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Budget for Fire District 3 strained because of workload
Clark County Fire District 3’s call volume has increased almost 40 percent in the past 10 years, the district said, prefacing a likely levy lid-lift proposal, which would mean a hike in district...
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Off Beat: Barracks renovation yields century of Army lost-and-found
The Army left behind some bullets. And some pins and patches, plus a couple of partial poker hands. Those were some of the items recovered recently during the renovation of a Fort Vancouver National...
View Article$1 million Mega Millions prize is still unclaimed
Some lucky soul picked up a million-dollar lottery ticket December in Vancouver, and hasn’t claimed it or doesn’t know they have it. On Dec. 30, someone bought a $1 million winning Mega Millions ticket...
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Pothole problems vexing after wintry weather
On a stretch of Northeast 130th Avenue near Heritage High School, Clark County work crews performed their labor at a spry, steady pace Tuesday afternoon in hopes of using a break in the wet weather to...
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Waiting for a kidney for Kaylin
By all outward appearances, Kaylin Coles is a normal, healthy teenager. She’s tall and lean, with long blond hair. She rides horses and participates in horse shows. She’s artistic, with a bedroom full...
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Direct primary care: Health care via monthly membership
BATTLE GROUND — When people walk into Dr. Dino Ramzi’s office for the first time, they often have a common reaction: “Am I in the right place?” Like at many medical offices, the lobby has chairs lining...
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I-5 Bridge bill gets hearings in Olympia
In the state Legislature on Monday, three words rang loudest from supporters of a bill that would make replacing the Interstate 5 Bridge a project of statewide significance: bicameral, bipartisan and...
View ArticleWSDOT focuses on 2 ideas for Hwy. 14 corridor through Washougal
After looking at seven options, Washington State Department of Transportation officials have focused on two ideas for improving the state Highway 14 corridor through Washougal. Both of the options...
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Rainier Springs Hospital construction to begin in March
Construction of a 72-bed psychiatric hospital is set to begin in Salmon Creek next month, with the facility slated to open next summer. Springstone LLC of Louisville, Ky., will build Rainier Springs...
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Tainted food leads to death of Washougal woman’s dog
WASHOUGAL — Nikki Mael wanted to give her dogs a treat. It was New Year’s Eve, and one of her dogs, Tinkerbell, had just had surgery to remove a cyst from her bladder, so Mael, 43, of Washougal went to...
View ArticleClark College hosts Medicare workshop
Vancouver – Clark College’s Mature Learning program is hosting a free information session about understanding Medicare from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday in Room 126 of Foster Hall on Clark’s main...
View ArticleWeather Eye: And you thought we were done with snow references
We discussed here the other day that there was a hint of winter weather in the air later this week. Looking at weather charts Monday while writing this, it appears to still be on track. Beginning...
View ArticleNorthbound lanes of I-5 fully open after landslide
Woodland – All northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Woodland are open after a landslide blocked the highway late last week, but a speed reduction is still in place for southbound lanes. Washington...
View ArticleGeorgia Pacific donates $10,000 to Camas-Washougal chest
CAMAS – The Georgia Pacific Foundation recently donated $10,000 to the Camas-Washougal Community Chest, which grants money to organizations in east Clark County. So far, the nonprofit has received 25...
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Legacy Salmon Creek official recounts harrowing journey to U.S.
Hoa Ly’s interest in medicine began as a 15-year-old diagnosed with dengue fever for the second time — a diagnosis that’s fatal for about 30 percent of people. Hoa was taken to an overcrowded...
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Suspect sought in hit-and-run that critically injured pedestrian
Clark County sheriff’s deputies are looking for the public’s help in finding the vehicle and driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that injured a pedestrian early Monday morning. Just before 2 a.m....
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Rally at Herrera Beutler’s Vancouver office draws crowd
Across the nation, Republicans returning home from Congress are facing angry constituents demanding answers on a range of issues from the future of healthcare to what’s happening at the Environmental...
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Vancouver man accused of killing, trying to dismember his mother
A Clark County judge set bail at $5 million today for a man accused of killing and trying to dismember his mother at their Maplewood residence in Vancouver last week. A SWAT team discovered the woman’s...
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People trapped, three seriously injured, in Dollars Corner crash
A baby riding in a pickup involved in two-vehicle collision Tuesday afternoon in Dollars Corner came away from the crash unharmed, but three adults were taken hospitals with serious injuries after...
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Papa Murphy’s makes cuts to management positions
Vancouver-based pizza company Papa Murphy’s will cut eleven management positions to save about $1.5 million per year. Among those leaving are members of its board of directors, Jayson Tipp and Brandon...
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