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From the Newsroom: Looking forward to the Monday edition

January 9, 2021, 6:00am Clark County News

Because I am the editor, I have a pretty good idea of what is in my morning Columbian before I walk out to the driveway to fetch it. But that doesn’t stop me from enjoying the paper, usually with a second cup of coffee, before I head into the newsroom. Read story

Southwest Region hits only two of four metrics in new Healthy Washington reopening plan

January 8, 2021, 9:53pm Clark County Health Free

Every region in state will open new reopening plan in Phase 1 Read story

COVID-19 outbreak at Larch Corrections Center climbs to 265 inmates

January 8, 2021, 6:36pm Clark County News

The Washington State Department of Corrections reported Friday that 265 inmates at Larch Corrections Center have tested positive for COVID-19. Read story

The Howard Johnson hotel on Vancouver Mall Drive pictured on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. The Vancouver Housing Authority announced Friday that it is purchasing the hotel to turn it into a homeless shelter.

Vancouver Mall-area hotel to become homeless shelter

January 8, 2021, 4:35pm Business

The Vancouver Housing Authority has plans to purchase the Howard Johnson by Wyndham Vancouver Hotel & Suites near Vancouver Mall for use as a noncongregate shelter for unhoused people. Read story

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

Vancouver Public Schools announces plan for return to in-person schooling

January 8, 2021, 2:15pm Clark County News Free

Vancouver Public Schools Superintendent Steve Webb plans to propose a timeline at Tuesday's school board meeting that would have students in all elementary grades moving to twice-a-week, in-person learning by Feb. 1, the district announced Friday. Read story

Vancouver police sergeant files counter complaint in case over BLM, Patriot Prayer comments

A Vancouver Police Department sergeant being investigated internally for alleged comments he made about Patriot Prayer and Black Lives Matter responded by filing a complaint against the city attorney who prompted the action. Read story

Vancouver City Council OKs tax break for apartment complexes

Plans for a building at The Waterfront Vancouver show a six-story, mixed-use building that holds 172 apartments on Block 17, on the second row of the waterfront.

January 8, 2021, 6:02am Business

The Vancouver City Council approved a tax exemption for the developers of two new apartment complexes this week, though there’s growing skepticism from the council and outright frustration from some community members over whether the tax breaks are ultimately helping or harming the city. Read story