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Group releases thousands of coho into Salmon Creek
BATTLE GROUND -- Nine-year-old Maya Elwell was the first to tip her plastic bucket and slide about a dozen coho salmon into upper Salmon Creek on Saturday. Northwest Wild Fish Rescue released about...
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NOAA head’s West Coast tour ends in Vancouver
Concluding a weeklong tour of the West Coast, Kathy Sullivan, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, spoke in Vancouver on Saturday about oceanic health at the Pacific...
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WHO shelters do their part for homeless in winter
Between November and the end of March, 478 homeless people were sheltered through the Winter Hospitality Overflow program. The two host churches, St. Andrew Lutheran in Orchards and St. Paul Lutheran...
View ArticleWeather Eye: Cooler days, nights return after that record-setting 1-2 punch
We set two high-temperature records last week — 87 degrees on Thursday and 83 on Friday. I thought we might have a three-day sweep, but a cold air mass in the overnight and early-morning hours...
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Clark County in top 6 percent for natural amenities
We don't need a federal researcher to tell us that Clark County is a pretty good place to live. Still, the Department of Agriculture has made it official. USDA data has determined that -- by one scale,...
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AHA co-founder Betsy Henning celebrates 25 years
The year was 1994, and Betsy Henning just got her first big break after setting out as an entrepreneur a few years earlier. Hewlett-Packard's Vancouver office had called with an offer that would...
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Few retail pot licenses pulled by state board
Few recreational or medical marijuana businesses have had their licenses revoked since the start of legal marijuana sales -- none in Clark County. And in most of those cases, the state shut them down...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 4/10
Saturday — 285 adult spring chinook, 46 steelhead. Water temperature: 50.3 degrees. Visibility: 5 feet. Streamflow: 264,000 cubic feet per second.
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Heights O.K. 2 Clubhouse celebrates soft launch, opening
For Columbia River High School senior Alex Le, the new Heights O.K. 2 Clubhouse in Vancouver means that more children will have the opportunities he had growing up. Le, 18, came from a home with rigid...
View Article122 free smoke alarms installed over weekend
Volunteers with the American Red Cross installed 122 free smoke alarms and provided fire-safety education to 50 households in Vancouver over the weekend, the organization announced Sunday in a press...
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Daybreak plans facility for teens in Brush Prairie
Construction will soon begin on an inpatient rehabilitation facility for teenagers in Brush Prairie. Daybreak Youth Services, a nonprofit providing residential treatment for teens with chemical...
View ArticleAdverse Childhood Experiences a priority of county health officials
Throughout her childhood, Delena Meyer encountered social and human services from every angle. She’s the daughter of an addict who died from AIDS. She went through child protective services and the...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 4/11
Sunday — 251 adult spring chinook, 1 jack chinook, 14 steelhead. Water temperature: 50.8 degrees. Visibility: 4 feet. Streamflow: 23,500 cubic feet per second.
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On the hunt for extremophiles
High on Mount Erebus, Roberto Anitori climbed into an ice cave near the summit of the second-highest volcano in Antarctica. Although he stood on a massive 12,447-foot mountain, his research involved...
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Morning Press: Amenities, shelters, salmon, music, power lines, chicken
What's on tap for this week's weather? Check our local weather coverage. In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories of the weekend: Clark County rocks: Top 6 percent for natural...
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Off Beat: The layered, edgy history behind Magenta’s storytelling ‘Edge’
There are 150 or so seats in the new (relocated) Magenta Theater at 1101 Main St., and on April 1, at least 100 were occupied -- just barely -- by people perched eagerly on the edges. Did that...
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Working in Clark County: Don Sutton, blade sharpener
When he's not tooling around the Northwest on his CanAm motorcycle, Don Sutton is working on tools for area carpenters, builders and other professionals who need sharp, precise implements at his...
View ArticleFleeing motorcyclist injured in crash continues fleeing, arrested
A motorcyclist who crashed while fleeing police continued the pursuit on foot despite suffering significant injuries, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Officers eventually arrested John H....
View ArticleFour county parks advocates win Wager awards
Four local parks advocates have been selected as winners of the 2016 Florence B. Wager Awards by the Parks Foundation of Clark County. The winners will be honored at the foundation’s annual luncheon,...
View ArticleFather of slain teen to speak at film screening
The father of Jordan Davis, a 17-year-old who was shot and killed after a confrontation at a convenience store, will speak Sunday during a screening of the film “3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets.” The...
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