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People fill the meeting room at Evergreen Public Schools headquarters March 14. The district is early in its budget preparation process for 2024 but is already predicting it will face a deficit for the third straight year.

Evergreen, Vancouver public schools brace for staff cuts in 2024

People fill the meeting room at Evergreen Public Schools headquarters March 14. The district is early in its budget preparation process for 2024 but is already predicting it will face a deficit for the third straight year.

December 2, 2023, 6:07am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

It’s still 2023, but local school districts are already preparing for next year’s budget. Both Evergreen and Vancouver anticipate serious shortfalls requiring staff cuts, all while students are still struggling to recover from lingering effects of the pandemic. Read story

Engineering and landscape architecture firms presented three designs for the city of Washougal&rsquo;s Town Center Revitalization Project, including a preferred option (pictured) and two alternatives, to the Washougal City Council Monday, Nov. 20, 2023.

Washougal considers ‘preferred’ option for town center project with outdoor community space near future library

Engineering and landscape architecture firms presented three designs for the city of Washougal&rsquo;s Town Center Revitalization Project, including a preferred option (pictured) and two alternatives, to the Washougal City Council Monday, Nov. 20, 2023.

December 2, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

Washougal City Council members are leaning toward one design option for the city’s future Town Center Revitalization Project, but said they will require more detailed information before making a final decision. Read story

Crown Park has been Camas&rsquo; living room for decades, but many of its facilities are getting old. The city&rsquo;s parks commission hopes the city council will approve plans to spend $6.3 million to update the entire park.

Long-awaited remodeling of Crown Park in Camas on cusp of realization

Crown Park has been Camas&rsquo; living room for decades, but many of its facilities are getting old. The city&rsquo;s parks commission hopes the city council will approve plans to spend $6.3 million to update the entire park.

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

The long-awaited remodeling of Crown Park, Camas’ “outdoor living room,” is on the cusp of realization. Read story

Police lights flash on the roof of a Vancouver police vehicle.

East Vancouver drive-by shooting puts man in hospital with life-threatening wounds

Police lights flash on the roof of a Vancouver police vehicle.

November 30, 2023, 3:49pm Clark County News

A 25-year-old man suffered life-threatening gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting early Thursday morning at an apartment complex in east Vancouver. Read story

Construction continues on the Skyview Station shopping center in Salmon Creek. Rumored anchor store Trader Joe&rsquo;s has filed for a liquor license for the location but the company hasn&rsquo;t confirmed the new location.

Coming soon? Trader Joe’s files for liquor license at new Skyview Station in Salmon Creek

Construction continues on the Skyview Station shopping center in Salmon Creek. Rumored anchor store Trader Joe&rsquo;s has filed for a liquor license for the location but the company hasn&rsquo;t confirmed the new location.

November 30, 2023, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Long-rumored anchor tenant Trader Joe’s has filed for a liquor license at the new Skyview Station in Salmon Creek. Read story

Zoolights in the snow at the Oregon Zoo.

Looking for Christmas lights in all the wrong places? These are the light shows Clark County is dreaming of

Zoolights in the snow at the Oregon Zoo.

November 30, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life

Nothing brightens the holiday season like colorful, twinkling lights. Here’s where to find sparkle in Clark County and beyond. Read story

Smoke billows from a campfire under cold conditions as Vancouver resident Greg Wilson, background left, who is not a resident of the Burnt Bridge Creek encampment, helps his friend set up his gear in the new location Wednesday morning.

‘All of us want help’: Unhoused residents in Clark County prepare for colder-than-normal winter

Smoke billows from a campfire under cold conditions as Vancouver resident Greg Wilson, background left, who is not a resident of the Burnt Bridge Creek encampment, helps his friend set up his gear in the new location Wednesday morning.

November 29, 2023, 6:32pm Clark County News

Residents huddled around campfires to stay warm at a homeless camp along the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail during this week’s cold snap. Two men murmured to each other that the man who laid sick in a nearby tent could use some soup. Read story

Mickey Alan Day, 46, appears for his sentencing hearing Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court. He was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for second-degree manslaughter in a fatal pellet gun shooting.

Vancouver man sentenced to nearly 7 years in fatal pellet-gun shooting described by prosecutor as bizarre

Mickey Alan Day, 46, appears for his sentencing hearing Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court. He was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for second-degree manslaughter in a fatal pellet gun shooting.

November 29, 2023, 3:26pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was sentenced Wednesday to nearly seven years in prison for fatally shooting a man with a pellet gun — a case both prosecuting and defense attorneys called bizarre. Read story

A heat pump is installed in a home.

Washington makes another run at heat pump rules

A heat pump is installed in a home.

November 29, 2023, 2:25pm Business Free

Controversial requirements aimed at getting electric heat pumps installed in newly constructed houses, apartments and commercial buildings cleared a final regulatory hurdle Tuesday. Read story

A federal jury last week found in favor of a Vancouver police Sgt. Julie Ballou's retaliation claims against the city of Vancouver after she raised concerns of sex discrimination when she was passed over for promotions. In 2018, Sgt. Julie Ballou participated in a camp for kids in Vancouver, talking to them about police work.

Vancouver police sergeant prevails on claim in lawsuit against city

A federal jury last week found in favor of a Vancouver police Sgt. Julie Ballou's retaliation claims against the city of Vancouver after she raised concerns of sex discrimination when she was passed over for promotions. In 2018, Sgt. Julie Ballou participated in a camp for kids in Vancouver, talking to them about police work.

November 28, 2023, 6:03pm Clark County News

A federal jury last week found in favor of some of a Vancouver police sergeant’s retaliation claims against the city of Vancouver after she raised concerns of sex discrimination when she was passed over for promotions. Read story