Domestic violence shelter is pet-friendly
VANCOUVER — YWCA Clark County’s SafeChoice domestic violence shelter is now accommodating residents who have pets. The agency recently received $5,600 from the Red- Rover Safe Housing Grant Program to...
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Environmentalists appeal county’s ’16 update to growth plan
Two environmental groups filed an appeal on Friday to Clark County's 2016 growth plan update with the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board. The challenge, filed by Friends of Clark...
View ArticleNear-drowning victim, 9, revived by rescuers in Vancouver
A 9-year-old boy whose heart had stopped after a near-drowning in Vancouver Thursday evening was revived by emergency personnel. Vancouver Fire Department firefighter-paramedic Darrin Deming said units...
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Strong fundraising benefits PeaceHealth Southwest
The best year of fundraising since 2009 by the PeaceHealth Southwest Washington Medical Center Foundation is paying off in several areas, including new centers for specialized care. The nonprofit...
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Cantwell touts affordable housing solution in Woodland
WOODLAND -- U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell said Friday the lack of affordable housing is a nationwide crisis that could be alleviated by increasing a federal tax credit. "If we don't increase the tax credit,...
View ArticleFire damages house near Yacolt
Fire damaged a house near Yacolt on Friday night. The fire was reported at 8:38 p.m. at 22681 N.E. Worthington Road. Smoke was reported coming from the residence, a 776-square-foot house built in 1936,...
View ArticleCause undetermined in Ridgefield barn fire
The damage from a fire that destroyed an outbuilding in Ridgefield was too extensive to determine a cause, Clark County Deputy Fire Marshal Curtis Eavenson said. He estimated the damage to the...
View ArticleFire destroys fifth-wheel trailer
Crews from Clark County Fire & Rescue were called to 104 N.W. Polar Drive at about 2:45 a.m. for what was first reported as an outdoor fire, agency spokesman Tim Dawdy said. When firefighters...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 7/23
Friday — 1,125 adult summer chinook, 115 jack chinook, 1,854 steelhead, 350 sockeye, 1,372 shad. Water temperature: 69.0 degrees.
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Morning Press: Conviction overturned; oil project ban; WildFin
Will it rain or shine this weekend? Check our local weather coverage. In case you missed it, here are some of the top stories of the week: Convictions overturned in Battle Ground struck-teen case An...
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Press Talk: Where’s your ballot today?
You see it over there, right? On the corner of the kitchen counter. It’s just sitting there. Piled with the junk mail. Like you really were thinking about buying those Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump...
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Sanders supporters plan solidarity march across I-5 Bridge
Supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders plan a morning march across the Interstate 5 Bridge footpath, a protest at Jantzen Beach and rally at Esther Short Park on Sunday as a show of solidarity with...
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Fort Vancouver visitors see behind scenes of WWII
Visitors to the Fort Vancouver National Site had the opportunity to glimpse a defining moment of American history on Saturday. Dressed as soldiers from the European Theater of World War II, members of...
View ArticleFive hurt when van, pickup crash head-on in north county
Five people were injured, two seriously, in a head-on crash on Northeast Yale Bridge Road in north Clark County, according to the Washington State Patrol. The crash occurred about 7:15 p.m. Saturday...
View ArticleWeather Eye: Lots of summer weather ahead, so get out there and enjoy
We discussed on a couple of occasions last week that we expected a fairly decent weekend, and it is upon us in good fashion. A morning overcast slowly burned off Saturday afternoon, which had partly to...
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Oil terminal hearings finish fourth week
Another week of hearings, another week of reasons to approve or deny the nation's largest oil terminal. Adjudication continued into its fourth week as opponents of the proposed Vancouver Energy...
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Does Madore practice what he preaches?
David Madore’s wide smile briefly faltered on his way to the Clark County council meeting on Tuesday. A man, inconspicuous but for the small photograph of Madore he carried, approached him outside the...
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Madore’s Facebook page raises questions
Clark County Councilor David Madore's preferred form of communication with constituents -- his often controversial Facebook page -- has raised questions about the county's handling of public records....
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Summer tradition of films in Vancouver parks draws big crowds
Vancouver residents living near Marshall Park might have thought themselves crazy for thinking there was a battle of galactic proportions happening somewhere in the neighborhood. There was -- but it...
View ArticleBonneville Dam 7/24
Saturday — 1,135 adult summer chinook, 107 jack chinook, 1,834 steelhead, 437 sockeye, 534 shad. Water temperature: 68.8 degrees.
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