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Overcoming unemployment

Overcoming unemployment

The Job Seekers Conference, a locally-based employment seminar, will hold its ne...

Land here, learn here

Land here, learn here

Michelle Giovannozzi, Corporate Relations Manager for Clark College’s Corporate ...

Walmart opens hiring center in Vancouver

Walmart opens hiring center in Vancouver

Walmart has opened a temporary hiring center to help fill about 65 jobs at a new...

City’s pre-lease program paying dividends

City’s pre-lease program paying dividends

Submit an application and wait. Play phone-tag. Alter and adjust your plans. Res...

Crude oil facility coming to Port of Vancouver

Crude oil facility coming to Port of Vancouver

Tesoro Corporation and Savage Companies today announced plans to develop and ope...

City of Ridgefield targets state funding to boost development

City of Ridgefield targets state funding to boost development

If the Public Works Trust Fund stays intact through the rest of this year’s stat...

Banking & Money Management

Financial Literacy for the next generation

Financial Literacy for the next generation

To graduate from high school, students in Washington have to pass tests showing their proficiency at math, writing and reading. But when it comes to balancing a check book, handling a credit card wisely and interacting in the world of business, there’s an even harsher exam, with just one question at its core: do they sink or do they swim? The answer may affect today’s students for the rest of thei...

Real Estate & Development

Land for jobs: Clark County’s major obstacle

Land for jobs: Clark County’s major obstacle

There are a lot of moving parts to creating a shovel-ready parcel of land for the industrial or commercial real estate market. To name a few, there’s purchase negotiations, zoning, roads, water and sewer, telecommunication services, power supply, stormwater issues, wetland issues and multiple layers of permits. Having a plentiful supply of such parcels would, according to Lisa Nisenfeld, president...

News Briefs

New liquor store now open

Total Wine & More, the largest seller of distilled spirits in Washington state, opened its first store in Southwest Washington this week.

Spotlight

Oakiwear: Enabling playtime

Oakiwear: Enabling playtime

The challenges of parenthood often compel mothers and fathers to be resourceful. For Susan Simper, that ingenuity has turned into a budding business adventure.

The mother of twin boys spends a lot of time with her kids at nearby creeks catching crawdads and playing in the mud. Consequently, she spends a lot of time cleaning up, too.

“I had a hard time finding really good things that they could w...

► On the Record

“This is great news for Washington state, and yet another sign that our economy is on the rebound.”

-- Gov. Chris Gregoire, in a statement yesterday after the release of January employment statistics showing 12,400 jobs created, ending a 13-month-streak of negative job growth in the state. For more on the numbers, including Clark County’s place in the jobs mix, read VBJ’s story here.

Opinion

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Don’t let your lease renewal catch you off guard

Don’t let your lease renewal catch you off guard

To the business owners out there leasing office space, here’s an important question: When is the last time you looked at...

Remember the big picture

Remember the big picture

Remember the big picture. This phrase became indelibly etched on my mind by my father when I began learning the craft of...

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