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Train strikes car in east Vancouver, one dead
A motorist was confirmed dead Sunday night after a BNSF Railway train struck a car on the tracks in east Vancouver. Emergency responders were dispatched at about 9 p.m. to the 19500 block of Southeast...
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Ridgefield cuts ribbon on area where dogs can go leash-free
Ridgefield’s first off-leash dog area is open for play time. The dog area technically held a soft opening about three months ago, but some aspects of the park weren’t completed at the time. The city...
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Gun-control advocates plan visit
Backers of a ballot measure that would create a pathway for family members to prevent someone considered a risk from possessing a firearm will be in Vancouver this week. The measure, Initiative 1491,...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 9/5
Sunday — 14,408 adult fall chinook, 1,919 jack chinook, 2,224 steelhead, 1,647 adult coho, 149 jack coho, 1 sockeye. Water temperature: 69.6 degrees.
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Off Beat: There’s still time to contribute to fort’s time capsule
To mark the recent National Park Service centennial, Fort Vancouver is assembling a time capsule. You might call it a “there’s still time” capsule: People still have an opportunity to submit their...
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Will Power fuels team’s Hood to Coast run for cancer research
Running in the pitch black along Highway 30, Joe Krajewski was tired. It was sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, and the Vancouver man was in the middle of a monotonous 7-mile run along...
View ArticleHoliday Closures: Labor Day
What’s open and what’s closed today: • 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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Hands Across the Bridge champions message of hope
Labor Day is a holiday dedicated to the tireless work and achievements of American workers, and so the holiday was a fitting choice for a celebration of those who have fought their way to sobriety. On...
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Lead leads to busy days at Vancouver lab
A typical month at the Vancouver lab location of BSK Associates used to mean 10 to 15 water samples sent in through various cities and a few other homeowner samples sprinkled in. Last month, the lab...
View ArticleColumbia Gorge film festival heads for California
This year, the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival won’t be anywhere near the Columbia Gorge. The annual gathering of independent film makers and fans, the pet project of part-time Washougal...
View ArticleWeather Eye: Fair weather is carrying us closer to our first frost of the fall
Summer’s last holiday certainly wasn’t a sunny, hot weekend but, all in all, not too bad. It has rained five of the past 10 Labor Days. As of late afternoon, this one was dry, but pesky clouds kept...
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Fort’s ‘Night of the Fire’ recalls wildfire scare
This year’s version of Campfires & Candlelight will represent an even more fiery setting at Fort Vancouver: the night in 1844 when the place almost burned down. The free event is the largest living...
View ArticleAir National Guard will night train this week
The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing will conduct routine F-15 night training missions today through Friday in the evenings. Training flights will be completed each evening before 10:30...
View ArticlePOW/MIA observance to be held on Sept. 17
The Community Military Appreciation Committee is inviting the community to a National POW/MIA Recognition Day Observance on Sept. 17 at the Armed Forces Reserve Center, 15005 N.E. 65th St. The program...
View ArticleHistoric site, SOLVE aid waterfront cleanup
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is working with SOLVE Oregon to provide cleanup supplies and trash removal along a popular Columbia River trail on Sept. 17. The project will be from 10 a.m. to 1...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 9/6
Monday — 11,577 adult fall chinook, 1,486 jack chinook, 1,538 steelhead, 1,882 adult coho, 202 jack coho. Water temperature: 69.0 degrees.
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Man escapes RV fire in East Minnehaha neighborhood
Fire officials said a man is lucky to be alive after he escaped a fire in his RV parked in the East Minnehaha neighborhood Tuesday morning. A passerby called 911 about 7:45 a.m. after seeing flames...
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Daughters of the American Revolution rededicate Oregon Trail plaque
Lincoln — The Fort Vancouver chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution cleaned up a historic Oregon Trail marker at 4008 Main St., Vancouver, near the Covington House, and held a rededication...
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Volunteer earns grant for American Cancer Society
Mt. Vista — Janeen Brooks earned a Volunteer Service Award through her employer, Wells Fargo, which will donate $1,000 to the American Cancer Society. Brooks started volunteering with the society about...
View ArticleScouting crew provides medical support at jamboree
East Vancouver — Vancouver-based Venturing Crew 911, a co-ed Scouting unit that teaches 14- to 20-year-olds health and safety training, traveled to Joint Base Lewis-McChord to attend WashJam, the...
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