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A woman was injured in a vehicle fire near 112th and Mill Plain Boulevard on Monday night.

Vancouver woman injured in fiery I-205 crash

April 20, 2021, 5:12pm Clark County News

A 23-year-old Vancouver woman was taken to a hospital Monday night following a fiery crash along the east side of northbound Interstate 205, just north of Mill Plain Boulevard. Read story

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

Vancouver Public Schools announces personnel changes

April 19, 2021, 3:34pm Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools has announced a series of personnel assignments for the 2021-22 school year. The changes will take effect in July, upon approval by the Vancouver Public Schools Board of Directors. Read story

Cannabis flower at Botanica Seattle's headquarters and production facility in Seattle, Washington on Monday, March 12, 2017.

Centralia pot lab may be the first in Washington to lose its license

April 19, 2021, 6:00am Business

Data analyst Keegan Skeate agonized for more than a year about telling the state about some suspicious test results at a marijuana testing lab. Read story

The African Serval is a wild cat native to sub-Saharan Africa. Though some are kept as exotic pets, ownership of these cats is opposed by animal-rights activists, who say even domesticated servals retain wild tendencies.

Large exotic cat complicates response to Felida house fire

April 18, 2021, 4:19pm Clark County News

While fighting the blaze at 11115 NW. 38th Ave., emergency crews learned there was a cat indoors. But this wasn’t your average Felida feline. Read story

Brush Prairie woman killed in Highway 502 crash

April 18, 2021, 11:44am Clark County News

A 41-year-old Brush Prairie woman was killed in a single-car crash shortly after midnight Sunday. Read story

Workers unload wind blades bound for Canada from the MV Star Kilimanjaro at the Port of Vancouver on May 4, 2020. The ship departed China on April 13 and held 27 blades for nine wind turbines.

Port of Vancouver, importers of oversize cargo push for upgrades to I-84

April 17, 2021, 6:03am Business

The Port of Vancouver has spent the past few years positioning itself as a major import destination for wind energy components, touting its massive harbor cranes and large storage areas for turbine blades and tower segments. Read story

Chatsworth, Calif.-based United Precision Corporation, a leading aerospace manufacturer, is planning to construct two manufacturing buildings in the Port of Camas-Washougal's industrial park over the course of the next several years.

Aerospace company coming to Port of Camas-Washougal

April 16, 2021, 6:02am Business

Port of Camas-Washougal leaders don’t sell their industrial park property very often, but an opportunity to bring one of the world’s leading aerospace manufacturers to Clark County was too good to pass up. Read story

Russell Hines of Brothers Concrete Inc., foreground, helps to build a triplex at the 2 Creeks development in Camas on Wednesday. Clark County's housing market is facing a record low supply, and industry professionals say it's not that new listings have dried up or the pace of building has slowed down - it's just that there's no way to keep up with the current level of demand.

Clark County supply of homes can’t keep up with ongoing demand

April 14, 2021, 7:10pm Business Subscriber Exclusive

New residential listings couldn’t keep up with home sales in Southwest Washington last month, pushing Clark County’s remaining inventory to a new record low. The latest report from the Regional Multiple Listing Service estimated the region had only half a month’s worth of inventory. Read story

Clark County Public Health chief urges vaccinations as case counts climb

April 14, 2021, 5:41pm Clark County Health

Clark County’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout continues to make progress, but the county’s top health official is concerned about the local, statewide and national uptick in coronavirus cases. Read story