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Clark County Fire & Rescue to seek tax increase
Clark County Fire & Rescue, citing the loss of its service contract with Battle Ground, intends to ask voters for a levy rate increase in May’s election. The proposed levy lid lift would increase...
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Weather service predicts rain, possibility of snow
Hopefully everyone in Clark County soaked up plenty of sunshine on Thursday, because there’s snow in the forecast. But the National Weather Service says it won’t be anything like it was in January. A...
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County charts a cordial course
The importance of relationships was a unifying theme Thursday afternoon as county workers, local politicians and observers of county government gathered at the Hilton Vancouver Washington for the 2017...
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Camas author to sign his latest book
Whenever we drop in on forester Lehigh Carter, he’s behind the wheel, scanning the darkness in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains and feeling extremely tense. In “The Mountain Man’s Dog,” the first whodunit...
View ArticleVancouver receives upgraded bond credit rating
The city of Vancouver received a high credit rating from Moody’s, according to a news release from the city. The city’s Limited Tax General Obligations bonds were upgraded from Aa3 to Aa2. “The city is...
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Thai Time brings the flavor and the heat
Why: Thai Time opened in December. The restaurant occupies a strip mall space and incorporates a modern look with traditional Thai menu options. Thai Time is open seven days a week with dine-in and...
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Vancouver Symphony to feature virtuoso clarinetist
One of the great clarinet virtuosos of our time, David Shifrin, will make his debut this weekend with the Vancouver Symphony, playing concertos by Carl Maria von Weber and Giachino Rossini. Both works...
View ArticleHistoric preservation topic of First Thursday
Local women who have helped preserve historic features of several Vancouver-area properties will take part in a panel discussion Thursday at the Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 E. Main St.,...
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Fire District 6 corrects error that overpaid three chiefs
Clark County Fire District 6 has corrected a clerical error that led to three battalion chiefs being overpaid for three years. Beginning in 2014 and lasting through nearly the end of 2016, three...
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Judge Swanger’s swan song
Four decades later, Clark County District Court Judge James Swanger still remembers the moment he decided to pursue a career in law. He’s a little fuzzy on the details, such as his age and grade in...
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Review OKs former county detective’s cases
A review of pending criminal cases investigated by a former Clark County sheriff’s detective shows that no further cases are compromised, according to the county prosector’s office. But because he...
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Marijuana dispensaries take wait-and-see approach after crackdown talk
Local marijuana shops say they will take a wait-and-see approach after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer recently made allusions to a federal crackdown on legal pot. Ramsey Hamide, whose co-owned...
View ArticleFire damages Hazel Dell commercial building
Firefighters doused a fire that sparked in the roof of a business complex in Hazel Dell Friday night before it could do greater damage, and no one was injured. Firefighters were first called to 6204...
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Life as a small-town chief
Battle Ground Police Chief Bob Richardson grew up always wanting to be a police officer, watching “Adam-12” and other cop shows on TV with his brothers. After serving as a military police officer, he...
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Two students say it proud with Poetry Out Loud
Two Clark County students are ready to slam their way into spoken-word stardom at next weekend’s state Poetry Out Loud competition. Battle Ground High School junior Laney Pham and Vancouver School of...
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Smelt a no-show for Cowlitz River dippers
LONGVIEW — Smelt dippers turned out by the thousands for Saturday’s one-day-a-year season on the lower Cowlitz River. Unfortunately, the hordes who enjoy a meal of the small silvery fish went home with...
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Fleeing suspect crashes into car, business before arrest
A Vancouver police officer fired shots at a fleeing suspect who crashed into a vehicle and a building before he was apprehended by police. Detectives remained at three crime scenes that spanned about...
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Hockinson High School invests in music with high-tech band room
BRUSH PRAIRIE — At a recent Hockinson High School band rehearsal, Band Director Corey McEnry, 32, wanted his students to listen back to part of a song they just played, but there was one problem. He...
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Every28Days effort seeks support
A group of volunteers and businesses is working to combat the shortage of feminine hygiene products available for homeless women in the area with an online campaign that’s gaining traction on Facebook....
View ArticleMissing 13-year-old found safe
UPDATE: Hayden Reyes has been found safe, police said Saturday evening. ———————– Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 13-year-old boy with Asperger syndrome. Hayden M. Reyes...
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