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While homeless, Dan Biscoe camped out in the woods behind Walmart in Battle Ground, where he worked at the time. When he finally secured housing in an apartment complex in the city, his apartment overlooked the area where he used to live in a tent. “It’s strange and ironic that I ended up so close to where I was,” he said.

Big homeless problem arrives in Clark County’s small cities

While homeless, Dan Biscoe camped out in the woods behind Walmart in Battle Ground, where he worked at the time. When he finally secured housing in an apartment complex in the city, his apartment overlooked the area where he used to live in a tent. “It’s strange and ironic that I ended up so close to where I was,” he said.

March 18, 2018, 6:02am Clark County News

BATTLE GROUND -- Dan Biscoe couldn't help but cry. Read story

Camas High School sophomore Shannon McDaniel, 16, in stripes, and freshman Caleb Ashworth, 15, pause in a moment of silence outside their school Wednesday morning, March 14, 2018 to honor the memory of the 17 people killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla. The Camas school walkout was among the many that took place in high schools around the country.

Clark County students walk out of class to protest gun violencevideo icon

Camas High School sophomore Shannon McDaniel, 16, in stripes, and freshman Caleb Ashworth, 15, pause in a moment of silence outside their school Wednesday morning, March 14, 2018 to honor the memory of the 17 people killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla. The Camas school walkout was among the many that took place in high schools around the country.

March 14, 2018, 10:04am Clark County News

Hundreds of students protested across Clark County campuses Wednesday, while tens of thousands across the country organized in the wake of continued mass gun violence across the nation. Read story

East county firefighters union takes issue with staffing level

March 12, 2018, 7:44pm Clark County News

A dispute in staffing size between the east county firefighters union and the Camas-Washougal Fire Department has gone public after the union wrote about its issues in a Facebook post that has been seen more than 180,000 times since it was published March 7. Read story

Richard Gaylor, longtime employee of Andersen Dairy, keeps an eye on gallons of 2 percent milk while working at the dairy’s Battle Ground headquarters, which opened in 1966 after Ron Andersen purchased the processing plant. Andersen, who died Feb. 10, went on to open three plastics plans, a trucking company and grocery store.

Battle Ground dairy built on strong bones

Richard Gaylor, longtime employee of Andersen Dairy, keeps an eye on gallons of 2 percent milk while working at the dairy’s Battle Ground headquarters, which opened in 1966 after Ron Andersen purchased the processing plant. Andersen, who died Feb. 10, went on to open three plastics plans, a trucking company and grocery store.

March 5, 2018, 6:00am Business

Before he died, Ron Andersen made his brother promise him that he’d keep their annual family reunion going. Read story

It’s been a busy few days for Teriyaki Thai owners Sombat Wongthawinkul, left, and Rujira Woraphan after incorrect information sent out by the United States Department of Justice caused sales to tank for a week, so much so that the married couple worried the restaurant would be forced to close. The community has since rallied around the restaurant to give it some of its best days in the last two years.

Customers kept Ridgefield restaurant afloat

It’s been a busy few days for Teriyaki Thai owners Sombat Wongthawinkul, left, and Rujira Woraphan after incorrect information sent out by the United States Department of Justice caused sales to tank for a week, so much so that the married couple worried the restaurant would be forced to close. The community has since rallied around the restaurant to give it some of its best days in the last two years.

March 1, 2018, 8:10pm Business

Things had been so slow at Teriyaki Thai, co-owner Sombat Wongthawinkul and his staff didn’t prepare anything when they got in on Feb. 23. Read story

Woodland Action Center, a thrift store and food bank, now offers a job resource center to their clients.

Woodland Action Center adds employment assistance program

Woodland Action Center, a thrift store and food bank, now offers a job resource center to their clients.

February 28, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Life

WOODLAND -- The volunteers at Woodland Action Center don't want any regular clients. Read story

Gabby White, left, and Justin Lee, right, both of Vancouver, walk their new cocker spaniel puppy, Ripley, along the sidewalk next to Felida Village, which opened in 2015. The mixed-use development has retail space, apartments and a vacation rental. Developer Ron Edwards is now one of the people bringing a similar project to Ridgefield.

Felida Village developer plans similar project for Ridgefield

Gabby White, left, and Justin Lee, right, both of Vancouver, walk their new cocker spaniel puppy, Ripley, along the sidewalk next to Felida Village, which opened in 2015. The mixed-use development has retail space, apartments and a vacation rental. Developer Ron Edwards is now one of the people bringing a similar project to Ridgefield.

February 25, 2018, 6:00am Business

With Felida Village, developer Ron Edwards was looking to bring some of the town square feel of Europe to Clark County. Now he’s looking to bring some Felida to Ridgefield. Read story

Homeless vex Camas merchants

February 24, 2018, 10:08pm Clark County News

Merchants in downtown Camas say they’ve noticed an increase in homelessness in the city throughout the last month, and they held a community meeting Thursday night to discuss the issue. Read story

Robert Hardy takes off his shoes at his bed in the Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Vancouver earlier this month. St. Paul Lutheran Church is one of two churches that have long hosted the WHO shelter in Clark County, providing men with a meal and safe place to sleep.

Shelters were prepared for wintry weather

Robert Hardy takes off his shoes at his bed in the Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Vancouver earlier this month. St. Paul Lutheran Church is one of two churches that have long hosted the WHO shelter in Clark County, providing men with a meal and safe place to sleep.

February 23, 2018, 7:47pm Clark County News

When severe winter weather hit this week, Kate Budd and the Council for the Homeless were ready; they had been preparing for it since June. Read story

Many local schools operated with a late start on Thursday morning, but because temperatures lingered just above freezing the freeways and metro-area streets were mostly bare. Drivers are seen along Blandford Drive canyon from MacArthur Boulevard to Evergreen Boulevard late Thursday morning, Feb. 22, 2018, in Vancouver.

Late snow to extend school year for some

Many local schools operated with a late start on Thursday morning, but because temperatures lingered just above freezing the freeways and metro-area streets were mostly bare. Drivers are seen along Blandford Drive canyon from MacArthur Boulevard to Evergreen Boulevard late Thursday morning, Feb. 22, 2018, in Vancouver.

February 22, 2018, 5:39pm Clark County News

A recent bout of winter weather came too late for some area school districts to use their built-in snow days, meaning the school year will be extended into the summer. Read story