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Vancouver teen arrested in Clackamas murder

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January 31, 2021, 7:58am Clark County News

A 16-year-old Vancouver boy was arrested Saturday and accused of a murder in Clackamas County last week. Read story

In January 2020, The Columbian hosted the annual &quot;Economic Forecast Breakfast&quot; at the Hilton Vancouver Convention Center.

Data paints picture of how Clark County’s economy is faring

In January 2020, The Columbian hosted the annual &quot;Economic Forecast Breakfast&quot; at the Hilton Vancouver Convention Center.

January 31, 2021, 6:05am Business

In January 2020, The Hilton Vancouver Convention Center held an annual event that forecasted the year ahead. Read story

Jaime Herrera Beutler,

Herrera Beutler writes SEC chair to urge probe of GameStop case

Jaime Herrera Beutler,

January 31, 2021, 6:03am Clark County News

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, joined a growing, bipartisan chorus of lawmakers calling for an investigation into restrictions on trading GameStop stock last week. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Seasonal temperatures, no snow expected this week

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

January 31, 2021, 6:02am Clark County News

January ends tonight and we have had some wild swings in the weather. Vancouver reached highs of 61 degrees on the 12th and 13th and dipped into the 20s twice with 29 degrees on the 22nd and 26 degrees on the 23rd. Read story

Public meetings for week of Jan. 31 Monday

January 31, 2021, 6:00am Clark County News

Vancouver City Council, meeting remotely. Available at CVTV.org or via telephone at 1-866-899-4679 access code 981-059-901. n 4:30 p.m., workshop: amendments to the city cemetery code. n 5 p.m., workshop: updates on the Affordable Housing Fund. n 6:30 p.m., regular meeting: award of bid for water main replacement on Daniels… Read story

Community members participate in a tree-planting event at Ellsworth School Park in February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic began. The pandemic derailed the city&#039;s plans to plant a thousand trees last year, and they leaned on private property owners to surpass the goal.

City of Vancouver gains nearly 1,500 trees in 2020

Community members participate in a tree-planting event at Ellsworth School Park in February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic began. The pandemic derailed the city&#039;s plans to plant a thousand trees last year, and they leaned on private property owners to surpass the goal.

January 31, 2021, 6:00am Clark County News

Vancouver added 1,490 new arboreal additions to its tree canopy in 2020, surpassing its original goal of planting one thousand trees last year despite challenges posed by COVID-19. Read story

Now-retired Kelso barber Bill Ammons sits in the salon chair at his shop, Pacific Barber Shop, in June 2019.

Retired Kelso barber revives A Day of Kindness

Now-retired Kelso barber Bill Ammons sits in the salon chair at his shop, Pacific Barber Shop, in June 2019.

January 31, 2021, 6:00am Clark County News

In Cowlitz County, you can’t mention kindness without thinking of Bill Ammons. Read story

Chuck Adams of La Center, left, gives a thumbs-up while receiving his COVID-19 vaccination from Staff Sgt. Cory Hoveskeland of the Air National Guard at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2021. Adams said getting the vaccination went smoothly. "I didn't even feel it," he said. Tuesday was the first day of mass vaccinations in Clark County, which are given by appointment only.

Appointments available next week for virus vaccine at fairgrounds site

Chuck Adams of La Center, left, gives a thumbs-up while receiving his COVID-19 vaccination from Staff Sgt. Cory Hoveskeland of the Air National Guard at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2021. Adams said getting the vaccination went smoothly. "I didn't even feel it," he said. Tuesday was the first day of mass vaccinations in Clark County, which are given by appointment only.

January 30, 2021, 6:33pm Clark County News Free

After more than 10,000 people got COVID-19 vaccines at Washington's mass vaccination sites this week, more appointments are available for the upcoming week. Read story

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center.

Legacy Salmon Creek takes special steps after a Friday night protest

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center.

January 30, 2021, 5:40pm Clark County News

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center went into lockdown Friday night and remained in “partial lockdown” on Saturday, a spokeswoman said, after protesters gathered outside the building - some of them armed - because they thought a patient inside, who had refused a COVID-19 test, was being held against her will. Read story

Parielle Shapard as the old green grasshopper, center, and Nick Campos as the centipede perform during Friday night&#039;s staged reading of &quot;James and the Giant Peach,&quot; by Downstage Center Productions, at The Historic Academy in downtown Vancouver. That&#039;s a giant peach pit behind them, of course.

Acting class builds bridges by performing socially distanced play

Parielle Shapard as the old green grasshopper, center, and Nick Campos as the centipede perform during Friday night&#039;s staged reading of &quot;James and the Giant Peach,&quot; by Downstage Center Productions, at The Historic Academy in downtown Vancouver. That&#039;s a giant peach pit behind them, of course.

January 30, 2021, 3:36pm Clark County News

What do young thespians do when “cataclysmic events” — a global pandemic, riots in the streets — are happening all around them? Read story