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Vancouver iTech Preparatory receives Innovative Schools honor for 2016
Vancouver iTech Preparatory is among seven schools to receive the state's Innovative Schools designation for 2016. The other schools in the state to receive the distinction are in the Central Kitsap,...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 4/20
Tuesday — 550 adult spring chinook, 10 jack chinook, 26 steelhead. Water temperature: 53.2 degrees. Visibility: 4 feet. Streamflow: 327,000 cubic feet per second.
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Salary commission makes big raises official for mayor, council
The city of Vancouver’s Salary Review Commission adopted an ordinance by a 3-2 vote Wednesday setting the mayor and city council’s dramatically higher salaries for 2017-18. The move formalizes the...
View ArticleInvestors boost Barrett after good audit news
Investors on Wednesday gave a big bump to Barrett Business Services Inc., the troubled Vancouver human relations company, following good news from a forensic accounting investigation. Barrett, traded...
View ArticlePapa Murphy’s execs saw their pay decline in 2015
VANCOUVER — Top Papa Murphy’s executives saw their pay fall by nearly half in 2015 after the Vancouver-based company’s stock took a tumble, deflating option awards. Ken Calwell, CEO of the...
View ArticleFire destroys RV parked at Lake Merwin Campers Hideaway
A Wednesday afternoon fire destroyed an RV at Lake Merwin Campers Hideaway north of Amboy. No one was injured, but Clark County Fire District 10 Chief Gordon Brooks said the RV was a total loss. “We’re...
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Madore airs concerns with investigation contract
Clark County Councilor David Madore pressed the county manager on Wednesday for more details about a contract with an investigator looking into a series of allegations that revolve around the...
View ArticleShare raises record $213,000 at gala
Vancouver — Share, the nonprofit organization that operates homeless shelters in Clark County, raised a record $213,000 at Saturday’s “Journey to the Far East” gala. “We are once again astounded by the...
View ArticleWoodland police chief forum set for April 27
Woodland — The community is invited to a forum with Woodland police Chief Phil Crochet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Woodland Police Department, at 200 E. Scott Ave. Crochet will give a brief presentation...
View ArticleFishing report 4/21
Spring chinook fishing in the lower Willamette River improved to a salmon per 10 rods last week. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife estimates boaters made 5,240 trips in the lower Willamette,...
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Final opening day slated Saturday at Kidney Lake
NORTH BONNEVILLE — Kidney Lake, a trout-fishing spot in southern Skamania County for more than 60 years, will be open for Saturday’s opening day, but could close to public access as early as June 15....
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 4/21
Wednesday — 784 adult spring chinook, 5 jack chinook, 23 steelhead. Water temperature: 53.6 degrees. Visibility: 4 feet. Streamflow: 310,000 cubic feet per second.
View ArticleTwo county jail inmates sentenced in attack
Two Clark County Jail inmates accused of assaulting another inmate and taking items he purchased at the commissary were sentenced Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court. Alejandro Mendoza, 24,...
View ArticleCorroded power cord caused blaze that destroyed trailer, officials said
A fire that destroyed a fifth wheel travel trailer at Lake Merwin Camper’s Hideaway was caused by a corroded power cord, fire officials said. Crews with Clark County Fire District 10 were called to the...
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One dead, two injured in Woodland plane crash
One person was killed and two others were injured after a small aircraft ran off the runway at the Woodland State Airport, Woodland Mayor Will Finn said. Emergency personnel were called to the scene...
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Buoy 10 salmon season to get a new look
Washington and Oregon on Thursday announced a new look for the popular Buoy 10 late-summer salmon season at the mouth of the Columbia River: Only adipose fin-clipped hatchery chinook will be allowed to...
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Port of Vancouver stalls release of oil terminal lease documents
Six days after Port of Vancouver commissioners publicly approved a lease amendment for the country’s largest proposed oil terminal, the port has yet to make the document publicly available. Though...
View ArticleThree hurt in Vancouver chain-reaction crash
Three people were injured Thursday in a chain-reaction crash on state Highway 500 in Vancouver, according to the Washington State Patrol. The crash occurred at 2:36 p.m. in stop-and-go eastbound...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 4/22
Thursday — 2,704 adult spring chinook, 18 jack chinook, 36 steelhead. Water temperature: 54.0 degrees. Visibility: 4 feet. Streamflow: 307.000 cubic feet per second.
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Victim in Woodland plane crash ID’d as Renton man
The person who died in a plane crash at Woodland State Airport Thursday afternoon was identified as a Renton man. The Cowlitz County Coroner ‘s Office identified Marc Sebastian Messina, 56, as the man...
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