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Columbian staff reporter

Members of the nonprofit Building Futures Foundation pose for a photo. The foundation supports people starting careers in the building industry.

Building Futures Foundation offers scholarships, tool grants for Clark County workers who want a career in construction

Members of the nonprofit Building Futures Foundation pose for a photo. The foundation supports people starting careers in the building industry.

November 24, 2023, 6:03am Business

There’s a path most schoolchildren are taught to follow: get good grades, go to college and achieve financial stability with a well-paying job. Read story

La Center Middle School student Chloe Daarud, 12, unloads donations from La Center's Stuff the Bus food drive at FISH of Vancouver. She said she got the idea to donate to FISH after donating her birthday money to the organization two years prior.

La Center students Stuff the Bus with donations for FISH food pantry, Clark County Food bank

La Center Middle School student Chloe Daarud, 12, unloads donations from La Center's Stuff the Bus food drive at FISH of Vancouver. She said she got the idea to donate to FISH after donating her birthday money to the organization two years prior.

November 22, 2023, 6:07am Clark County News

Buses arrived at La Center schools Tuesday morning, but the kids didn’t board them. Instead, students loaded the school buses with thousands of pounds of food they collected. Read story

Outsiders Inn Co-Director, Adam Kravitz hugs Sabrina Thayer, a “success story” graduate of the previous iterations of the housing program. Sabrina’s husband, James Thayer is at right, and Co-Director Ren Autrey is at left.

Third Safe Stay opens in Vancouver: ‘I hope we can save some lives and make things safer for folks’

Outsiders Inn Co-Director, Adam Kravitz hugs Sabrina Thayer, a “success story” graduate of the previous iterations of the housing program. Sabrina’s husband, James Thayer is at right, and Co-Director Ren Autrey is at left.

November 20, 2023, 4:00pm Clark County News

Outsiders Inn outreach team members arranged a Home Sweet Home front door mat and a blanket on a bed before closing the door of the downtown pallet shelter — decorated with a wreath handmade by the city of Vancouver’s homeless response manager, Jamie Spinelli, and her daughter. Read story

The sign for Cougar Creek Apartments is pictured in Hazel Dell.

Low-income Hazel Dell units to get $38 million upgrade with solar power, air conditioning

The sign for Cougar Creek Apartments is pictured in Hazel Dell.

November 18, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

One of the Vancouver Housing Authority’s oldest buildings, the mixed-income Cougar Creek Apartments in west Hazel Dell, will undergo a $38 million renovation and have its units available only for people making 60 percent of the area median income or less afterward. Read story

Single-family homes in Vancouver are larger than those in Portland on average, according to new data.

Clark County homes are larger on average than Portland’s; extra square footage is driving up prices

Single-family homes in Vancouver are larger than those in Portland on average, according to new data.

November 15, 2023, 6:05am Business

Homes in Vancouver are much larger on average than similarly priced homes in Portland. It’s an attractive quality of Vancouver for buyers looking for a home in the region, but it’s also driving up home prices. Read story

A sign near Vancouver City Hall depicts development plans for the area as some residents begin to pack their belongings and leave.

One of the cleaner and safer homeless camps, ‘City Hall camp’ to be removed to make way for Vancouver development

A sign near Vancouver City Hall depicts development plans for the area as some residents begin to pack their belongings and leave.

November 14, 2023, 6:05am Business

One of Vancouver’s most visible encampments — dubbed the “city hall camp” by some locals due to its proximity to the building — will be largely removed Thursday to make way for development on the site. Read story

Kelly Ferguson, foreground right, chief operating officer of Columbia River Mental Health Services, leads a tour through the waiting room at the new NorthStar Clinic on Aug. 8.

Treatment facility NorthStar Clinic opens doors after delay by appeal from nearby Vancouver business

Kelly Ferguson, foreground right, chief operating officer of Columbia River Mental Health Services, leads a tour through the waiting room at the new NorthStar Clinic on Aug. 8.

November 13, 2023, 5:57pm Clark County Health

Columbia River Mental Health Services held a ribbon-cutting ceremony months ago for its NorthStar Clinic — an addiction treatment facility in central Vancouver. But the clinic only opened its doors to clients for the first time on Monday. Read story

Construction was in progress this summer on The Broadstone Apartments at the Vancouver waterfront. Construction of apartments may slow down as rents lower and vacancy rates increase.

Clark County rents are down, vacancies up; news good for renters, but may deter developers

Construction was in progress this summer on The Broadstone Apartments at the Vancouver waterfront. Construction of apartments may slow down as rents lower and vacancy rates increase.

November 10, 2023, 6:06am Business

Apartment rents are down and vacancies are up from last year in Clark County — a good sign for renters but a possible deterrent for developers. Read story

Woodland City Council race only one to see changes in latest Clark County election results

November 9, 2023, 7:54pm Clark County News

The latest round of results from Clark County’s Tuesday election show candidates who were leading on election night remained in the lead, except for a shake-up in one race. Read story

A homeless camp spreads out in a wooded area in Hazel Dell in 2019.

Clark County Council OKs camping ordinance that makes homeless eligible for Community Court

A homeless camp spreads out in a wooded area in Hazel Dell in 2019.

November 8, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

The Clark County Council adopted an unlawful camping ordinance Tuesday after a public hearing, motivated by increased levels of unsheltered homelessness across the county. Read story