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Weather Eye: Try to keep cool during round of hot weather

August 27, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

The advertised round of hot weather is upon us today and tomorrow and will only last a couple of days, thank goodness. I would say highs today with east winds will shoot up into the mid-90s and despite a calming of those winds Wednesday, we still stay in the mid-90s… Read story

Ridgefield High School teachers meet in the media library in the new high school building, which will open in time for the start of the upcoming school year. The new building increases the size of the library and updates science labs, the Life Skills program and a few art classrooms.

Modern new building to greet Ridgefield High students

Ridgefield High School teachers meet in the media library in the new high school building, which will open in time for the start of the upcoming school year. The new building increases the size of the library and updates science labs, the Life Skills program and a few art classrooms.

August 27, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

While nobody in Ridgefield has perfected time travel, some Ridgefield High School students will be thrown for a loop when classes start this week. Read story

The Vancouver City Council is weighing a proposal to divide the city into electoral districts. The council might put the issue before voters in 2020.

Vancouver City Council shelves electoral districts

The Vancouver City Council is weighing a proposal to divide the city into electoral districts. The council might put the issue before voters in 2020.

August 26, 2019, 9:41pm Clark County News

A proposal that would divide Vancouver into electoral districts is shelved but not dead. City councilors may move forward with a tentative plan to put the question before voters in the 2020 general election. Read story

Parents and students tour the new Peter S. Ogden Elementary School during a back-to-school night on Monday night. The distinctive floor-to-ceiling glass windows bathe rooms in natural light, an effort to bring the outdoors in at the new school.

Students, parents tour rebuilt Peter S. Ogden Elementary

Parents and students tour the new Peter S. Ogden Elementary School during a back-to-school night on Monday night. The distinctive floor-to-ceiling glass windows bathe rooms in natural light, an effort to bring the outdoors in at the new school.

August 26, 2019, 9:24pm Clark County News

There’s a particular newness that comes with back-to-school season — new teachers, new school supplies, new clothes. Read story

Ashley L. Barry, one of the co-defendants in the slaying of Raymond Brandon, appears for sentencing at Clark County Superior Court on Monday.

Woman sentenced in Hockinson homicide

Ashley L. Barry, one of the co-defendants in the slaying of Raymond Brandon, appears for sentencing at Clark County Superior Court on Monday.

August 26, 2019, 8:10pm Clark County News

A woman was sentenced Monday to just over 13 years in prison for the 2017 beating and fatal shooting of a man in Hockinson. Read story

Four people were evaluated for carbon monoxide exposure Monday afternoon at Columbia Square shopping mall.

East Vancouver businesses evacuated for carbon monoxide

Four people were evaluated for carbon monoxide exposure Monday afternoon at Columbia Square shopping mall.

August 26, 2019, 6:45pm Business

Several businesses were evacuated, and four people evaluated, after carbon monoxide was detected Monday afternoon at Columbia Square, the strip mall anchored by Chuck’s Produce in east Vancouver. Read story

Mom, infant threatened; Vancouver police looking for witnesses

August 26, 2019, 6:22pm Clark County News

Vancouver police say they are looking for more witnesses in a case where a man allegedly made racial threats to an African-American woman pushing her infant in a stroller on Main Street. Read story

Fire burns near Rocky Butte in northeast Portland in this view from KATU-TV's tower.

Four-alarm fire spreads smoke across Portland

Fire burns near Rocky Butte in northeast Portland in this view from KATU-TV's tower.

August 26, 2019, 6:03pm Clark County News

Authorities are responding to a four-alarm fire in Northeast Portland west of the Rocky Butte natural area. Structures in the area have been damaged in the fire. Read story

Evan Peek, 8, of Vancouver walks along the water feature in Esther Short Park.

Heat advisory issued for Clark County

Evan Peek, 8, of Vancouver walks along the water feature in Esther Short Park.

August 26, 2019, 6:00pm Clark County News

The National Weather Service in Portland has issued a heat advisory for a large swath of Southwest Washington, including Clark County, and Oregon. Read story

Vancouver police say someone used a stolen construction vehicle to break open this ATM at 5411 E. Mill Plain Boulevard early Friday morning.

Police still looking for suspect who damaged ATMs

Vancouver police say someone used a stolen construction vehicle to break open this ATM at 5411 E. Mill Plain Boulevard early Friday morning.

August 26, 2019, 3:06pm Clark County News

Vancouver police have not identified any suspects in an incident involving a stolen construction vehicle used to try to break into two ATMs. Read story