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Tyler Taplin, left, and Chad Calhoun make their beds inside the Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter at St. Paul Lutheran Church in downtown Vancouver ahead of a chilly night on Monday. The Vancouver City Council will likely approve a grant that would increase funding to the shelter, allowing operators to keep it open year-round instead of just five months out of the year.

Vancouver council asked to OK homelessness proposal

Tyler Taplin, left, and Chad Calhoun make their beds inside the Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter at St. Paul Lutheran Church in downtown Vancouver ahead of a chilly night on Monday. The Vancouver City Council will likely approve a grant that would increase funding to the shelter, allowing operators to keep it open year-round instead of just five months out of the year.

December 16, 2019, 9:54pm Clark County News

The final Vancouver City Council meeting of the year saw city leaders mull $475,412 worth of grants designed to increase the stock of overnight shelter beds. Read story

Hazel Dell man accused of DUI after car crash

December 16, 2019, 8:02pm Clark County News

A Hazel Dell man appeared in court Monday on allegations that he crashed a car and injured a passenger while intoxicated Friday night in Vancouver’s Bagley Downs neighborhood. Read story

Anna Harrington, who does not have legal custody of her daughter, Faith, did not return her after a scheduled visit from Tuesday to Saturday, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

Police search for missing girl, 4

Anna Harrington, who does not have legal custody of her daughter, Faith, did not return her after a scheduled visit from Tuesday to Saturday, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

December 16, 2019, 5:41pm Clark County News Free

Police are searching for a 4-year-old girl who might have been taken by her mother. Read story

Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School.

Roosevelt in Vancouver, Laurin in Battle Ground added to list of schools with sick kids

Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School.

December 16, 2019, 5:18pm Clark County Health

Dozens of students are still out at five Vancouver Public Schools elementary campuses, and Battle Ground Public Schools issued a letter to parents at Laurin Middle School after a large group of students there called out sick. Read story

Rico Roman, right, embraces his younger brother, Carlos Roman, during Monday&#039;s &quot;Walls of Honor&quot; event at the home being built for Rico Roman and his family east of Hockinson. The Gary Sinise Foundation, along with other donors, are building a specially adapted smart home for Rico Roman, a retired Army staff sergeant who had his lower left leg amputated after being injured in Iraq.

Gary Sinise Foundation building injured veteran new home near Hockinson

Rico Roman, right, embraces his younger brother, Carlos Roman, during Monday&#039;s &quot;Walls of Honor&quot; event at the home being built for Rico Roman and his family east of Hockinson. The Gary Sinise Foundation, along with other donors, are building a specially adapted smart home for Rico Roman, a retired Army staff sergeant who had his lower left leg amputated after being injured in Iraq.

December 16, 2019, 8:41am Clark County News

The interior walls in Rico Roman’s future home east of Hockinson are nothing more than wood studs. Read story

Nathan Ordanza, of Vancouver, boulders at the Source Climbing Center in Vancouver. Ordanza said he likes climbing because it&#039;s a good workout that focuses on problem solving. &quot;With the rainy season here, you can still workout without having to go outside,&quot; he said.

Indoor rock climbing a winter reprieve

Nathan Ordanza, of Vancouver, boulders at the Source Climbing Center in Vancouver. Ordanza said he likes climbing because it&#039;s a good workout that focuses on problem solving. &quot;With the rainy season here, you can still workout without having to go outside,&quot; he said.

December 16, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Health

When Michael Lary’s dog Coava went missing, the outpouring on social media was heavy enough to make a human feel jealous. Read story

Morning Press: Next steps for I-976; fake meat taste test; Tiffany Hill’s death compels lawmakers to act

December 16, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

Check out the weather headed our way this week. Read story

Camas to require business licenses beginning Jan. 1

December 16, 2019, 6:00am Business

Camas will require business licenses beginning Jan. 1, and an online registration portal is now active. Read story

Connar Williams, 11, from left, Santa Claus, played by Brian Trembley, and Gage Williams 6, pose for a photo in Trembley&#039;s Santa Chalet in Woodland.

Woodland family provides personalized Santa experience in festive chalet

Connar Williams, 11, from left, Santa Claus, played by Brian Trembley, and Gage Williams 6, pose for a photo in Trembley&#039;s Santa Chalet in Woodland.

December 16, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

For their first photo with Santa as a couple back in 2011, Crystal and Jordan Thurmond wanted to do something funny with the mall Santa at the Lloyd Center in Portland. They ended up with a picture of Santa holding Crystal in a headlock, while Jordan punched Santa in the… Read story

Joined by Portland-based Irish dancers Brittany Ramsey, left, and Marisa Gilman, Molly&#039;s Revenge played a number of original and traditional Celtic songs Sunday at the Old Liberty Theater in Ridgefield.

Relationships fuel Celtic show at Old Liberty Theater in Ridgefield

Joined by Portland-based Irish dancers Brittany Ramsey, left, and Marisa Gilman, Molly&#039;s Revenge played a number of original and traditional Celtic songs Sunday at the Old Liberty Theater in Ridgefield.

December 15, 2019, 8:38pm Clark County News

Wishing to avoid the role of the authoritarian parent again earlier this year at their Carmel, Calif., home, Suna Price asked her husband, John Weed, to tell their teenage son to quit playing his banjo and go to bed. Instead, Tyler Weed, 14 at the time, piqued his father’s interest… Read story