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Integra Telecom splits in two, lays off employees
Vancouver-based Integra Telecom is splitting into two companies and laying off up to 10 percent of its workforce, according to reports. The fiber optic network services company on Thursday said Integra...
View ArticleFire heavily damages Brush Prairie garage
Firefighters could see heavy smoke ahead as they drove up the hill responding to a fire that heavily damaged a garage Thursday afternoon in east Brush Prairie. Firefighters were called to 11919 N.E....
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Composer Matt Doran of Hazel Dell dies at 94
Classical composer Matt Doran, a Los Angeles transplant whose creative career got a huge second wind after he moved to Hazel Dell, died on Aug. 3. He was 94. The cause was “primarily pneumonia,”...
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Woodland considering changes at intersection
WOODLAND — The city of Woodland is considering changing an intersection at the corner of North Goerig Street and state Highway 503. After working with the Washington State Department of Transportation,...
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Middle school girls build, program robots at camp
Kneeling on the classroom floor, Jenna Chinn taped a colored marker to the front of her robot, pushed a button, and sat back to observe. Would her robot perform as she had programmed it? Or did she...
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Keeping it clean around Vancouver Lake Regional Park
It’s a common concern among wilderness advocates and managers that natural spaces could be loved to death by well intended but overzealous recreators. Vancouver Lake, with its close proximity to the...
View ArticleCooking fire damages Vancouver kitchen
A cooking fire thoroughly damaged a kitchen at a home across the street from the Washington School for the Deaf on Thursday afternoon, but firefighters were able to douse the flames before it spread...
View ArticleSuspect in court in armed robbery case
A Vancouver man who allegedly robbed a clothing store at gunpoint made a first appearance Thursday in Clark County Superior Court. Eddie Z. Scott, 19, appeared on suspicion of first-degree robbery in...
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Police seek aid finding several theft suspects
The Vancouver Police Department is asking the public to keep an eye out for suspects in several thefts in the past weeks. On July 18, officers responded to a commercial burglary in the 2300 block of...
View ArticleTwo hurt in rear-end crash north of Battle Ground
Inattention caused a rear-end crash Friday morning north of Battle Ground that sent two drivers to the hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. Estera Giurculete, 25, of Vancouver, was...
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Motor home fire blocks I-5 near Ridgefield exit
A motor home caught fire on Interstate 5 heading north near the Ridgefield exit Friday afternoon, leading to a grass fire along the roadway and blocked traffic. A family of five from Beaverton, Ore.,...
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Berrigan petition shot down
A Clark County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that a referendum petition challenging the county’s 20-year growth plan was invalid. Judge David Gregerson ruled that conservative activist Christian...
View ArticleMurdock Trust adds new program directors
The Vancouver-based M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust is bringing on two new program directors, Romanita Hairston and Pauline Fong. They will start in September at the trust, which provides grants to...
View ArticleVPD West Precinct building reopens
After several weeks of remodeling work, the Vancouver Police Department’s West Precinct building, at 2800 N.E. Stapleton Road, will re-open to the public Monday. The building had been closed since...
View ArticlePort of Woodland upgrades industrial park lighting
WOODLAND — The Port of Woodland this year upgraded lighting at the Down River Drive Industrial Park in a move to save money. With a cost of $24,000, the move will save port tenants $15,000 a year and...
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Silliman out as county reorganizes once more
It his second major reorganization of the year, Clark County Manager Mark McCauley announced Friday that he will be consolidating the county manager’s office, the Clark County council and the county’s...
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Vancouver man faces attempted murder in shooting
A Vancouver man appeared in court this morning to face charges of attempted murder in connection to a shooting Sunday that injured a 21-year-old man. Robert Deanda, 18, was arrested Thursday on...
View ArticlePolice ask for help finding missing 12-year-old boy
The Vancouver Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a missing child, 12-year-old Rodrigo Alexander Quintanilla. The police said he ran away from his Delaware Lane home, in Vancouver...
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Friday’s election tally shows no reversals in races
A new batch of election results released Friday afternoon showed small changes in several races, but no reversals from Tuesday night’s first returns. In the 17th District Senate race, Republican state...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 8/6
Friday — 892 adult fall chinook, 93 jack chinook, 1,621 steelhead, 74 sockeye, 390 shad. Water temperature: 70.4 degrees.
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