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A 20-pound rock crashed into a Washougal child’s bedroom Jan. 16 at the Lookout at the Ridge Apartments.

State fines drilling company after rock damages Washougal apartment

March 5, 2019, 6:03pm Clark County News

The state levied fines and a license suspension against a drilling company after a large rock fell through the roof of Washougal apartment while nearby workers were blasting in January. Read story

A box containing the measles vaccine is displayed at the Kaiser Permanente Cascade Park office Monday morning, Feb. 4, 2019.

Clark County reports two new suspected measles cases, one exposure site

March 5, 2019, 3:28pm Clark County News Free

Clark County Public Health reported two new suspected measles cases and one new exposure site Tuesday. Read story

A travel-time sign gives traffic in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 just south of the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds an estimate for traffic down the road. Signs like these use roadway sensors and radar devices to measure the speed and density of passing traffic, and a computer program uses the information to estimate travel times between two points.

Clark Asks: How do highway reader boards calculate travel times?

March 5, 2019, 6:05am Clark County News

Battle Ground’s Jen Kootstra, now retired, doesn’t make the commute south on the interstate highways in the county as much as she did when she was still working as an engineer for HP. Read story

Evergreen Habitat for Humanity to dedicate two new homes Sunday

March 5, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News

Evergreen Habitat for Humanity will dedicate two new homes in its McKibbin Commons subdivision in Vancouver on Sunday. Read story

Antonio Delgado, an environmental health specialist with Clark County, tests the soil where a septic system was proposed in 2019 in Ridgefield.

Measles outbreak delaying other work by health workers

March 5, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Health

Antonio Delgado is an environmental health specialist for Clark County Public Health who normally works with septic systems. But these have not been normal times. Read story

Weather Eye: It’s March now, but our weather doesn’t seem to realize that

The sunshine was marvelous Monday, and nice blue skies and a breeze. Wait a minute, maybe more than a breeze. I was daydreaming there for a second. The cold east winds were blowing, and what looked nice out the window was something else once out in the elements. Read story

Vancouver seeks more feedback on bike-lane project

A cyclist bikes down Columbia Street toward East Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver. The city was planning to replace much of the parking on Columbia Street with sheltered bike lanes, but the the Vancouver City Council has chosen to re-examine options for balancing parking following an outcry from residents.

The Vancouver City Council wants more feedback from residents, community groups and stakeholders before making a call postponing to next year a plan to add protected bike lanes, at the sake of parking spots, along Columbia Street. Read story