Weather Eye: Better hunt eggs Saturday
Monday we enjoyed those unavoidable April showers; however most were on the light side, at least at the official rain gauge for Vancouver. Today I expect many to wake up with frosty conditions,...
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Cathlapotle Plankhouse opens another season of events Sunday
Over the years, a couple of locales along the Columbia River have represented Clark County’s most populated communities. One of those spots will be highlighted over the next six months when the...
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Officers, organizations fight rise in distracted driving-related crashes
Extra officers will be out on patrol around Clark County through the first half of April for Distracted Driving Awareness month, according to the Clark County Traffic Safety Task Force. As part of the...
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Vancouver police vehicle involved in hit-and-run
A Vancouver Police Department vehicle was damaged in a hit-and-run Tuesday morning on state Highway 500 and Falk Road. The crash, which involved three eastbound vehicles, was reported at 6:50 a.m.,...
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Man suspected of drug activity, parked at police station, arrested
A Vancouver man suspected of drug activity inside his car was arrested after he learned he’d parked at a less than inconspicuous place – the parking lot of the sheriff’s office. Clark County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 4/11
Monday — 16 adult spring chinook, 29 steelhead. Year-to-date — 217 adult spring chinook, 2,061 steelhead. Ten-year average year-to-date for April 10 — 2,203 adult spring chinook, 2,938 steelhead. Water...
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Long Beach opens for razor clam digging
Closed for all season due to high marine toxin levels, razor clam digging opens Wednesday on the Long Beach Peninsula, providing a big economic boost to a struggling coastal economy. The Washington...
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Ilani adds gaming floor bar, lounge to lineup
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe announced Tuesday two more amenities will join its upcoming Ilani Casino Resort. 360 Bar, a circular bar in the middle of the 100,000-square-foot gaming floor, will be open...
View ArticleSex offender accused of contact with girl
A registered sex offender made a first appearance Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court after a Washington Department of Corrections officer allegedly caught him talking with a 16-year-old girl...
View ArticleElevated radon found at Mill Plain Elementary School
Evergreen Public Schools found elevated levels of radon in one of six schools tested in its latest round of campus tests, according to the district’s website. Radon mitigation company Cascade Radon...
View ArticleKindergarten sign-up for 2017-18 underway
Kindergarten registration is open for the 2017-18 school year for Vancouver Public Schools students. School offices are open for registration Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration...
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5 arrested after Woodland theft, high-speed pursuit
Five men suspected of a “mob theft” in Woodland were arrested after a high-speed pursuit Tuesday night. Woodland police officers responded to a report of a theft in progress at a Verizon store, 1999...
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Spring chinook fishing to reopen in lower Columbia
With only 10 percent of the early-season allocation caught, spring chinook salmon fishing in the lower Columbia River will reopen Thursday through Monday, be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, then open...
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Vancouver teen ID’d as Portland homicide victim
The victim killed in a shooting at a Portland park Tuesday has been identified as a Vancouver teenager. Shawn Scott Jr., 17, died of a single gunshot wound, ruled a homicide, at Holladay Park near the...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 4/12
Tuesday — 38 adult spring chinook, 28 steelhead. Year-to-date — 255 adult spring chinook, 2,089 steelhead. Water temperature: 47.3 degrees. Water visibility: 2.0 feet. Streamflow: 384,980 cubic feet...
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Flames engulf barn northwest of Battle Ground
Fire crews saw flames that stretched more than 40 feet in the air and heard explosions while battling a shop fire this afternoon northwest of Battle Ground. Clark County Fire & Rescue crews were...
View ArticleHeavy storm drenches county
Heavy showers, lightning, hail and winds with gusts near 50 mph are striking Clark County this afternoon. The bad weather was spotted on Doppler radar moving toward Clark County from Oregon, according...
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Loowit Brewing coming out of Ninja’s Shadow
After an email in late 2015, it appeared Loowit Brewing Company’s flagship beer, Shadow Ninja IPA, might vanish in a puff of smoke. The Vancouver brewery was told to rename the beer because a North...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 5 years in 2014 drive-by shooting
A Norteño gang associate who shot at the wrong home while, police say, he was trying to exact revenge on a gang rival was sentenced Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court to five years in prison....
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Fishing report 4/13
Spring chinook fishing is not expected to be good these next five days, but at least the lower Columbia River is below flood stage and anglers have a glimmer of hope of success. For the season to date,...
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