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It’s that time again: Give More 24!
Clark County’s annual midnight-to-midnight giving spree, Give More 24!, aims to raise $1 million for local charities on Thursday. Last year, 2,362 unique donors gave 3,639 gifts that raised more than...
View ArticlePort to host meetings on future of Terminal 1
Vancouver — The Port of Vancouver and the nonprofit organization Project for Public Spaces will meet with community leaders and local vendors to get their input on a potential marketplace at Terminal...
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Morning Press: Chick-fil-A; Barbecue downtown; housing market
The rain may be returning. Find out what’s on tap for this weekend’s weather. Check our local weather coverage. In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories of the week: First Chick-fil-A...
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Press Talk: I say, give it up for your favorite
Look, it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve had stuff hurled at me. But usually, it’s stuff I wouldn’t want the grandkids to hear. If I had grandkids. Which I don’t. But I digress. Nope, this hurling has...
View ArticleTwo hospitalized in four-vehicle collision on I-5
Three people were injured in a four-vehicle collision Friday evening on Interstate 5 near Woodland. The wreck occurred at about 7:20 p.m. Friday on I-5 South near Milepost 18, which is about three...
View ArticleFreeway ramp crash backs up traffic for miles
A car crashed into a light pole on the ramp from Interstate 5 to state Highway 14 this evening, snarling traffic and leading to other crashes in the back-up. No injuries were reported. The crash...
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POW/MIA Recognition Day poignant remembrance
More than 50 people tucked under tents Saturday morning to honor those who were prisoners of war or missing in action. Rain fell from the gray sky throughout the hourlong event, but those in attendance...
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Cleanup on Columbia River Waterfront Renaissance Trail
Volunteers cleaning up the Columbia River Waterfront Renaissance Trail filled 53 garbage bags in three hours Saturday morning and hauled away a tire, a motorcycle jacket and a Buddha statue. About a...
View ArticlePublic meetings for the week of Sept. 18
Monday Port of Ridgefield, Warehouse 23 Ballroom, 100 Columbia St.,Vancouver. n 11 a.m., special meeting: Columbia River Economic Development Council Fall Luncheon. Camas City Council, City Hall, 616...
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Summer’s End Promenade a fashionable look at the past
More than a century of clothing designs will be on display Saturday at Fort Vancouver’s annual Summer’s End Promenade. The session will be from 1 to 3 p.m. It is part of the National Park Service’s...
View ArticleWeather Eye: We needed the rain, but it’s too bad it had to fall on a weekend
Rain began about breakfast time Saturday around Clark County and continued most of the day. As of 3 p.m., Vancouver had more than 0.40 inch. Outlying areas had more than a half-inch, nearing 1 inch in...
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Small cities on a charm offensive
Ridgefield residents were asked what they think the city is most known and loved for in a 2015 survey. After the results came in, city officials created a word cloud using the answers, and right in the...
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Sweet on in-law suites
Someone could mistake the small house off Daniels Street for a garage. And, actually, an old carport was torn down to make way for the 506-square-foot home. It’s technically an accessory dwelling unit,...
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Brotherhood of beer
These guys don’t know exactly how many breweries there are in Southwest Washington. And they’d be the ones to ask. Probably something like 27 or 28 by now, according to Michael Perozzo. Little ones...
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Parents unhappy about having two grade levels in classroom
The week before her daughter was to start fifth grade at South Ridge Elementary School, Tracey Cox received a voice mail letting her know her daughter was being put in a blend class made up of 28...
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Maplewood house heavily damaged by fire
A house in Vancouver’s Maplewood neighborhood was heavily damaged by fire late Sunday night. Crews were called to 2905 E. 16th Place at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday and arrived to find flames coming from...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 9/19
Sunday — 10,466 adult fall chinook, 1,224 jack chinook, 2,798 steelhead, 656 adult coho, 59 jack coho. Water temperature: 66.7 degrees
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Off Beat: Artist who helped YWCA was first helped by YWCA
Vancouver artist Hilarie Couture helped YWCA Clark County observe its centennial with a “Founding Mothers” portrait project. Couture painted the portraits of 47 women, past and present, who have been...
View ArticleBattle Ground man dies month after crash
A Battle Ground man injured in a rear-end crash last month died Monday in a local hospital. Harold Bursdall, 74, had been hospitalized since the Aug. 22 crash and died at about 1:30 a.m., according to...
View ArticlePolice: Armed masked man robs Vancouver coffee stand
Vancouver police are investigating after they say an armed masked man robbed a coffee stand in the Landover-Sharmel neighborhood early Sunday. Officers responded to Dutch Brothers, 2610 N.E. 138th...
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