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Morning Press: Bail set in transgender teen slaying, charges in Hazel Dell case, Jerusalem Cafe closes

January 4, 2020, 6:05am Clark County News

In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories from the week: Read story

Ed Hanney is someone I would have never gotten to know if I didn’t play poker to expand my friends.

Press Talk: No more dancing in the nude?

Ed Hanney is someone I would have never gotten to know if I didn’t play poker to expand my friends.

January 4, 2020, 6:02am Clark County News

Hey, forget about all those silly New Year’s resolutions. I’ve got one that I’m pretty sure will save the world — or at least save you from a life of one-dimensional milquetoastedness. Read story

Keoni has sold more than 100 keychains to help raise money for unpaid school lunch debt his school.

Boy, 8, makes, sells keychains to help pay off classmates’ lunch debt

Keoni has sold more than 100 keychains to help raise money for unpaid school lunch debt his school.

January 4, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

A Clark County second-grader is working to make the world a little bit kinder, one bead at a time. Read story

Justice Department moves case over Cowlitz County youth detainees to federal court

January 3, 2020, 10:37pm Clark County News

An attempt to release the records of immigrant juveniles held in secrecy in Cowlitz County was put on an indefinite hold this week after the U.S. government moved the fight over those files to federal court. Read story

Clinical supervisor Brook Vejo, center, talks with the Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention team during its meeting at Catholic Community Services in Vancouver. The organization works with teenagers who are in a mental health crisis in an effort to keep them out of the emergency room.

Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention team aims for fewer trips to ER

Clinical supervisor Brook Vejo, center, talks with the Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention team during its meeting at Catholic Community Services in Vancouver. The organization works with teenagers who are in a mental health crisis in an effort to keep them out of the emergency room.

January 3, 2020, 8:30pm Clark County Health

It was a few days before the holidays shifted into high gear, and in a conference room at Catholic Community Services, a room of counselors and parents were planning the week ahead. Read story

Michael Veatch can be seen in security video pointing a gun at convenience store employees in St. Helens, Ore., the night he was killed by police.

Videos show details in police killing of Veatchvideo icon

Michael Veatch can be seen in security video pointing a gun at convenience store employees in St. Helens, Ore., the night he was killed by police.

January 3, 2020, 8:00pm Clark County News

Newly released surveillance and police body cam footage shows the dramatic events that led up to and followed the death of Kalama resident Michael Veatch, who was struck and killed by a St. Helens, Ore., police vehicle on Oct. 9. Read story

Clark College in Vancouver.

Clark College faculty set strike date

Clark College in Vancouver.

January 3, 2020, 10:02am Clark County News

Clark College faculty will strike on Jan. 13 if their union and college administrators fail to reach a tentative contract agreement. Read story

Dolly Merrick, 75, was raised in Portland but &quot;lived out of town for 35 to 40 years.&quot; When she returned to the Pacific Northwest in 2003, she joined the Clark County Genealogical Society to learn more about her family, which had settled in the area more than a century ago.

Ancestors’ tales of struggle, victory intrigue woman from Vancouver

Dolly Merrick, 75, was raised in Portland but &quot;lived out of town for 35 to 40 years.&quot; When she returned to the Pacific Northwest in 2003, she joined the Clark County Genealogical Society to learn more about her family, which had settled in the area more than a century ago.

January 3, 2020, 6:05am Clark County News

Like a teenager who brags about discovering an artist before they were mainstream, Dolores “Dolly” Merrick could boast of her interest in genealogy before it was a billion-dollar business. Read story

Concept renderings show the planned &quot;Aegis Phase II&quot; portion of the project to rehabilitate the Providence Academy building and redevelop part of the campus. The planned &quot;Aegis Phase I&quot; buildings are also visible in some of the renderings. Both phases will add mixed-use apartment buildings to the site.

Site plan for Vancouver’s Providence Academy moves forward intact

Concept renderings show the planned &quot;Aegis Phase II&quot; portion of the project to rehabilitate the Providence Academy building and redevelop part of the campus. The planned &quot;Aegis Phase I&quot; buildings are also visible in some of the renderings. Both phases will add mixed-use apartment buildings to the site.

January 3, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

A plan to construct apartment and retail buildings on Vancouver’s Providence Academy site will move forward as proposed despite a letter from a local historic commission condemning the development. Read story

North Main Avenue in Ridgefield opens following culvert replacement

January 3, 2020, 5:58am Clark County News

RIDGEFIELD -- North Main Avenue, where Gee Creek flows under the road at Ridgefield's northwest tip, is open to traffic. Read story