March 30, 2023, 6:00am Business
Clark County added 600 seasonally adjusted jobs in February, according to the latest employment numbers released from the Washington Employment Security Department. Read story
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
January 24, 2023, 5:38pm Business
Hiring in Clark County appeared to be slowing in December, according to preliminary estimates from the Washington Employment Security Department. It was the same situation in each of Southwest Washington’s counties. Read story
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
January 9, 2023, 6:18pm Business
As the new year rolled in, official forecasts predict the Pacific Northwest may be in for a mild recession with minimal job loss in 2023, according to the latest Southwest Washington Labor Market Report. Read story
December 26, 2022, 5:15pm Business
Southwest Washington continued adding jobs last month, a trend that has generally persisted in the region since the early days of the pandemic. Read story
November 26, 2022, 6:03am Business
Another 1,300 jobs were created in Clark County in October, according to the most recent estimates from the Washington Employment Security Department. Read story
October 25, 2022, 6:10pm Business
Clark County continued to add jobs in September: Not including seasonal trends, there were 400 more added last month, leaving the unemployment rate at 3.8 percent — more than a point lower than the 4.9 percent from September 2021. Read story
October 10, 2022, 6:31pm Business
A large bus decked out in Manufacturing Week decor pulled up to Clark College’s campus at the Columbia Tech Center on Monday morning. As the bus unloaded, people clad in blue Association of Washington Business jackets crossed the parking lot, hustling for their chance to tour the school’s mechatronics lab. Read story
September 26, 2022, 5:22pm Business
Clark County’s unemployment rate is more than a point below where it was last August, according to an update from the Washington Employment Security Department. Read story