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James D. Mattson, 38, appears Oct. 14 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of 137 counts of first-degree voyeurism. He pleaded guilty to all counts Friday.

Former Vancouver Public Schools janitor pleads guilty to 137 voyeurism counts

October 24, 2022, 4:44pm Clark County News

A former Vancouver Public Schools custodian accused of secretly recording people in a women’s staff restroom at Skyview High School has pleaded guilty to 137 counts of first-degree voyeurism. Read story

Camas man falls to death while trail running in Columbia River Gorge

October 24, 2022, 11:28am Clark County News

The body of a Camas man was recovered early Sunday morning after he apparently fell from a cliff while trail running along the Pacific Crest Trail in the Columbia River Gorge. Read story

Kayla Sample holds a root beer as she takes a break outside her camper. She sits next to a stack of papers that includes her housing research and mission statement for Operation Can You See Us, a homelessness organization she aims to start.

Vancouver resident recounts her journey with the foster care system and homelessness

October 24, 2022, 6:05am Clark County Health

Kayla Sample knows what it’s like to feel invisible. A 35-year-old woman born and raised in Vancouver, Sample has not had a stable place to call home since she entered the state’s foster care system as a little girl. Read story

Marcus Kaufmann, left, and Tyler Arbogast of the Oregon Department of Forestry look over a map of the Nakia Fire area at Jones Creek Trailhead on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 19, 2022.

Nakia Creek Fire reaches 54% containment; weather assists firefighters

October 23, 2022, 10:05am Clark County News

The Nakia Creek Fire remained at 1,918 acres and rose to 54 percent containment, thanks to rain and cooler temperatures in the region, according to a Sunday morning update posted by Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency. Read story

Portable walls form a classroom Tuesday in an auxiliary gym in Ridgefield. Ridgefield School District schools are converting extracurricular spaces into classrooms to alleviate crowding.

Student enrollment a roller coaster in Clark County

October 23, 2022, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Newly released annual school enrollment data shows that school districts in Clark County are still struggling to recoup from losses experienced since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

City of Vancouver sued over first Safe Stay location

The city of Vancouver is being sued over its North Image Safe Stay Community, shown here, which Herontide II LLC says is blocking the access needed for its construction vehicles to reach its housing development site nearby.

October 22, 2022, 6:04am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Development company Herontide II LLC filed a lawsuit earlier this week against the city of Vancouver, alleging the city’s North Image Safe Stay Community cuts off access for the company’s construction vehicles to reach its multifamily housing site nearby. Read story

The life of a ballot: Process is secure in Clark County

Election workers Juanita Berry, left, and Valerie Vance gear up for the upcoming election at the Clark County Elections Office on Thursday afternoon. Ballots were due to be mailed Friday to approximately 325,000 registered voters.

Each election, Clark County voters get their ballots in mail, fill them out and return them to the county elections office. While most of us trust the process to verify and count those ballots is secure and private, do we really know what happens to ballots once they leave our… Read story