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Residents grapple with new Highway 502
The Washington State Department of Transportation is upgrading state Highway 502 to make the busy road safer for motorists, but some residents living along the road worry their own safety is being...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 6/12
Saturday — 2,638 adult spring chinook, 180 jack chinook, 232 steelhead, 4,515 sockeye, 20,558 shad. Water temperature: 63.4 degrees. Visibility: 5 feet. Streamflow: 203,200 cubic feet per second.
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Banfield Pet Hospital headquarters a new kind of doghouse
The new corporate headquarters for Banfield Pet Hospital is twice the size of the event center at the Clark County Fairgrounds, consumes only half the energy of a typical office building, and is...
View ArticleExtension, other work planned on Northeast Vancouver Mall Drive
Drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians are urged to be alert to construction and prepare for possible lane closures and travel delays during a city of Vancouver project to improve Northeast Vancouver Mall...
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Beer, wine and new friends in ‘a chill place’
At festivals that run all weekend long, Sundays usually see the smallest turnout. Craft Beer & Winefest of Vancouver organizer Rusty Hoyle tried to change that by offering a slightly different...
View ArticleBattle Ground holds free lunch program
Children and teens ages 1-18 can enjoy a free lunch this summer through the Simplified Summer Food Program for children. The program is funded through a grant from the Department of Agriculture and...
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Morning Press: County council candidates, 502, piano hospital, safe cycling,...
Those hot days are just a memory. Check our local weather coverage. In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories of the weekend: Meet candidates for the county council For armchair...
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Retiring principal was on familiar turf at Vancouver School of Arts and...
Jim O'Banion walked into the school as a junior high student in 1962. Today, he is the principal. There have been plenty of transitions over those 54 years. Built in 1929 as Shumway Junior High School,...
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Accused Clark County Jail escapee back in court
A convicted felon who allegedly switched identities with a fellow inmate to escape from the Clark County Jail in May appeared in court Monday to face an allegation of second-degree escape. Michael...
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Off Beat: To Hudson’s Bay grad, Ali was heavyweight scamp
It's too bad Ron Zollo is not with us anymore to recall that limousine ride with Muhammad Ali. Friday's funeral service for the former heavyweight champ capped a week of tributes, reminiscences and...
View ArticleGarage fire displaces Camas family
A fire north of Camas late Sunday damaged a house and four vehicles parked in the driveway. East County Fire & Rescue was called to a two-story home in the 26000 block of Northeast Third Street at...
View ArticleDriver accused of ramming Vancouver police cars
A man reportedly slumped over in a running car woke up when Vancouver police arrived early this morning, and rammed several police cars as he tried to escape. Police were called at 5:50 a.m. after...
View ArticleVancouver bike rider robbed
A man riding his bicycle to work reported he was robbed early Saturday morning by two men in a gold-colored car. The robbery was reported at 4:37 a.m. in the North Garrison Heights neighborhood. The...
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Orlando shooting sparks local reactions
Like other people across the country, Erica Marchbank of Vancouver turned on the television Sunday morning and sat slack-jawed, learning of the massacre that happened at Pulse, a gay nightclub in...
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Downtown bank robbery pursuit ends with shooting
A man sought in a Vancouver bank robbery on Monday later exchanged gunfire with a sheriff’s deputy west of Battle Ground and was injured, according to police. The robbery was reported downtown at the...
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Residents place importance on Vancouver housing solution
A majority of Vancouver residents agreed in a recent survey that the city needs to find a solution to its affordable housing issues, but establishing a new property tax to fund affordable housing...
View ArticleCamas Car Show returns for 11th year
CAMAS — The Camas Car Show will take place from 4 to 8:30 p.m. July 9 in downtown Camas. Classic and specialty cars will line the streets of downtown, and the event also will feature live music, dance...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter to discuss possible future prison tour
The Vancouver chapter of Black Lives Matter is working to organize a possible future community tour of Larch Corrections Center, and is inviting the public to attend a meeting about the proposal. Black...
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Longtime gamer opens store, Fate and Fury Games
Joseph Cochran, a longtime member of the Vancouver gaming community, has opened a new gaming emporium, Fate and Fury Games. The new store, located in a modest strip mall just west of Northeast 112th...
View ArticleWeather Eye: Stronger cold front could bring more significant rainfall
Showers returned Monday afternoon as a weak cold front swung by the region. Another stronger one will bring more rain today, probably significant amounts compared to Monday. Cold air aloft associated...
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