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Signs direct shoppers where to pick up their purchases through the Retail To Go program at Vancouver Mall. The mall remains closed, but several retailers are providing curbside pick-up services.

Clark County gained 500 jobs in November

Signs direct shoppers where to pick up their purchases through the Retail To Go program at Vancouver Mall. The mall remains closed, but several retailers are providing curbside pick-up services.

December 23, 2020, 6:02am Business

Clark Country gained about 500 jobs in November, continuing a slow economic recovery. Read story

The Clark County Courthouse.

Man faces charges in 2006 park rape

The Clark County Courthouse.

December 22, 2020, 6:22pm Clark County News

A man who's been incarcerated in Texas faces charges in Clark County Superior Court for allegedly raping a 15-year-old who was found unconscious in Vancouver's Evergreen Park in 2006. Read story

Ethan Ambrose Richter, 21, of Battle Ground

Battle Ground man sentenced for exposing himself

Ethan Ambrose Richter, 21, of Battle Ground

December 22, 2020, 6:21pm Clark County News

A Battle Ground man charged for several lewd acts throughout Clark County this year was sentenced Tuesday to 33 months in prison. Read story

Police investigate robbery at northeast Vancouver iQ Credit Union

December 22, 2020, 6:01pm Clark County News

Police are investigating a bank robbery in northeast Vancouver on Tuesday. Read story

Two people embrace outside of the building where a shooting reportedly happened on Tuesday, December 22, at the 505 building at the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.

Two people wounded in shooting near PeaceHealth Southwest in Vancouver

Two people embrace outside of the building where a shooting reportedly happened on Tuesday, December 22, at the 505 building at the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.

December 22, 2020, 5:25pm Clark County News Free

Two people were shot Tuesday afternoon inside a building at the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center campus in central Vancouver. Read story

Firefighter and paramedic Josh Lawson, left, waits as system director Sara Williams applies a bandage after he received a COVID-19 vaccination at PeaceHealth Southwest Urgent Care in Vancouver. PeaceHealth has administered the vaccine to nearly 100 first responders from Clark and Cowlitz counties. The plan is to give roughly 200 first responders the first dose of the vaccine over the next couple weeks.

First responders from Clark, Cowlitz counties begin getting COVID vaccinations

Firefighter and paramedic Josh Lawson, left, waits as system director Sara Williams applies a bandage after he received a COVID-19 vaccination at PeaceHealth Southwest Urgent Care in Vancouver. PeaceHealth has administered the vaccine to nearly 100 first responders from Clark and Cowlitz counties. The plan is to give roughly 200 first responders the first dose of the vaccine over the next couple weeks.

December 22, 2020, 4:57pm Clark County Health

First responders can sometimes be lost in the shuffle of COVID-19 concerns. Read story

Laura Ellsworth, right, writes a message on a memorial board set up Friday at St. PaulÌs Lutheran Church in Vancouver. Ellsworth is with the Council for the Homeless, which helped set up the board with the names of the homeless from the community who died in 2020. On Monday night, the council held a virtual ceremony to remember the members of the community who died in 2020.

Homeless people who died in 2020 in Clark County remembered at service

Laura Ellsworth, right, writes a message on a memorial board set up Friday at St. PaulÌs Lutheran Church in Vancouver. Ellsworth is with the Council for the Homeless, which helped set up the board with the names of the homeless from the community who died in 2020. On Monday night, the council held a virtual ceremony to remember the members of the community who died in 2020.

December 22, 2020, 12:42pm Clark County News

Like many things affected by COVID-19, Clark County’s homeless population is at increased risk. Read story

A Vancouver Fire Department patch is seen here in the gear room of Fire Station 2 (The Columbian files)

Sifton-area house fire displaces 4

A Vancouver Fire Department patch is seen here in the gear room of Fire Station 2 (The Columbian files)

December 22, 2020, 12:35pm Clark County News

A Monday night fire at a Sifton-area home displaced four people. Read story

The Clark County Public Service Center.

Interim Clark County Manager Kathleen Otto might become permanent manager

The Clark County Public Service Center.

December 22, 2020, 6:04am Clark County News

Interim Clark County Manager Kathleen Otto could soon have the job permanently. Read story

Cashier Razija Zelknovic assists a customer with their plastic bag after making a purchase at the Orchards Goodwill.

Washington ban on single-use bags will take effect early next year unless Legislature delays action

Cashier Razija Zelknovic assists a customer with their plastic bag after making a purchase at the Orchards Goodwill.

December 22, 2020, 6:04am Clark County Business Subscriber Exclusive

The sun is setting on single-use plastic bags in Washington, although they’ll be sticking around a bit longer than planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story