillance video captured at Sticky's Pot Shop in Hazel Dell in September. Armed robberies at cannabis retailers spiked statewide last year.

January 19, 2023, 6:02am Business

It was almost 10 p.m. in late February 2022 when four armed robbers, all in their late teens and early twenties, stormed the Craft Cannabis Marijuana Dispensary on Andresen Road, holding two shop employees at gunpoint and stealing about $1,600 in cash plus cannabis-related products. Read story

The median sale price for residential homes in Clark County continued falling last month, dropping from $514,000 in November to $479,900 in December, according to the most recent Regional Multiple Listing Service report.

Median sale price for Clark County homes falls

The median sale price for residential homes in Clark County continued falling last month, dropping from $514,000 in November to $479,900 in December, according to the most recent Regional Multiple Listing Service report.

January 18, 2023, 6:52pm Business

Potential homebuyers in Clark County face a difficult decision as the real estate market continues to normalize: Buy now or wait? Read story

A Tacoma Power crew placed this new padlock at a substation gate after one that was cut off to break into the substation was taken away by law enforcement, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022 in Graham, Wa.

Woodland substations hit before N.C., Tacoma as nation looks to increase security

A Tacoma Power crew placed this new padlock at a substation gate after one that was cut off to break into the substation was taken away by law enforcement, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022 in Graham, Wa.

January 18, 2023, 7:43am Business

Two Cowlitz County Public Utility District substation attacks in Woodland in mid-November occurred just weeks before attacks in Tacoma and North Carolina gained national attention. Read story

A company sweatshirt is seen on the chair of an employee at Sigma Design.

Camas-based Sigma Design laying off 42 employees

A company sweatshirt is seen on the chair of an employee at Sigma Design.

January 17, 2023, 5:34pm Business

Camas-based Sigma Design Inc. is permanently laying off 42 employees in Camas and Vancouver as of Jan. 31, according to the Washington Employment Security Department. Read story

(The Columbian files)

Vancouver Clinic partners with Cascade Physicians of Oregon

(The Columbian files)

January 17, 2023, 6:00am Business

Vancouver Clinic announced Thursday that the Oregon-based Cascade Physicians medical practice will be joining the clinic as of Feb. 1. Read story

Phil Hays of Salmon Creek demonstrates how he charges his 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle. Hays had to regroup after one dealership slapped a $7,500 mark-up on an ID.4 he'd ordered months before.

Demand for electric vehicles continues to outpace supply in Clark County

Phil Hays of Salmon Creek demonstrates how he charges his 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle. Hays had to regroup after one dealership slapped a $7,500 mark-up on an ID.4 he'd ordered months before.

January 15, 2023, 6:05am Business

After a year of waiting, Phil Hays received good news: His Volkswagen ID.4 was ready to be shipped from the manufacturer to the dealer. Read story

Caring for a sick child has become even more stressful than usual for many U.S. parents in recent weeks due to shortages of Children's Tylenol and other medicines.

Clark County hospitals remain stressed

Caring for a sick child has become even more stressful than usual for many U.S. parents in recent weeks due to shortages of Children's Tylenol and other medicines.

January 14, 2023, 6:04am Business

With parts of the country still in the midst of a tripledemic of respiratory viruses, emergency departments across Clark County continue to be overwhelmed with patients — on top of that, certain medicines and antibiotics are hard to come by. Read story

Amtrak to add second round-trip to Canada

January 14, 2023, 6:02am Business

Amtrak will add a second round-trip to Vancouver, B.C., by March 7, in its pursuit of restoring service to pre-pandemic levels, Amtrak announced in a letter to the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Oregon Department of Transportation. Read story