August 3, 2021, 6:01am Business Subscriber Exclusive
The late June heat wave pushed temperatures in Clark County to record-breaking highs, and it generated a corresponding spike in regional electricity consumption as residents hunkered down at home and cranked up their air conditioning. Read story
August 2, 2021, 6:03pm Business
Vancouver-based marketing information company ZoomInfo announced it reached its highest retention rate and customer engagement, ending its most recent quarter with more than 1,100 customers with $100,000 or greater in annual contract value. Read story
July 26, 2021, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive
Within weeks after the initial COVID-19 lockdown measures began last spring, it became clear that the pandemic had drastically changed the game for hydroponic equipment maker Hawthorne Gardening Co. Read story
July 13, 2021, 10:02am Business
Vancouver-based ZoomInfo announced Tuesday that it will acquire business intelligence company Chorus.ai in a $575 million transaction. Read story
July 13, 2021, 6:00am Business
June 30 marked the end of most of Washington’s COVID-19 pandemic restrictions including the indoor mask mandate at most businesses and public locations, but the requirement has persisted for transit riders on C-Tran buses due to separate state and federal mandates. Read story
July 4, 2021, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive
The heat wave that smothered the Portland region last weekend broke numerous all-time temperature records, and it also highlighted how quickly the Pacific Northwest’s relationship with air conditioning is shifting away from its long-standing take-it-or-leave-it approach. Read story
June 15, 2021, 6:50pm Business
Gov. Jay Inslee paid a visit to the Port of Vancouver Tuesday afternoon to tour one of the terminals where a shipment of wind turbine blades is in the process of being unloaded and trucked out to a wind energy project near Wasco, Ore. Read story
May 11, 2021, 12:11pm Business
The Columbia River Economic Development Council announced Tuesday that it has secured a $75,000 economic development grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce to help bring Chatsworth, Calif.-based aerospace and defense manufacturer United Precision Corporation to Clark County. Read story
May 10, 2021, 5:52pm Business
Vancouver-based home exercise equipment maker Nautilus released its “2021 Transition Period” results Monday, detailing a second consecutive quarter of record-breaking sales powered by high consumer demand for home workout gear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story
May 7, 2021, 3:39pm Business
Vancouver-based industrial laser manufacturer nLIGHT released its first-quarter financial results Thursday, detailing a strong quarter with annual growth across all of its major sales markets. Read story
