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A rendering of a planned stand-alone, inpatient rehabilitation facility in Vancouver.

PeaceHealth plans to build rehab facility to treat patients with brain injuries in Vancouver

July 12, 2024, 6:08am Business

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center announced Wednesday it will partner with Lifepoint Rehabilitation to build and operate a new stand-alone, inpatient rehabilitation facility in Vancouver. Read story

A motorist passes by the former locations of Dollar Tree, background left, and Party City, right, in east Vancouver on Thursday morning. Both retailers are among the nationwide chains that have closed at least one Clark County store.

Clark County sees more chain stores closing; Dollar Tree, Party City are latest to shutter doors

July 12, 2024, 6:04am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Shoppers at Cascade Park Plaza in east Vancouver may have been in for a surprise recently to find not one but two of the shopping mall’s major retailers had closed. Read story

Lighthouse Financial Foundation receives donation from Riverview Bank

July 12, 2024, 5:57am Business

The Lighthouse Financial Foundation received a $10,000 donation from Riverview Bank. Read story

FILE - The New York Stock Exchange is shown on July 10, 2024, in New York. World shares have forged ahead on Thursday, July 11, 2024, after another record-setting rally on Wall Street.

Stock market today: Most of Wall Street climbs on encouraging inflation report, but Big Tech slumps

July 11, 2024, 1:55pm Business

Most U.S. stocks rose Thursday after the latest update on inflation bolstered Wall Street’s belief that relief on interest rates may come as soon as September. Read story

The Vancouver Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers will have a grand opening July 16.

Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers sets opening date in Vancouver

July 11, 2024, 1:41pm Business

Southern chicken empire Raising Cane’s will open its first Washington location July 16 just off Mill Plain Boulevard in east Vancouver. Read story

Biden awards $1.7 billion to boost electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly in eight states

FILE - President Joe Biden drives a Cadillac Lyriq through the showroom during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show, Sept. 14, 2022, in Detroit. The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Grants totaling $1.7 billion will be issued by the Energy Department to create or retain thousands of union jobs and support auto-based communities that have long driven the U.S. economy, the White House said Thursday, July 11, 2024.

July 11, 2024, 8:09am Business

The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites owned by General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Volvo and other carmakers in eight states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Read story

Biden administration goes bigger on funding apprenticeships, hoping to draw contrast with GOP

July 11, 2024, 8:08am Business

The Biden administration said Thursday that it’s providing $244 million to expand and update the federal government’s registered apprenticeship program — an effort to bring more people into higher-paying work that doesn’t require a college degree. Read story