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Stories by Alexis Weisend

Columbian staff reporter

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Woman hits Washington State Patrol vehicle on I-5, injuring herself, trooper

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February 16, 2024, 4:47pm Clark County News

A 63-year-old woman crashed into a Washington State Patrol vehicle Friday afternoon in a work zone on southbound Interstate 5, injuring herself and a trooper. Read story

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Person killed after car crashes into tree east of Battle Ground Friday

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February 16, 2024, 2:40pm Clark County News

One person was killed Friday morning when they drove off the road and crashed into a tree east of Battle Ground. Read story

Cheyonna Lewis looks through her burn pile of mail at her house in east Vancouver. Lewis is one of many renters in Clark County dealing with junk fees.

‘These are predatory fees. There’s no question about that’: ‘Junk fees’ burden renters in Clark County

Cheyonna Lewis looks through her burn pile of mail at her house in east Vancouver. Lewis is one of many renters in Clark County dealing with junk fees.

February 14, 2024, 6:06am Business

Fees hit Cheyonna Lewis when she was already on the edge. Rent has doubled for her Vancouver home, where she’s lived with her children and pets for 18 years. She’s been scraping by with the help of a housing voucher. Read story

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Vancouver City Council wants to expand Affordable Housing Fund into county but details need ironing out

Vancouver City Hall (The Columbian files)

February 13, 2024, 1:37pm Clark County News

Allowing Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Fund to pay for city residents to live outside of Vancouver within Clark County may be key to moving people out of overburdened shelters, according to some city staff. But Vancouver City Council members said they need more information before making a decision. Read story

A former Howard Johnson&rsquo;s hotel near Vancouver Mall converted into Bertha&rsquo;s Place, a homeless shelter, which opened in late 2021.

Clark Asks: Why abandoned buildings can’t be used to house people experiencing homelessness? It’s complicated

A former Howard Johnson&rsquo;s hotel near Vancouver Mall converted into Bertha&rsquo;s Place, a homeless shelter, which opened in late 2021.

February 12, 2024, 2:29pm Clark County News

Can’t some of the abandoned or under-used buildings in Clark County be used for shelters or affordable housing? That’s a question many readers have submitted to The Columbian through the Clark Asks portal on our website. Read story

Vancouver waterfront apartment building will get $3.11M tax break over eight years

February 6, 2024, 2:48pm Clark County News

The Vancouver City Council awarded an eight-year tax break to the developer of a seven-story apartment building with 194 market-rate units planned for the waterfront. Read story

Employees at Express Cleaners across the street from downtown Vancouver's pallet-shelter community said it hasn't affected their business at all.

Vancouver’s third Safe Stay ‘right exactly what we expected — calm and quiet and stable’

Employees at Express Cleaners across the street from downtown Vancouver's pallet-shelter community said it hasn't affected their business at all.

February 6, 2024, 6:15am Clark County News

Neighbors of Vancouver’s third Safe Stay — known as 415 West for its address on 11th Street downtown — had concerns about how the opening of the transitional housing community in November would affect their businesses. Two months later, owners and employees say the community is generally quiet and residents… Read story

Little remains of a 1992 Honda Accord that was involved in a head-on collision with a wrong-way driver on northbound Interstate 5 near Mill Plain Boulevard early Saturday morning.

Portland woman faces vehicular homicide in wrong-way crash on I-5 that killed another driver

Little remains of a 1992 Honda Accord that was involved in a head-on collision with a wrong-way driver on northbound Interstate 5 near Mill Plain Boulevard early Saturday morning.

February 5, 2024, 3:35pm Clark County News

Investigators said a Portland woman’s blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when she crashed into another car, killing the other driver, early Saturday on northbound Interstate 5. Read story

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LA Fitness customers frustrated they are paying full price when both Clark County location pools have been closed for months

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February 3, 2024, 6:10am Business

Both of LA Fitness’ Clark County locations are continuing to charge many members full price while their pools have been closed since summer, causing anger from members who joined for someplace to swim. Read story

Parts of Daybreak Regional Park closed due to erosion, loss of trees on bank of East Fork Lewis River

February 3, 2024, 5:55am Clark County News

Clark County Public Works closed areas of Daybreak Regional Park due to significant erosion and loss of bank-stabilizing trees on the riverbank of the East Fork Lewis River. Read story