April 4, 2012, 5:00pm Business
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., will tour Insitu's unmanned aircraft systems' training facility in Bingen on Thursday to highlight the impact on Southwest Washington's aerospace industry of the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration. Read story
April 4, 2012, 5:00pm Business
Boeing Co., the global aerospace giant and an anchor of Washington state's economy, is willing to do business with everyone from well-established suppliers that employ hundreds of people to companies that started with two people out of a garage. Read story
April 4, 2012, 5:00pm Business
Taxable retail sales reached $27.9 billion during the fourth quarter of 2011, a 4.2 percent increase from the same period a year ago, the Washington State Department of Revenue reported Wednesday. Read story
April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News
Two Vancouver roommates accused of trafficking a juvenile girl for sex have been arraigned on promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor charges. Read story
April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News
Firefighters on Wednesday, April 3 responded to reports of a car that crashed into a building off Southeast 192nd Avenue in east Vancouver. Read story
April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News
The Cowlitz Indian tribe is objecting to a Corps of Engineers proposal to raise a sediment retention dam on the Toutle River by 10 feet. Read story
April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News
A Republican who opposes tolls and light rail on the proposed new Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River will challenge Rep. Tim Probst, D-Vancouver, in this year's election. Read story
April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News
So these 13 guys show up at an artist's studio to model for a big painting. The painter, a dude named Leo, has the requisite looping mustache and a slightly impatient manner. Maybe his models find him a little bit intimidating. Most of them aren't so happy with their parts… Read story
April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News
The Columbia Land Trust this week announced the purchase of more than 500 acres of land near the mouth of the Columbia River, which the Vancouver-based nonprofit plans to protect as natural habitat for fish and wildlife. Read story
April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News
A state-appointed panel charged with evaluating local high-capacity transit plans will hold its first meeting in Vancouver this week. The expert review panel’s five members -- hailing from all over the country -- will review two proposed systems: a bus rapid transit line along Vancouver’s Fourth Plain corridor, and a… Read story
