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Even though you can't drive to Johnston Ridge Observatory this summer because a landslide has blocked the road, there's still plenty of other attractions at Mount St. Helens.

Mount St. Helens: Still plenty of options for fun at monument despite May landslide

Even though you can't drive to Johnston Ridge Observatory this summer because a landslide has blocked the road, there's still plenty of other attractions at Mount St. Helens.

June 10, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

Even though a landslide has cut off part of Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, you can still have fun at Mount St. Helens this summer. Read story

Trucks drive toward the Zimmerly gravel pit east of Washougal in July 2018. Operators of the pit, long the subject of opposition from neighbors and conservation groups, are seeking permission to keep extracting gravel from the site.

Columbia River Gorge gravel mine east of Washougal is denied

Trucks drive toward the Zimmerly gravel pit east of Washougal in July 2018. Operators of the pit, long the subject of opposition from neighbors and conservation groups, are seeking permission to keep extracting gravel from the site.

June 9, 2023, 6:30pm Business

A Clark County hearings examiner has denied an application for development permits for a controversial gravel mine in the Columbia River Gorge east of Washougal. Read story

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Washougal man who works with kids faces child porn charges

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June 9, 2023, 3:42pm Clark County News

A Washougal man who reportedly worked with kids during after-school activities is accused of three counts of possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Read story

Landslide further limits access to Mount St. Helens area

June 9, 2023, 11:49am Clark County News

A landslide east of Mount St. Helens has closed Road No. 25, one of two major north-south routes across the sprawling Gifford Pinchot National Forest, likely for the summer. Read story

Pacific lampreys have been in drastic decline in recent decades, a trend that is hard to grasp considering the species' resilience through five mass extinction events, said Monica Blanchard, a Washington lamprey biologist.

Columbia River lamprey ‘critically imperiled’

Pacific lampreys have been in drastic decline in recent decades, a trend that is hard to grasp considering the species' resilience through five mass extinction events, said Monica Blanchard, a Washington lamprey biologist.

June 9, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

An ancient species, Pacific lampreys have survived five mass extinction events. Now populations of these fish found in the Columbia River are facing a sharp downturn. Read story

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Brush Prairie woman hurt when car hits light pole, tree

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June 8, 2023, 2:20pm Clark County News

A Brush Prairie woman was taken to a Portland hospital after crashing into a light pole and tree Thursday morning in Brush Prairie. Read story

Commuters step onto a new fully electric C-Tran bus on Wednesday at the 99th Street Transit Center in Vancouver. The transit agency has nine of the buses on the street, with another idled due to a software problem.

C-Tran electric buses hit the road in Clark Countyvideo icon

Commuters step onto a new fully electric C-Tran bus on Wednesday at the 99th Street Transit Center in Vancouver. The transit agency has nine of the buses on the street, with another idled due to a software problem.

June 8, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

At a recent C-Tran board meeting, a bus sat within view, no more than 15 yards away and separated by just a wall of windows, from the board of directors. It looked like the typical bus; 40 feet long, gray and black, but when it turned on and drove around… Read story

The preseason forecast for upper Columbia summer Chinook at the mouth of the Columbia River is  85,400 compared to a return of 78,494 in 2022.

Columbia River summer Chinook salmon fishing opens June 16

The preseason forecast for upper Columbia summer Chinook at the mouth of the Columbia River is  85,400 compared to a return of 78,494 in 2022.

June 7, 2023, 3:00pm Editor's Choice

Summer Chinook salmon, sockeye and steelhead fishing on sections of the Columbia River opens from June 16 through July 31 from the Astoria-Megler Bridge to Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco and from Richland to Priest Rapids Dam. Read story

Clark County Fire District 6 firefighters walk around the site of a fire Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Whipple Creek Business Park in Salmon Creek. No one was injured in the two-alarm fire that started late Tuesday night, but at least seven businesses were destroyed.

Two-alarm blaze destroys at least seven Salmon Creek businessesvideo icon

Clark County Fire District 6 firefighters walk around the site of a fire Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Whipple Creek Business Park in Salmon Creek. No one was injured in the two-alarm fire that started late Tuesday night, but at least seven businesses were destroyed.

June 7, 2023, 11:29am Clark County News

A two-alarm, fast-moving blaze destroyed at least seven businesses in a Salmon Creek industrial complex. No one was injured in the fire that started late Tuesday night. Read story

A Washington State Department of Transportation engineering geologist studies the head of the landslide that buried Highway 504 some 2,000 feet below.

Engineer helped design Spirit Lake highway after 1980 eruption. Now a landslide has brought him back

A Washington State Department of Transportation engineering geologist studies the head of the landslide that buried Highway 504 some 2,000 feet below.

June 7, 2023, 6:07am Clark County News

The mid-May landslide that stranded a dozen people and a dog when it buried a section of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway near Mount St. Helens held special significance for Paul Harrison. Read story