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Miss La Center Court volunteers at Portland festival
La Center — After riding in a float this summer in the Portland Rose Festival Starlight Parade, the Miss La Center Court was asked back to Portland to volunteer during the 25th annual Festa Italiana....
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C-Tran bus stop repurposed into chicken coop
Father Blanchet — Why didn’t the chickens cross the road? At Mike Kyle’s house, it’s most likely because they were waiting at a bus stop. Kyle and his family were looking to buy some chickens, but had...
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Our home and business in Missouri was only known as The Tavern. The summer of 1958 was filled with fantasy and adventure for a 5-year-old. Each day would start with chores. The one I liked least was...
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District 18, Position 2 House race: Republican legislative candidate Rep. Liz Pike of Camas said Ken Fisher will be the keynote speaker at her upcoming fundraiser. The event will be from 5 to 8 p.m....
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Lewisville Park looks to past, future
Of the more than 1,000 rentable spaces in the county’s park system, more than two-thirds reserved last year were exclusive to Lewisville Park, the county’s oldest and most popular public park....
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 9/7
Tuesday — 32,446 adult fall chinook, 2,991 jack chinook, 4,084 steelhead, 3,120 adult coho, 340 jack coho. Water temperature: 68.8 degrees.
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C-Tran awarded $6 million federal grant for new buses
C-Tran has been awarded a $6.08 million federal grant to replace 10 antiquated buses with 10 new low-floor, electric/diesel hybrids. The announcement came Tuesday in a joint press release from Sen....
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Volunteers battle mural mold on Vancouver Remembrance Wall
Ten years after paintbrushes created the art, it was time for scrub brushes to clean it up. Six volunteers went to work Wednesday at a mural representing the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Their battle was...
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21 new citizens proud to call selves Americans
Anastasiya Volkov’s parents brought her to this country from Russia in 1994, when she was about 2. The Vancouver woman became a U.S. citizen Wednesday during the sixth annual naturalization ceremony at...
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State Supreme Court hears McCleary arguments
An attorney for the state of Washington assured the justices of the state’s Supreme Court on Wednesday that lawmakers are making strides toward adequately funding the state’s public schools. “We have...
View ArticleWeather Eye: Enjoy weekend’s summer-like weather, harvest moon next week
Late Wednesday afternoon skies cleared enough to allow the temperature to bounce above the 70-degree mark finally, after two cloudy drippy days. After some morning clouds we should see skies clear...
View ArticlePort of Vancouver commissioners to attend roundtable
Vancouver — Port of Vancouver commissioners will attend a labor roundtable meeting 8 a.m. Friday in Vancouver. Commissioners said they will not vote on any items or sign any documents during the event....
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VSAA alumni to share talents to benefit graduating seniors
“Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” It’s a tradition at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics to read that Dr. Seuss book to seniors on their last day of school. It’s a way to send their students into the...
View ArticleTalk on affordable housing measure set
Vancouver — St. Joseph Catholic Church is hosting a discussion about Vancouver’s affordable housing measure, which will be on the November ballot. The dinner and discussion will follow the 5 p.m. Mass...
View ArticleCourse to offer tips on disaster preparedness
Hazel Dell — Residents who want to be prepared if a disaster strikes can learn helpful techniques at a Community Emergency Response Team training this fall. Clark County Fire District 6 and the...
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Humane Society cats adopted at discount
Washougal — Twenty cats from the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society are up for adoption this month at a discounted fee of $25. These are special needs cats that are more difficult to house, said Ami...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 9/8
Wednesday — 17,615 adult fall chinook, 1,556 jack chinook, 1,965 steelhead, 2,564 adult coho, 273 jack coho. Water temperature: 68.5 degrees.
View ArticleCamas-area drug raid leads to single arrest
Officers arrested a Camas-area woman Thursday after a search at her home turned up significant quantities of methamphetamine, powder and tar heroin, paper LSD tablets and drug dealing paraphernalia....
View ArticleMan in court after incident with knife
A transient man accused of chasing another man with a knife in the Esther Short neighborhood made a first appearance Thursday in Clark County Superior Court. Timothy J. Griffith, 22, appeared on...
View ArticleMan gets 150 days in March incident with handgun
An Idaho man who, along with his cousin fired a gun near a school and park in the Rose Village neighborhood, was sentenced Thursday to 150 days in jail. Joseph A. Cunningham, 28, of Boise, Idaho,...
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