Class teaches about influences of food ads
Brush Prairie – Washington State University Clark County Extension is offering a free class to teach families how to be aware of the influences of food advertising. The FoodMania Media Literacy class...
View ArticleYouth pheasant hunt slated in Vancouver Lake lowlands
The annual youth pheasant hunt in the Vancouver Lake lowlands will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Hunters age 15 and younger with appropriate licenses will get a chance to shoot pheasants...
View ArticleThree boating safety classes scheduled Sept. 24
Registration is open for three boating safety classes on Sept. 24 in Vancouver. A basic boating safety class will be offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Power Squadron and Clark County...
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Vancouver hiker has tough days on Continental Divide Trail
TWIN LAKES, Colo. — Vancouver long-distance hiker Jeff Garmire is making his way south through Colorado and should enter New Mexico in the final week of September as he has fewer than 1,000 miles to go...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 9/15
Wednesday — 9,630 adult fall chinook, 1,147 jack chinook, 2,277 steelhead, 876 adult coho, 118 jack coho, 1 sockeye. Water temperature: 67.2 degrees.
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Outdoor living focus of 39th Parade of Homes
In the market for a high-end home, or just daydreaming about one? The 39th annual Parade of Homes kicks off Friday at Carty Road Estates in north Clark County, with Cascade West Development, Quail...
View ArticleVancouver man sentenced to 46 months in store robbery case
A Vancouver man who robbed a clothing store at gunpoint was sentenced Wednesday to nearly four years in prison. Eddie Z. Scott, 19, pleaded guilty in Clark County Superior Court to first-degree robbery...
View ArticleClark County receives large state investment
Clark County – The Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board on Thursday approved $2,353,500 for public infrastructure projects. Of that, $2,050,000 will be spent in Clark County. The...
View ArticleElectric car event is Sunday at Clark PUD
Vancouver – Electric vehicle enthusiasts will show off their rides 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Clark Public Utilities, 1200 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. Visitors can test drive plug-in vehicles by Nissan...
View ArticleJ.A. Jance will do a reading at the library
Vancouver – Best-selling mystery writer J.A. Jance will do a brown-bag reading from her new book Monday at Vancouver Community Library, 901 C St., Vancouver. Jance will discuss “Downfall” from noon to...
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Vancouver chaplain held in child porn case
A local chaplain and part-time pastor at C3 Church Vancouver is accused of possessing child pornography. Randolph B. Warneke, 66, appeared Friday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of...
View ArticleStorm-drain painting postponed to Oct. 2
The Vancouver Watersheds Alliance has postponed the storm-drain art-mural painting project that had been scheduled for Sunday. The new date is Oct. 2. Forecasts of light rain prompted the nonprofit...
View ArticleJudge: Clark County liable for clearing out homeless camps
SEATTLE — A federal judge in Tacoma has found Clark County liable for clearing out homeless encampments and seizing the residents’ belongings. In a ruling Friday, Judge Robert Bryan said Clark County’s...
View ArticleOne killed in Kelso house fire
A man was killed in a house fire early Friday morning in Kelso, according to Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue. Firefighters were called to a report of a structure fire shortly before 3 a.m. to the 2400...
View ArticleBody of Ore. boater missing since Sunday recovered; drowned in accident
Searchers recovered from the Columbia River Wednesday the body of a Sandy, Ore., man who had been missing since Sunday. Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office river patrol deputies responded Wednesday...
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New state carbon rules to be felt in Clark County
Two Clark County businesses and Clark Public Utilities will be affected by the Washington Department of Ecology’s new regulations aimed at limiting carbon pollution. The new rules, adopted Thursday,...
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Wyman, Podlodowski tangle in secretary of state race
Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman is the only Republican holding an elected statewide position on the West Coast. And Wyman, in her first term as the state’s top elections officer, is fighting to...
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Early works best for state Teacher of Year finalist
It’s all in the family for Kendra Yamamoto, a preschool teacher at Martin Luther King Elementary School. Yamamoto has been leading this unique public preschool program, targeted toward Vancouver Public...
View ArticleStorm-drain painting postponed to Oct. 2
Vancouver — The Vancouver Watersheds Alliance has postponed the storm drain mural painting project that had been scheduled for Sunday. The new date is Oct. 2. Forecasts of light rain prompted the...
View ArticleProjects sought for master gardener group
Clark County — The Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County is accepting 2017 grant applications from local organizations for projects that encourage conscientious gardening. Eligible projects will...
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