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Vandalism drains resources at Vancouver parks
Julie Hannon, director of Vancouver's park department, has an idea of how to improve the city's parks without costing taxpayers a dime: Stop the vandalism. On a recent afternoon, Hannon pointed to...
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Neighbors, police, fire fighters plan National Night Out parties
Several local police agencies will host National Night Out events next week. The annual event to build partnerships between police and community is Aug. 2 this year. Vancouver Multiple neighborhood...
View ArticleVigil to remember victims of gun violence
Vancouver – A Saturday evening vigil and walk along the Vancouver waterfront aims to bring attention to gun violence while remembering its victims. The program starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Marine...
View ArticleMuseum workshop on property histories
VANCOUVER – The Clark County Historical Museum will host a workshop on how to uncover the history behind a piece of property on Aug. 13. The Saturday session will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the...
View ArticleHough Foundation fundraiser next month
Vancouver – The nonprofit Hough Foundation is hosting its annual Sip & Stroll benefit from 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 20 in the Hough neighborhood. The foundation aims to provide Hough Elementary School...
View ArticleHunger Free America has hotline, website
Washington – About one in seven Washington state residents can’t always afford enough food. The United States Department of Agriculture wants more people to know about its toll-free hotline that makes...
View ArticleEverybody Has a Story: ’52 Chevy with cranky gears brings her high-speed thrill
While attending Grays Harbor College, I worked at Harbor Television and saved money to buy a car. A neighbor bought old cars and fixed them up to sell. Dad checked one out and told me that was the car...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 7/27
Tuesday — 1,030 adult summer chinook, 128 jack chinook, 2,344 steelhead, 404 sockeye, 503 shad. Water temperature: 69.3 degrees.
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Artists needed for Main Street storm drain murals
When it comes to keeping pollution out of the local stormwater system, officials like to say "only rain goes down the drain." But now there are plans in place to use art to promote that message along...
View ArticleConcert series continues today
Camas – The second of Camas’ free Concerts in the Park series is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today in Crown Park, 15th Avenue and Everett Street, when Etouffee, a Southern fiddle rock band, hits the stage....
View ArticleColumbia River steelhead limit to drop to one fish a day
A new wrinkle in lower Columbia River sport-fishing regulations begins Monday with implementation of a one-steelhead daily limit. The daily limit has been two hatchery-origin steelhead for decades, but...
View ArticleWeather Eye: We should record first 90-degree day of summer this week
We managed to hang on to those morning clouds long enough to keep our afternoon temperatures in the comfortable range for most (not me of course). At 4 p.m. Wednesday, the official temperature in...
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Columbia River fishing report July 28
Summer becomes fall on Monday in the main Columbia River with the arrival of August. The biggest change, of course, is that anglers can keep any chinook, not just fin-clipped chinook, in most...
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Digging into history at fort
James Ficek was no stranger to Fort Vancouver. Like many people who have lived in Clark County, "I've always walked by the fort." But after several weeks of archaeological research, "I know a lot more...
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Buoy 10 salmon season opens Monday
CHINOOK — It’s a good thing the area at the mouth of the Columbia River known as Buoy 10 actually is a couple of miles wide and 16 miles long. Salmon fishing at Buoy 10 is good most years. But in 2015,...
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Construction on 119th Street continues
Drivers using the intersection at Northeast 119th Street and 72nd Avenue will have to deal with backed up traffic through the summer. The project to widen 119th is scheduled for completion around the...
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Committee to hear Spirit Lake strategy
The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will discuss the long-term management of the Spirit Lake and Toutle River system during a two-day committee meeting next week at the Red Lion...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 7/28
Wednesday — 1,045 adult summer chinook, 109 jack chinook, 2,825 steelhead, 358 sockeye, 456 shad. Water temperature: 69.7 degrees.
View ArticleSearch for missing swimmer on Columbia to continue
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team is expected to begin recovery efforts this morning for missing swimmer on the Columbia River. A man in his 50s was on Ackerman Island Wednesday night...
View ArticleBystander dives in, pulls man from river
A bystander at Daybreak Park dove into the East Fork of the Lewis River to retrieve a young man pulled underwater Thursday evening, and other bystanders gave him CPR, likely saving his life, Clark...
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