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Vancouver Public Schools announced personnel changes for next year, including restored positions because of new state money.

Vancouver Public Schools works to ease disciplinary inequities

November 4, 2019, 6:01am Clark County News

To advocates for marginalized children in Clark County, the news of Vancouver Public Schools’ unbalanced discipline rates was bittersweet. Read story

Linda Smith describes photos from her work in Fiji at the Shared Hope International offices in Vancouver on Oct. 31, 2019. After leaving politics, Smith founded Shared Hope International, a nonprofit that works to end sex trafficking. Smith has worked in dozens of locations and with thousands of people around the world since she founded Shared Hope International in 1998.

As five write-in candidates declare, Linda Smith reflects on her 1994 win

November 4, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

As legend tells it, Linda Smith entered the 3rd Congressional District race a few weeks before the 1994 primary as a write-in candidate. But she’ll be the first to tell you it really took her much longer to achieve her historic victory. Read story

Morning Press: Man’s body found along street; Dediko’s in downtown; Share to stop operating Navigation Center

November 4, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

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

Woman fatally struck on I-5 in Vancouver

November 3, 2019, 8:28pm Clark County News

A woman died after she was hit by a car Sunday night on Interstate 5 in Vancouver. Read story

Sharon Svec shares some of her work with visitors during a tour of her studio Sunday in Vancouver. Svec was one of 50 Clark County artists who opened their doors for a self-guided tour Saturday and Sunday.

Art comes to life as studios around Clark County open their doors for annual tour

November 3, 2019, 7:36pm Clark County News

In front of a few spectators inside her Hough neighborhood art studio, Sharon Svec discussed a tapestry work she was creating. Svec quickly hinted, as she prepared to soak the antique portrait of a dancer on a piece of fabric, that she viewed it as more than a two-dimensional piece… Read story

Vancouver Housing Authority board approves 2020 budget

The Share Homestead family shelter is due for some remodeling as part of Vancouver Housing Authority's 2020 budget.

Vancouver Housing Authority’s board of commissioners Thursday unanimously approved its proposed 2020 budget, which includes $66.7 million in operating revenues. Construction of new developments and renovations of older properties in the agency’s portfolio are slated for the coming year. Read story

Weather Eye: Unusually dry November weather on the way out as fog rolls in

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

There isn’t much new in the weather department as far as wet weather heading our way. We do see the current dry air mass of the past week getting moister, which will help with dry skin and static electricity in your home. Read story