October 26, 2021, 6:44pm Business
There were 400 fewer employed residents in Clark County in September, but the recovery continues on an upward trend, said Scott Bailey, regional economist for Southwest Washington. Read story
October 3, 2021, 6:05am Business
It’s been about a month since the federal government ended unemployment insurance benefits for more than 7,000 people in Clark County. And although there’s no official data to back it up, there’s been no mass return to the workforce to ease an ongoing labor shortage affecting mostly restaurants and hotels. Read story
September 26, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News
Washington hospitals have spent the past month enduring the largest wave yet of COVID-19 cases, and the surge is prompting health care worker unions to issue renewed calls for hospitals to take additional steps to combat burnout, retain existing caregivers and maintain their overall staff levels. Read story
September 22, 2021, 6:01am Business
Clark County is within 0.6 percent of regaining the number of jobs lost when COVID-19 hit and caused a massive wipeout of the economy. Read story
September 18, 2021, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive
The remote-work atmosphere of the pandemic left lots of extra time for Raoul Campbell-Rouzan to rethink his career path. As a worker at the Washington State Department of Transportation, he didn’t have the urge of excitement for his job. Although it was steady, the slow burn of his dissatisfaction with… Read story
September 4, 2021, 6:07am Business Subscriber Exclusive
Every day for about five hours, Meghan Richardson visits her daughter, Rose Washington, at the hospital’s intensive care unit. Rose was born prematurely before her lungs could fully develop. Read story
August 23, 2021, 6:31pm Business
Clark County retailers reacted with a mix of resignation and trepidation as Washington’s renewed mask mandate took effect Monday. Read story
August 19, 2021, 7:55pm Business
Following a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s annual Clark County jobs fair returned Thursday, drawing what she and her staff described as a record turnout of employers and likely a record number of job seekers. Read story
August 14, 2021, 2:34pm Business
Unemployment insurance claims in Clark County are the fewest since the pandemic began, and they continue a steady decline. Read story
July 31, 2021, 2:39pm Business
Continued unemployment claims in Clark County saw another drop, according to the latest weekly data released by the Employment Security Department. Read story
