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Guests eat indoors on Tuesday at Uptown Barrel Room in Vancouver's Uptown Village.

Challenges continue for Clark County restaurant owners under new ‘open-air’ guidelines

January 22, 2021, 6:30am Business

For restaurant owners, the latest COVID-19-era adaptation is a number: 450 parts per million. That’s the maximum level of carbon dioxide permitted in the ambient air of any enclosed dining structure under the new “open-air” dining guidelines released last week by Gov. Jay Inslee’s office. Read story

Giving Realty Group campaign: Sponsor a senior, rescue a restaurant

January 22, 2021, 6:05am Business

Giving Group Realty has launched a campaign that will support local restaurants and feed hungry seniors at the same time. Read story

Murdock Charitable Trust sets aid records

January 22, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

The Vancouver-based M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust announced Thursday it had a record quarter and record year of giving as the organization celebrated its 45th anniversary serving the Pacific Northwest. Read story

Katie O'Daniel, left, of Skip the Trip delivery chats with Ben Jackson, owner of Washougal Times, at his restaurant on Thursday. Skip the Trip delivers food from restaurants to doorsteps. At top, Skip the Trip employs independent-contract drivers who are screened and wear uniforms.

Hot food delivery options expand in Clark County

January 22, 2021, 6:01am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Clark County has a number of options for hot food delivery from restaurants. App-based businesses such as DoorDash and GrubHub are slowly gaining a small foothold, but they come with side effects: customers sometimes find cold food at their doorstep for a high price and restaurants sacrifice profit margin on… Read story

On Dec. 5, about 1.8 percent of Washingtonians, about 27,000 people, who had filed for unemployment since March were still waiting for ESD to resolve their claims. In early December, the ESD took about 10 weeks on average to resolve complex cases.

Washington jobless struggle in benefits limbo

January 21, 2021, 6:44pm Business

Aurora Tapia lost her sense of taste a week before she tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 13. Read story

Documents detail fatal Vancouver police shooting in October

Evidence is marked as officials work at the scene after a domestic violence investigation resulted in a fatal police shooting in Vancouver's Rose Village neighborhood on Oct. 4.

Investigative documents paint a clearer picture of the Oct. 4 Vancouver police shooting that resulted in the death of Andrew A. Williams, a 41-year-old homeless man with a history of drug use and run-ins with law enforcement. Read story

Camas native, singer Jimmie Rodgers dies at 87

Pop singer and Camas native Jimmie Rodgers talks with friends after a street sign dedication ceremony in Camas in 2013. Northwest 10th Avenue is now also known as Jimmie Rodgers Avenue.

Jimmie Rodgers, the pop star from Camas who worked in the local paper mill before his sweet voice brought success in the 1950s and 1960s with hit tunes like “Honeycomb” and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,” died Monday. Read story