The Columbian

Executive Director Lester Griffin talks to a class of teens March 27 at The Foundation in Vancouver. The Foundation, which supports people exiting the prison system, received $100,000 from the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington’s Social Justice and Resiliency fund in August.

Community Foundation grants address disparities in Clark County communities hit worst by war on drugs

October 11, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington has awarded more than $450,000 to 11 organizations across Clark County that are working to address social, racial and economic disparities within communities of color. Read story

Fire crews conducting a prescribed burn Tuesday at Lacamas Prairie spread out into two lines, a burn line and a hold line, once a test fire is finished. A test fire is necessary to ensure temperature, humidity, wind and other conditions are met before the controlled burn can move forward.

Prescribed burn at Lacamas Prairie Natural Area part of larger plan to protect against wildfires

October 9, 2024, 1:29pm Clark County News

The presence of fire crews, emergency vehicles and smoke drifting up from the Lacamas Prairie Natural Area early Tuesday afternoon may have alarmed some residents, but it was all part of a controlled burn by the state Department of Natural Resources. Read story

Kathleen Stevens takes a phone call from a woman fleeing domestic violence with nowhere to go in July.

‘There’s nowhere for her to go’: Number of homeless domestic violence survivors has doubled in Clark County

October 9, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

Kathleen Stevens recently took a phone call from a woman in Vancouver who believed her abuser would kill her that night. She’s terrified for her life and Stevens, an 82-year-old Hazel Dell woman who uses her savings to help fleeing domestic violence victims, is her last hope. Read story

Ridgefield farmer Rob Baur checks to see if the bin filled with recently harvested hazelnuts is ready to ship out.

‘You have to beat the squirrels and the rain’: Ridgefield farm harvests its first commercial hazelnut crop

October 9, 2024, 6:05am Business

For Ridgefield farmer Rob Baur, harvesting his farm’s first commercial hazelnut crop this fall and shipping it off to buyers was a race against time and nature. Read story

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church can no longer host people for shelter this winter after a flood in April.

Flood damage means Vancouver church won’t be able to house the homeless this winter

October 8, 2024, 6:09am Churches & Religion

After a flood in April, Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church’s building in east Vancouver is unusable, according to its pastor. The church is looking for another organization to take its rotation as a winter shelter from mid-November through mid-March. Read story

Community Funded Journalism

Community Foundation grants address disparities in Clark County communities hit worst by war on drugs

Prescribed burn at Lacamas Prairie Natural Area part of larger plan to protect against wildfires

‘There’s nowhere for her to go’: Number of homeless domestic violence survivors has doubled in Clark County

‘You have to beat the squirrels and the rain’: Ridgefield farm harvests its first commercial hazelnut crop

Flood damage means Vancouver church won’t be able to house the homeless this winter

Free Clinic of Southwest Washington will get a $1.5 million upgrade in the spring

Should Vancouver fix the air quality issues in Fruit Valley before adding more housing?

Vancouver may cut funding for Columbia Springs, a $50,000 hit to the nonprofit

Vaccine exemptions rise among Clark County kids, mirroring national trends

PeaceHealth will buy four Providence clinics in Clark County by December