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Cyanobacteria are microscopic bacteria, otherwise known as blue-green algae, that form harmful blooms during the summer. They flourish in warm, stagnant water filled with nutrients, such as Lacamas Lake as pictured in 2021. Blooms often occur in Vancouver, Lacamas and Round lakes.

Clark County lakes play host to blue-green algae

Cyanobacteria are microscopic bacteria, otherwise known as blue-green algae, that form harmful blooms during the summer. They flourish in warm, stagnant water filled with nutrients, such as Lacamas Lake as pictured in 2021. Blooms often occur in Vancouver, Lacamas and Round lakes.

June 3, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Health

As summer temperatures intensify, vivid streaks begin appearing in Clark County’s lakes and rivers. Read story

In early January 1956, heavy rains and melting snow supersaturated Clark County soil, creating landslides, washing out county roads, producing power outages and undermining the foundation of the Salmon Creek Bridge, causing it to collapse into a V-shape. The bridge failure halted Highway 99 travel in both directions until a temporary Bailey bridge from Fort Lewis restored traffic days later.

Clark County History: Salmon Creek Bridge Collapse

In early January 1956, heavy rains and melting snow supersaturated Clark County soil, creating landslides, washing out county roads, producing power outages and undermining the foundation of the Salmon Creek Bridge, causing it to collapse into a V-shape. The bridge failure halted Highway 99 travel in both directions until a temporary Bailey bridge from Fort Lewis restored traffic days later.

June 3, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

While walking along Highway 99 at about 7 p.m. on his way to a Boy Scout meeting at Salmon Creek School, 16-year-old Fred Smith didn’t have a potential tragedy on his mind. But that night he became a hero. Read story

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Speed, alcohol likely factors in fatal motorcycle vs. car crash in Brush Prairie area

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June 2, 2023, 7:23am Clark County News

Speed and alcohol may have been factors in a crash that killed a motorcycle rider and seriously injured a driver in Brush Prairie on Thursday night, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office.  Read story

Mural on the wall of Woody's Tacos in downtown Vancouver.

Revitalized Woody’s Tacos reopens in downtown Vancouver

Mural on the wall of Woody's Tacos in downtown Vancouver.

June 2, 2023, 6:09am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Beloved taco and margarita institution Woody’s Tacos has new owners. Don’t panic — fish tacos and classic margaritas still will be available at both of its locations. Read story

FILE--In this April 8, 2003, file photo, steam rises from Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station, Washington state's only nuclear power plant, near Richland.

Nuclear power may again be on horizon for Clark County

FILE--In this April 8, 2003, file photo, steam rises from Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station, Washington state's only nuclear power plant, near Richland.

June 2, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News

Discussions surrounding potential nuclear projects are making the rounds in Washington as the state works to completely phase out carbon-emitting energy resources, and now talks have landed in Clark County. Read story

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Suspicious death in east Vancouver a homicide, police say

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June 1, 2023, 3:45pm Clark County News

Vancouver police said Thursday detectives are investigating a Saturday suspicious death in east Vancouver as a homicide. Read story

Vancouver Police officers stand outside a barricade that hides a body on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the site of a fatal shooting in the Heights Shopping Center parking lot.

Man killed by Vancouver police fired at cops; officers were wearing body cams

Vancouver Police officers stand outside a barricade that hides a body on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the site of a fatal shooting in the Heights Shopping Center parking lot.

May 31, 2023, 7:12pm Clark County News

The man killed by police in a central Vancouver shopping center parking lot late Tuesday afternoon was wanted for multiple armed robberies and fired at pursuing officers, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Read story

Traffic proceeds north on 32nd Street across a set of railroad tracks in Washougal.

Washougal to get $40M for underpass at railroad crossing

Traffic proceeds north on 32nd Street across a set of railroad tracks in Washougal.

May 31, 2023, 7:11pm Clark County News

One weekday afternoon, Washougal City Manager David Scott was driving south on 32nd Street in Washougal, about to merge onto state Highway 14, when he was stopped by the familiar flashing lights, ringing bells and rumblings of a train approaching. Read story

Daybreak Youth Services RWC Center for Adolescent Recovery in Brush Prairie opened on May 18, 2017.

Daybreak Youth Services, state agency file complaints against each other

Daybreak Youth Services RWC Center for Adolescent Recovery in Brush Prairie opened on May 18, 2017.

May 31, 2023, 7:00pm Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive

Both the Washington Department of Health and Daybreak Youth Services filed complaints against the other Wednesday over the department’s suspension of the facility’s licenses. Read story

The doors are locked, the lights off and phone disconnected at The Noble Foundation's Nuestra Casa/Our Place Multicultural Community Center offices in Vancouver and Kelso (pictured here). A note posted at the Vancouver location says the office is temporarily closed, but residents receiving rental assistance through the nonprofit fear they may be evicted without help from the county.

Nonprofit providing rent assistance in Clark County closes doors

The doors are locked, the lights off and phone disconnected at The Noble Foundation's Nuestra Casa/Our Place Multicultural Community Center offices in Vancouver and Kelso (pictured here). A note posted at the Vancouver location says the office is temporarily closed, but residents receiving rental assistance through the nonprofit fear they may be evicted without help from the county.

May 31, 2023, 6:10am Clark County News

Some Clark County renters may be facing an uncertain future after a Vancouver nonprofit providing rental assistance recently closed its doors. Read story