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Port of Longview's going with the grain
Public ports are not immune to economic down times, as the Port of Longview learned at the beginning of the decade. Weyerhaeuser Co. gobbled up Portland-based Willamette Industries in 2002 and consolidated with its private logyard, drastically cutting the port’s log export business.
Port of Kalama focused on adding small businesses to industrial park
The Port of Kalama hasn’t been spared by the economic downturn, port director Lanny Cawley said. In the port’s 75-acre industrial park, manufacturers have looked to cut costs by cutting the floor space they rent. This year, port revenue is down about 5 percent from 2008, but most businesses at the port are poised to start growing again once the economy quickens, Cawley said.
Still plenty of room to grow at Port of Woodland
Driving around the Woodland Bottoms, Erica Rainford heads down a bumpy gravel road to a bucolic riverside expanse dotted with bright yellow excavators, dozers and backhoes climbing on dredge spoils from the Columbia River.
InBusiness Spotlight: Cowlitz Driving School
It’s been a long time — 43 years to be exact — since Tom Renaud of Longview took driver’s education. Still, he recalls sitting in a classroom at Mark Morris High School and listening to Jim Kaber talk about the responsibilities that come with driving.
Column: Banks are lending, albeit differently
Recently we’ve been told light is shining at the end of our dark economic tunnel. And while this news is cause for relief, does it mean credit is available to go buy things with? Are loans being made?
Column: Future of our country's major scientific advances at stake during recession
In recent years we’ve all seen many true advances in medical science, energy technologies and more, the kind of win-win work we need now more than ever to find new ways to build our future and propel us out of this global recession.
InBusiness Update: A look back at recent economic news
Dredging project receives federal stimulus money
Business Happenings: Openings, moves and ownership changes
Lexington pizza pub doubling space
Business Achievements
Castle Rock dentist completes program
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