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Cathlapotle opens for the season
When the Cathlapotle Plankhouse season opens Sunday, visitors will be introduced to people who have been in the neighborhood for a while. The plankhouse represents the heritage of the people who...
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Morning Press: Buoy 10, homicide victim, Benton and Selective Service
What does the weather have in store for the weekend’s egg hunts? Check our local weather coverage. In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories of the week: Sportsmen to get better Buoy 10...
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Baking is the right mix for students
Janoah Stegall is all business as she chops dark chocolate in the small kitchen of the Boys & Girls Club’s O.K. Clubhouse in Vancouver. The 17-year-old Fort Vancouver High School junior...
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Still no leads in missing teen’s disappearance
Volunteers spent much of Friday and Saturday searching for a 16-year-old Camas boy who’s been missing since Thursday, but so far there are still no leads as to his whereabouts. According to Camas...
View ArticleLa Center I-5 closures, detours begin Monday
The existing overpass bridge right off Exit 16 in La Center is set to come down, and it will mean detours for any late night drivers. The work to demolish the old overpass will begin Monday. Closures...
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Rep. Herrera Beutler hosts phone town hall
There was no shouting, no booing and hardly any interrupting. It was more than 50 minutes into U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s cordial telephone town hall Thursday evening when a woman named Jessica...
View ArticleWoodland man sentenced in beating
A Woodland man convicted of beating a man with a gun he snatched from him was sentenced Friday to serve about 4 1/2 years in prison. Timothy R. Surrena, 39, pleaded guilty in Clark County Superior...
View ArticleRidgefield teen accused in vehicular assault
A conflict between two men in Ridgefield that ended with one hitting the other with a vehicle began after the victim’s daughter apparently sneaked out of her house to meet up with the driver, court...
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Cement truck rolls on onramp to Interstate 5, blocks lane
The Interstate 5 onramp near the Fourth Plain Boulevard interchange was blocked for several hours Saturday after a cement truck crashed and fell on its side. According to the Washington State Patrol,...
View ArticleHoliday Closures: Easter
Easter Sunday closures: • FIRSTENBURG COMMUNITY CENTER: Closed. • MARSHALL COMMUNITY CENTER: Closed. • HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: Adoption center, shelter and ReTails Thrift Store closed....
View ArticleWeather Eye: Sunshine, warm airflow help make today warmest day so far
I bet there were plenty of smiles on all the weather forecasters faces this weekend with the sunny skies and dry weather. I mean enough is enough. So many clouds, so much rain and so much chilly...
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Monday Clark County council, Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., sixth floor, Vancouver. 1 p.m. presentation on priority-based budgeting. Vancouver City Council, 415 W. Sixth St., Vancouver. 4...
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MESA engineering competition an arms race
On Saturday morning, a time when most adolescents would prefer to be in bed, about 100 junior and senior high school students brimming with enthusiasm and wielding prosthetic arms gathered at...
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When death comes, survivors cope with digital afterlife
There are no words to describe what Larry Till felt after his wife died unexpectedly last August. He says “shocked” comes the closest. Leisha Till was only 40 years old when she died from a brain...
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Earth Day offers opportunities to volunteer
It’s said that volunteering and serving others makes people happy. Working in the dirt also boosts happiness. On Earth Day, there’s a chance to get a double dose of happiness, as there are several...
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City of Vancouver will install 169 curb ramp corners
Walking or rolling around some of Vancouver’s neighborhoods might get a little easier this year. The city council recently approved plans to install 169 curb ramp corners in the city to meet Americans...
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Egg Scramble: Kids enjoy annual hunt on Easter Sunday in Camas
CAMAS — It took dozens of people hours to stuff and place the Easter eggs around Camas’ Crown Park, along with weeks of prep work ahead of time. And how long does it take the hundreds of children at...
View ArticleMan damages vehicles with manhole covers, is arrested
Officers arrested a severely agitated man who threw a manhole cover through a van window and police patrol car windshield Sunday afternoon near the Vancouver Farmers Market. Vancouver police officers...
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Agreements to bring law and order to casino
As final touches are being put on the Ilani Casino Resort, slated to open April 24 on the Cowlitz Indian Reservation west of La Center, Clark County released a proposed agreement that, if approved,...
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Off Beat: He enlisted for WWI despite being too young
Eighty-three names on the Veterans War Memorial remind us of Clark County’s participation in World War I. That salute to those killed in 1917 and 1918 wasn’t the community’s only long-standing link to...
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