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Bridge City Contracting co-founder Roger Gomez, right, talks to certified renovator Kevin Rodriguez while installing a door handle Jan. 19 at a duplex in Vancouver. Construction is an industry that increasingly draws non-English speaking workers.

‘These are the best employees you will find’: Clark County businesses working to bridge language barrier

Bridge City Contracting co-founder Roger Gomez, right, talks to certified renovator Kevin Rodriguez while installing a door handle Jan. 19 at a duplex in Vancouver. Construction is an industry that increasingly draws non-English speaking workers.

January 27, 2024, 6:14am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Violence and poverty are pushing waves of people to flee their homelands. A growing number of them arrive in Clark County seeking the American dream but speaking little to no English. Construction, trucking, hospitality and other industries have welcomed the influx of workers, especially given recent labor shortages, but employers… Read story

Dean Kirkland, chairman of Kirkland Developments, left, oversees work on the foundation of Hotel Indigo along the Vancouver Waterfront in 2018. The developer has faced legal headwinds in recent months.

Dean Kirkland keeps building despite legal disputes

Dean Kirkland, chairman of Kirkland Developments, left, oversees work on the foundation of Hotel Indigo along the Vancouver Waterfront in 2018. The developer has faced legal headwinds in recent months.

January 27, 2024, 6:06am Business

Prominent Vancouver developer Dean Kirkland said Friday that his Clark County projects are continuing despite facing legal headwinds in recent months. Read story

A Thursday night fire did serious damage to the crematorium at Evergreen Memorial Garden Cemetery and Funeral Chapel in east Vancouver, as seen Friday morning, Jan. 26, 2024. No injuries were reported.

Evergreen Memorial Gardens’ crematorium destroyed in blaze

A Thursday night fire did serious damage to the crematorium at Evergreen Memorial Garden Cemetery and Funeral Chapel in east Vancouver, as seen Friday morning, Jan. 26, 2024. No injuries were reported.

January 26, 2024, 9:15pm Clark County News

A Thursday night fire destroyed the crematorium building at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in east Vancouver. There were no reported injuries. Read story

The Woodland East Mobile Park Homeowners Association meets Jan. 10 to figure out how to buy the land underneath their homes after rent increases over the past five years.

A lifeline for Woodland mobile home park residents? Groups step forward after reading Columbian’s story

The Woodland East Mobile Park Homeowners Association meets Jan. 10 to figure out how to buy the land underneath their homes after rent increases over the past five years.

January 25, 2024, 6:07am Business

Two investment groups have a plan to protect Woodland East Mobile Home Park residents from skyrocketing rents by building a new park in Woodland and selling it to residents. But they need the Woodland City Council’s help, they say. Read story

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

Defense attorney sues Clark County and officials, claiming bias, harassment over her use of service animal

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

January 24, 2024, 6:48pm Clark County News

A local defense attorney is suing Clark County and two deputy prosecutors over allegations they harassed and discriminated against her when they questioned the use of her service dog during two trials. Read story

LEADOPTION Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, from left, pauses to chat with sophomore Brandon Lee, 16, junior Luke Livengood, 17, and senior Kiersten Lees, 17, while visiting their woodshop class at Washougal High School on Wednesday morning. Perez was on campus to speak with students and instructors supporting and expanding pathways for trades careers.

Rep. Perez talks shop with Washougal Career and Technical Education teachers and students

LEADOPTION Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, from left, pauses to chat with sophomore Brandon Lee, 16, junior Luke Livengood, 17, and senior Kiersten Lees, 17, while visiting their woodshop class at Washougal High School on Wednesday morning. Perez was on campus to speak with students and instructors supporting and expanding pathways for trades careers.

January 24, 2024, 3:15pm Clark County News

Washougal High School students Samantha Zoeller and Wyatt Weaver were busy at work on a dissected lawnmower when a familiar face popped by. Read story

An SUV crashed into a school bus Wednesday morning in the Image neighborhood, injuring four people. Two students and the driver of the SUV were taken to area hospitals in ambulances, and another student&rsquo;s parents drove them to the hospital.

Three students injured when SUV crashes into Evergreen schools bus in east Vancouver

An SUV crashed into a school bus Wednesday morning in the Image neighborhood, injuring four people. Two students and the driver of the SUV were taken to area hospitals in ambulances, and another student&rsquo;s parents drove them to the hospital.

January 24, 2024, 2:29pm Clark County News

Three students and a fourth person suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning when an SUV reportedly ran a red light and crashed into a school bus in east Vancouver. Read story

This image from police body-worn camera video, and contained in the Justice Department&rsquo;s sentencing memorandum, shows Marc Bru, at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Bru, who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow Proud Boys extremist group members, has been sentenced to six years in prison.

Vancouver Proud Boys member sentenced to 6 years in prison for Capitol riot role after berating judge

This image from police body-worn camera video, and contained in the Justice Department&rsquo;s sentencing memorandum, shows Marc Bru, at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Bru, who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow Proud Boys extremist group members, has been sentenced to six years in prison.

January 24, 2024, 11:57am Clark County News

A Vancouver man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow Proud Boys extremist group members was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison after he berated and insulted the judge who punished him. Read story

The scene of a Sunday night crash in which a Chevrolet Impala, driven by a suspected drunk driver, rear-ended a Washington State Department of Transportation truck, pushing it into another truck on the shoulder of Interstate 5 near Milepost 8. All six of the road workers who were injured in the crash were discharged from hospitals by Monday afternoon.

‘If it sounds like we’re angry … we’re angry’: WSDOT leaders push back after road workers injured in I-5 crash

The scene of a Sunday night crash in which a Chevrolet Impala, driven by a suspected drunk driver, rear-ended a Washington State Department of Transportation truck, pushing it into another truck on the shoulder of Interstate 5 near Milepost 8. All six of the road workers who were injured in the crash were discharged from hospitals by Monday afternoon.

January 24, 2024, 6:05am Business

Road officials were angry Tuesday morning as they reflected on a Sunday night crash that hospitalized six Washington State Department of Transportation workers who were attempting to fix potholes on Interstate 5 north just past where it merges with Interstate 205. Read story

The walk-behind trencher a 16-year-old boy was using to dig a channel for fence posts while working for a Vancouver construction company over the summer. He was dragged under the blade of the machine, and his injuries required both of his legs to be amputated.

Vancouver construction company fined for teenager’s injuries that resulted in amputation of his legs

The walk-behind trencher a 16-year-old boy was using to dig a channel for fence posts while working for a Vancouver construction company over the summer. He was dragged under the blade of the machine, and his injuries required both of his legs to be amputated.

January 23, 2024, 7:31pm Business

Labor officials have fined a Vancouver construction company more than $150,000 after a 16-year-old boy’s legs were amputated following an injury last summer while working on a site in La Center. Read story