Bonneville Dam fish count 4/26
Monday — 1,157 adult spring chinook, 15 jack chinook, 18 steelhead, 1 lamprey. Water temperature: 53.6 degrees. Visibility: 4 feet. Streamflow: 347,000 cubic feet per second.
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Vancouver man, family adjust to life with his paralysis
Nine-year-old Caleb bounced around the house and hammed it up for a photographer's camera while mom Tresa tried to get him to cooperate and dad Simonn cracked jokes about the sorry state of country...
View ArticlePond skim competition scheduled Saturday at Mount Hood Meadows
Approximately 100 costumed competitors will battle for the $500 first prize in the annual Sno-Kona Pond Skim Saturday at Mount Hood Meadows. The competitors will attempt to skim across an ice-water...
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Vancouver couple’s donation to aid OHSU patients, families
A Vancouver couple have donated $12 million to Oregon Health & Science University for a new five-story patient and family guest house under construction on OHSU’s South Waterfront Campus in...
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Camas approves ordinance on fire sprinklers
When Randy Miller was moving into his new home more than 13 years ago, one must-have for the house was a fire sprinkler system. "I know the value of what sprinklers provide," said Miller, the deputy...
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PDC finds Mielke violated campaign laws
It's been more than a year since Battle Ground resident Jackie Lane filed a complaint alleging that Clark County Councilor Tom Mielke used his county email to campaign in 2014, a violation of state...
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Dozens rally to show support for Orjiako, Clark County staff
As the Clark County council waged its weekly battle to get through a regular hearing, community leaders and county officials gathered in the courtyard of the Public Service Center in a show of support...
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Wheelock to lead schools nonprofit
After the Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools conducted a nationwide search for a new leader, interim executive director Nada Wheelock emerged at the top. "We had several outstanding candidates...
View ArticlePolice: Man makes suicidal threats, causes schools to lockdown
Two schools in the Vancouver Heights area were placed on a modified lockdown Wednesday morning after a man reportedly made suicidal threats to a student who was on the way to school, Vancouver Police...
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Vancouver names new school principals, administrators
Vancouver Public Schools has announced several administrative staff changes for the 2016-17 school year. Personnel assignments are subject to approval by the school board. Elementary schools: • Sarah...
View ArticleTwo hikers home safe after falling into ravine
Two hikers who went missing after falling into a ravine in Skamania County have returned home, safe and uninjured. Paula Bailes, 38, and Madison Sartain, 22, both of Grandview, left for an overnight...
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Clark PUD opposes carbon tax plan
It's already not easy being green, and Clark County's public utility said a carbon tax on November's ballot would make it even harder. Clark Public Utilities commissioners on Tuesday unanimously...
View ArticleVancouver woman gets 3-plus years for child porn
A Vancouver woman who possessed child pornography, some involving infants and toddlers, was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison. Stacey L. Dillaman, 38, previously pleaded guilty in...
View ArticleClark College receives manufacturing grant
Vancouver — Clark College has received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to create a new Rural Access Mechatronics Program to help students in remote areas of Clark, Skamania and...
View ArticleLa Center to host recycling event Saturday
La Center — The next Green Neighbors Recycling Day is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Holley Park, 1000 E. Fourth St., La Center. La Center is organizing the event with Green Neighbors, a Clark County...
View ArticleFBI reports increase in phony calls
The FBI says it has received reports that local residents are receiving telephone calls falsely claiming to be from its small office in downtown Vancouver. Using downloadable software, the scammers are...
View ArticleOfficer discharging gun being invesitgated
Police are investigating after a law enforcement officer discharged a firearm Wednesday, but a Clark County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said the office would not yet make additional information...
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Outside attorney advising Clark County council
After several years of work, the Clark County council is, at last, in the home stretch of its Comprehensive Growth Management Plan update. But a workshop Wednesday hinted at continued complications as...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 4/28
Wednesday — 1,050 adult spring chinook, 10 jack chinook, 23 steelhead. Water temperature: 53.3 degrees. Visibility: 4 feet. Streamflow: 338,000 cubic feet per second.
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Artist captures spirit of region’s icons on pole
Toma Villa made sure there was a place on the Spirit Pole for a beaver. They are kindred spirits, after all. "Beaver is a carver, too," the Yakama artist said. The animal is among 14 iconic Northwest...
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