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Crews are converting the former Howard Johnson hotel into Bertha Cain Baugh Place, a future shelter for the homeless, near the Vancouver Mall. The city council approved a code update on Monday to remove language that previously differentiated between hotels and shelters for zoning purposes.

Vancouver City Council’s unanimous vote eliminates final hurdle for homeless shelter

August 19, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

The Vancouver City Council voted unanimously Monday to update the city’s Commercial and Transient Lodging Use language, removing a clause that previously appeared to differentiate between homeless shelters and other lodging operations, such as hotels. Read story

Clark County's rental assistance programs have provided more than $21 million in assistance since August 2020.

More rental help is coming for Clark County residents

August 18, 2021, 6:08pm Business

Clark County announced Tuesday that it will accept a new round of applications next week for up to 800 households seeking to join the wait list to receive rent assistance — including help with back-owed rent — through the Treasury Rental Assistance programs. Read story

A storefront near the northeast corner of Northeast Andresen Road and Fourth Plain Boulevard was the longtime home of a Value Village store. It’s now home to Dick Hannah’s Ram truck dealership.

Appeals court overturns ruling against Value Village

August 18, 2021, 7:36am Business

A Washington state appeals court has overturned a 2019 ruling that found Bellevue-headquartered thrift chain TVI Inc., which operates Value Village and Savers, had misled customers by deceptively marketing itself as a charity. Read story

Fruit Valley Terrace is a tiny homes community organized by the local housing nonprofit Community Roots Collaborative to help alleviate homelessness.

Tiny homes nonprofit overcomes big hurdles as Vancouver project nears completion

August 18, 2021, 6:07am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Community Roots Collaborative had to overcome large obstacles as it worked to build a tiny homes community in Fruit Valley to alleviate homelessness, but the project is nearly complete. Read story

The Columbia Palisades development, as seen from the bluff that lines the northern and eastern sides of the site. The eastern half of the former Fisher Quarry is poised to become a major development hub along the 192nd Avenue corridor. At top, Romano Capital recently wrapped up work on the Westridge apartment complex, one of four projects that the company has been working on within the 192nd Avenue corridor. Company President Kess Romano said he sees the eastern corridor and Ridgefield as Clark County's two biggest development hot spots at the moment.

Vancouver City Council reviews traffic concerns for development at former Fisher Quarry

August 17, 2021, 7:17pm Business

The Riverview Gateway redevelopment project is a massive undertaking that will transform the western half of the former Fisher Quarry into a mixed-use community, but the plan still has a ways to go before winning approval. Read story

Vancouver approves mixed-use plan for former Hewlett-Packard site

The former HP campus in east Vancouver has been renamed the Vancouver Innovation Center, and the new owners are working on a plan to renovate the existing office and industrial buildings and develop a new set of office, light industrial and residential uses on the surrounding campus land.

August 17, 2021, 6:28pm Business

The Vancouver City Council gave final approval Monday to a development agreement for the Vancouver Innovation Center, a project which will revamp the 47-acre former Hewlett-Packard industrial complex in east Vancouver and redevelop the surrounding 132-acre campus into a mixed-use community. Read story

Prosecutor: Bogdanov strangled transgender teen, fled the country

Defendant David Bogdanov listens to the prosecution's opening statement, with a photo of 17-year-old Nikki Kuhnhausen on a projection screen behind him, at his murder trial Tuesday morning in Clark County Superior Court. Bogdanov is accused of strangling the transgender teen.

A prosecutor told a Clark County Superior Court jury Tuesday that David Bogdanov strangled 17-year-old Nikki Kuhnhausen with a phone cord after learning the teenager was transgender, dumped her body on Larch Mountain and then fled the country later that night. Read story

Minnehaha auto body shop fire chars state Highway 500

A private autobody shop at 6213 N.E. 38th St. burned Monday night, along with tall trees and brush along state Highway 500.

A private auto body shop north of state Highway 500 and west of Andresen Road caught fire Monday night, along with a large area of brush and tall trees, producing flames up to 20 feet high, according to the Vancouver Fire Department. Read story