What’s open and what’s closed for Thanksgiving:
• MAIL: No home delivery Thursday except Express Mail. Post offices closed. The postal unit at the Shell gas station at Fisher’s Landing, 16320 S.E. Cascade Park Drive, is open 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The postal unit at Shell, 1605 N.W. Sixth Ave., Camas, is open 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. every day of the year. Post offices open Friday; mail delivered.
• GARBAGE: Thursday’s trash and recyclables in Vancouver and most of Clark County will be picked up Friday; Friday’s trash and recyclables will be collected Saturday. In Camas, Thursday’s trash and recyclables will be picked up Monday with Monday’s regular collections, and Friday’s trash and recyclables will be picked up with Tuesday’s collections.
• TRANSFER STATIONS: West Van Materials Recovery Center, 6601 N.W. Old Lower River Road, and Central Transfer and Recycling Center, 11034 N.E. 117th Ave., closed Thursday, open Friday.
• PUBLIC SCHOOLS: No classes Thursday and Friday.
• COLLEGES: No classes at Washington State University Vancouver and Clark College Thursday and Friday.
• GOVERNMENT: City, county and state offices closed Thursday and Friday. Federal offices closed Thursday, open Friday.
• PARKING METERS: On-street parking in Vancouver is free Thursday and Friday.
• ANIMAL SHELTER: Humane Society for Southwest Washington shelter closed Thursday, open Friday.
• LIBRARIES: Fort Vancouver Regional Library headquarters and branch libraries closed Thursday, open Friday. Camas Public Library closed Thursday and Friday.
• BUSES: C-Tran and TriMet follow Sunday schedules Thursday. C-Tran follows reduced service schedule Friday. TriMet will provide regular service Friday.
• DRIVER’S LICENSING: Offices closed Thursday and Friday.
• VEHICLE LICENSING: Offices closed Thursday and Friday.
• VEHICLE EMISSIONS: Closed Thursday, open Friday.
• CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES: Office closed Thursday, open Friday. For outages or emergencies, call 360-992-3000.
• ZOO: Oregon Zoo open on Thanksgiving.
• BANKS: Closed Thursday, open Friday.
• FINANCIAL MARKETS: New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and other markets closed Thursday. Markets close early Friday, at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
• MARSHALL COMMUNITY CENTER: Closed Thursday, open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.
• FIRSTENBURG COMMUNITY CENTER: Closed Thursday, open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.
• CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM: Closed Thursday and Friday.
• WESTFIELD VANCOUVER MALL: Opens at 8 p.m. Thursday and will remain open until 10 p.m. Friday.
Anchor stores’ hours are: Nordstrom, closed Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; J.C. Penney, 8 p.m. Thursday until 9 p.m. Friday; Sears, 8 p.m. Thursday until midnight Friday; Macy’s, 8 p.m. Thursday until 10 p.m. Friday.
• THE COLUMBIAN: Offices closed Thursday, open Friday. Circulation customer service, 360-694-2312, open 4:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday, and 4:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
