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Friday is deadline for Clark County survey on low-income needs

January 30, 2020, 9:05pm Clark County News

To assess the needs of those experiencing poverty, Clark County is attempting to go straight to the source. Read story

Tyler Chavers, Vancouver&#039;s Homeless Assistance Response Team officer, left, talks with Karalee Grunwald and her cat, Chyzeball, during the 2020 Point in Time count in Vancouver&#039;s Leverich Park. Grunwald said she&#039;s been homeless since June and was recently cited for unlawful camping.

Annual Point in Time count gauges homeless population, connects people with services

Tyler Chavers, Vancouver&#039;s Homeless Assistance Response Team officer, left, talks with Karalee Grunwald and her cat, Chyzeball, during the 2020 Point in Time count in Vancouver&#039;s Leverich Park. Grunwald said she&#039;s been homeless since June and was recently cited for unlawful camping.

January 30, 2020, 8:14pm Clark County News

“No law enforcement today,” Officer Tyler Chavers said as he approached a man and his tent alongside Burnt Bridge Creek. Read story

A strange man apparently pretending to be a janitor wandered into Prairie High School on Wednesday afternoon, several hours after classes ended for the day.

Man posing as janitor asked to leave Prairie High School

A strange man apparently pretending to be a janitor wandered into Prairie High School on Wednesday afternoon, several hours after classes ended for the day.

January 30, 2020, 7:27pm Clark County News Free

An unknown man apparently pretending to be a janitor wandered into Prairie High School on Wednesday afternoon, several hours after classes broke for the day. Read story

Medical examiner needs help to ID man found dead in Orchards

January 30, 2020, 4:27pm Clark County News Free

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office needs help identifying a man found dead Tuesday morning in Orchards. Read story

The Clark County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect in connection with a robbery at Alaska USA Federal Credit Union Branch located within the Salmon Creek Albertsons.

Clark County deputies searching for suspected bank robber

The Clark County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect in connection with a robbery at Alaska USA Federal Credit Union Branch located within the Salmon Creek Albertsons.

January 30, 2020, 2:21pm Clark County News

Clark County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man suspected of robbing a bank inside a Salmon Creek grocery store on Wednesday. Read story

People come and go from the Vancouver Navigation Center in Vancouver.

Vancouver Navigation Center operator search still on

People come and go from the Vancouver Navigation Center in Vancouver.

January 30, 2020, 6:15am Clark County News

The city of Vancouver has extended the deadline for proposals from organizations looking to run the Navigation Center, the city’s day shelter that provides basic services to people without homes. Read story

Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson, center, leads a protest in Portland in December 2017, a week after an undocumented Mexican resident of San Francisco was acquitted of the murder of Kate Seinle. It drew activists from both political extremes, including Kerry Hudson, left, who can be found at many Patriot Prayer rallies and Luis Enrique Marquez, right, a prominent anti-fascist protester.

Patriot Prayer – the new face of ‘nativist bigotry’

Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson, center, leads a protest in Portland in December 2017, a week after an undocumented Mexican resident of San Francisco was acquitted of the murder of Kate Seinle. It drew activists from both political extremes, including Kerry Hudson, left, who can be found at many Patriot Prayer rallies and Luis Enrique Marquez, right, a prominent anti-fascist protester.

January 30, 2020, 6:05am Clark County News Free

Steven Stroud is sitting across from me, opening a bag of Reese’s Pieces, in the visiting room of a prison in Oregon that has been his home for the past 12 years. He’s agreed to an interview but asks that the institution not be named. Read story

Sgt. Fred Neiman of the Clark County Sheriff&#039;s Office, photographed outside the department&#039;s West Precinct off Northwest 179th Street, is retiring today after a 40-year career.

After 40 years, last day on ‘The Job’ for Sgt. Fred Neiman

Sgt. Fred Neiman of the Clark County Sheriff&#039;s Office, photographed outside the department&#039;s West Precinct off Northwest 179th Street, is retiring today after a 40-year career.

January 30, 2020, 6:05am Clark County News

Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Fred Neiman learned about customer service as a 17-year-old working at a Kalama Chevron station. Read story

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

Weather Eye: January records heaviest month of rainfall

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

January 30, 2020, 6:03am Clark County News

In Tuesday's column, I mentioned that we should easily pass November 2017 rainfall of 6.50 inches and needless to say, we easily did that the other day. The rain kept falling and we passed the next heaviest month of rainfall which was March 2017 with 7.05 inches. As of 4… Read story

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo a worker gets ready to pass out instructions in how fill out the 2020 census during a town hall meeting in Lithonia, Ga. Facebook says it won&#039;t allow interference with the U.S. census on its platform, including posting misleading information about when and how to participate, who can participate and the consequences of taking part.

Census recruiting event scheduled for Friday

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo a worker gets ready to pass out instructions in how fill out the 2020 census during a town hall meeting in Lithonia, Ga. Facebook says it won&#039;t allow interference with the U.S. census on its platform, including posting misleading information about when and how to participate, who can participate and the consequences of taking part.

January 30, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

People hoping to join the workforce carrying out the 2020 U.S. Census are invited to learn more about the job opportunities at a recruitment event at the Vancouver Mall. Read story