Sidewalk Astronomers offer a view of Mercury crossing sun
The Vancouver Sidewalk Astronomers will offer a peek at a rare planetary event Monday morning. Mercury will pass in front of the sun, something that happens about 13 times a century. The Sidewalk...
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Forest Road No. 23 won’t open in 2016
A portion of Road No. 23, a major north-south route across the Gifford Pinchot National Forest connecting Trout Lake and the Cowlitz River valley, will not open in 2016. The Forest Service announced...
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Mother of 7 finds balance in kids, school, farm
RIDGEFIELD -- It's a typical early evening on the Griffith family farm. Brothers Silas, 17, and Samson, 15, shoot hoops in the driveway, while their sister, Mirlie, 18, watches. Standing nearby at a...
View ArticleWeather Eye: Mother’s Day may be cool, but most of May is summery
I hope you enjoyed our summer-like weather yesterday as the afternoon temperatures soared into the mid-80s. And this is early May? No, but today is early May (weather). Yep, clouds and much cooler...
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Vancouver city councilors weigh in on pay increases
The majority of Vancouver City Council members say they aren’t happy about their dramatic pay hikes, and some councilors believe the independent commission that awarded them needs oversight. Five of...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 5/8
Saturday — 4,456 adult spring chinook, 606 jack chinook, 39 steelhead, 47 shad. Water temperature: 56 degrees. Visibility: 5 feet. Streamflow: 284,000 cubic feet per second.
View ArticleMan dies in car crash east of Washougal
A Carson man died early this morning in a single-vehicle crash on state Highway 14 about five miles east of Washougal, according to the Washington State Patrol. Police said Christopher A. Bash, 30, of...
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Annual plant sale: Growing a Mother’s Day tradition
Joyce Hollingsworth of Vancouver is a mother and a grandmother, but the plants her family purchased on Mother's Day were on her. "She likes to buy us hanging baskets for Mother's Day," Hollingsworth's...
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SUV crashes into home in Felida area
No one was injured when a sport-utility vehicle crashed through a fence and into a house in the Felida area Monday morning, according to Clark County Fire District 6. District spokesman David Schmitke...
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Co-working space flourishes in downtown Vancouver
Local paintings hang on the sun-soaked brick walls along the open second floor of an old downtown Vancouver building. Creative types mingle under cleverly designed lighting fixtures, and the coffee and...
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Nautilus reports big revenues to start 2016
Nautilus Inc. on Monday reported big revenues for the first quarter of 2016, which came on the back of the company's purchase of Octane Fitness at the end of last year. "Following a strong year of...
View ArticleStates to consider reopening salmon angling
Washington and Oregon officials will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday via teleconference to consider sport and commercial fishing in the lower Columbia River and possibly tribal fishing in the Bonneville, The...
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Washougal schools to break ground on projects
The Washougal School District will break ground on two new buildings Tuesday before the district's school board meeting. At 5 p.m., the district will have a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $2.3...
View ArticleDriver cited in head-on Vancouver crash
The Vancouver driver who turned in front of a vehicle on Mill Plain Boulevard last week, causing a head-on crash that injured five people, has been cited, according to the Vancouver Police Department....
View ArticleFire that displaced 3 Friday caused by candle
An unattended candle led to the fire that burned a kitchen and displaced an adult and two children Friday night, according to the Clark County Fire Marshal’s Office. Clark County Deputy Fire Marshal...
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Local troopers, staff receive WSP regional awards
The chief of the Washington State Patrol was in Vancouver on Monday to present awards for service to district volunteers, staff members and troopers on behalf of the regional state patrol. District 5...
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Firefighters extinguish apparent grease fire at Carl’s Jr.
Grease collected over time in the ducts above a Vancouver Carl's Jr. apparently caught fire Monday evening, prompting multiple calls to 911 from bystanders who saw flames spout from the roof....
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Low-income Vancouver residents plead for housing aid
They told stories of living on disability payments, the futile search for cheaper housing and being forced to move when rents soared. They talked of being evicted without cause and having nowhere to...
View ArticleAuditor’s Office seeking ‘vote no’ writers for fire district proposals in...
The Clark County Auditor’s Office is looking for writers to fill out the opposing views sections in the Aug. 2 primary election voters’ pamphlet, namely for a set of proposals from local fire...
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Port of Vancouver’s Terminal 1 will get a Marriott AC Hotel
A boutique hotel operated by the huge Marriott chain is coming to the Port of Vancouver’s Terminal 1 and will be a cornerstone of the port’s redevelopment of its prime waterfront property, the port...
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