Weather Eye: Get ready for sun, heat after Memorial Day
The first part of the long holiday weekend got off to a rocky start Friday, with lots of clouds and some scattered showers. On Saturday, despite occasional cloudiness, the sunshine helped push the...
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VPS fundraiser takes on poverty
More than 1,000 Vancouver Public Schools students are homeless. About 12,000 kids -- half of the district's students -- qualify for free- or reduced-price lunch, a federal indicator of poverty. Those...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 5/29
Saturday — 1,146 adult spring chinook, 113 jack chinook, 50 steelhead, 18 sockeye, 2,025 shad. Water temperature: 59.0 degrees. Visibility: 5.5 feet. Streamflow: 228,000 cubic feet per second.
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Vancouver millennials inspired to run for office
A white-haired politician who came of age during the civil rights movement and was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War has inspired a handful of Southwest Washington millennials to try to...
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Diverse groups join forces against oil terminal
When plans for the nation's largest oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver surfaced in 2013, project backers likely expected opposition from environmentalists. But what they surely didn't anticipate was...
View Article1 hurt, 1 arrested in hit-and-run crash
One man was taken to a hospital and another was arrested Saturday following a hit-and-run vehicle crash on state Highway 500 in Vancouver. According to the Washington State Patrol, two vehicles, a...
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Police: Arsonist strikes old church in Brush Prairie
Another building in Clark County, this time a former church, was the target of a suspected arson early this morning. It's the third suspected arson targeting a local church building in the past week....
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1 found dead in motor home fire in Orchards
One person was found dead Sunday afternoon in a motor home that caught fire in Orchards. Firefighters from the Vancouver Fire Department were dispatched to the motor home, near the 6500 block of 121st...
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Hazel Dell church worships under tent, vows to carry on
HAZEL DELL -- The pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ had a strong message for her flock Sunday morning. "They can burn us down, but they cannot burn us out," the Rev. Jennifer...
View ArticleVancouver man dies in car crash on I-5
A Vancouver man died Sunday morning in a vehicle crash that police say was caused by a medical problem. Scott H. Richards, 44, was driving a gray 2014 Dodge Charger south on Interstate 5 near Evergreen...
View ArticleHoliday Closures: Memorial Day
What’s open and closed for Memorial Day: • GARBAGE: Waste Connections will operate on its regular schedule. In Camas, normal Monday pickups will be made Tuesday. • MAIL: No home delivery except Express...
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Off Beat: Final report from front lines of Paul debate
If turnout matters, there was no real contest between Pauls. But if quality and excitement matter, I gleefully declare a tie. You may have caught my April 10 story previewing, and contrasting, Portland...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 5/30
Sunday — 1,151 adult spring chinook, 116 jack chinook, 64 steelhead, 40 sockeye, 3,162 shad. Water temperature: 59.1 degrees. Visibility: 6.0 feet. Streamflow: 207,000 cubic feet per second.
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Final salute for WWII Marine: Sand of Iwo Jima
Ed Tice, who lost comrades in 1945 on Iwo Jima, didn’t quite make it to Memorial Day, when we pause to honor those who died defending our country. Tice died Friday afternoon. But three days earlier,...
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Morning Press: Oil opposition, young candidates, Pepe, pantry, picnics
A hot flash is expected for Wednesday. Check our local weather coverage. In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories of the weekend: Opposition to oil terminal unites diverse groups When...
View ArticleVancouver police investigate home invasion robbery
Vancouver police are investigating a home invasion robbery in Vancouver. About 1 a.m. Monday, officers responded to a home in the 2400 block of Northeast 93rd Avenue for the report of a home invasion...
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Fallen service members honored at fort on Memorial Day
The colors of so many wind-whipped flags came to life under a brilliant blue sky as the early sun warmed the grass Monday morning. Hundreds had gathered around the Fort Vancouver bandstand in...
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Fire damages Battle Ground house
A fire severely damaged a home in Battle Ground on Monday afternoon, though no injuries were reported. Just before 1 p.m., firefighters from Clark County Fire District 3 responded to a fire moving...
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County taking final steps to complete 20-year growth plan
The research has been compiled. Nearly all of the comments have been submitted. The work on the Clark County Comprehensive Growth Management plan is officially off to the policy makers. At 6:30 p.m....
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Clark County deputies armed for drug overdoses
The sheriff's deputies passed around a little vial and spray nozzle. One blast of naloxone from the vial, per nostril, can revive someone left unconscious by an opioid overdose, saving their life. "You...
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