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Clark County News

Vancouver Housing Authority gets self-sufficiency grant

February 15, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday awarded $2 million in Family Self-Sufficiency grants to housing authorities across the state, including $195,084 to Vancouver Housing Authority. Read story

Wendy Hull with Fairwinds Cannabis stands in one of the company’s flower rooms Tuesday afternoon in Vancouver. Hull said her company faces uncertainty because of a new policy from the state Liquor and Cannabis Board that requires cannabis companies to put even less information on their products’ packaging. At top, CBD products are seen at Fairwinds Cannabis. CBD, or cannabidiol, is the nonpsychoactive compound in marijuana. Several local legislators are trying to address the packaging issue.

State restrictions on cannabis packaging worry producers

Wendy Hull with Fairwinds Cannabis stands in one of the company’s flower rooms Tuesday afternoon in Vancouver. Hull said her company faces uncertainty because of a new policy from the state Liquor and Cannabis Board that requires cannabis companies to put even less information on their products’ packaging. At top, CBD products are seen at Fairwinds Cannabis. CBD, or cannabidiol, is the nonpsychoactive compound in marijuana. Several local legislators are trying to address the packaging issue.

February 15, 2019, 6:01am Clark County News

State policy restricting information worries cannabis firms, prompts legislative action Read story

Vancouver teen’s family says girl died in ‘choking game’

February 14, 2019, 9:13pm Clark County Health

The family of a 13-year-old girl in Vancouver says the teen died while playing a dangerous game. Read story

Ducks swim through a body of water at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Washougal. A mix of private groups and state, federal and local agencies hope to reconnect Gibbons Creek, which runs through the refuge, to the Columbia River, turning roughly 960 acres at the site back to a floodplain. Below: A deer looks up from grazing at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

BPA finishes environmental review of Steigerwald floodplain restoration plan

Ducks swim through a body of water at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Washougal. A mix of private groups and state, federal and local agencies hope to reconnect Gibbons Creek, which runs through the refuge, to the Columbia River, turning roughly 960 acres at the site back to a floodplain. Below: A deer looks up from grazing at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

February 14, 2019, 9:01pm Clark County News

The expansive, $22 million project to restore the floodplain around the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Washougal cleared a major hurdle after an environmental impact analysis was competed this week, and preliminary work on the project is set to start this summer. Read story

A motorist navigates a roundabout near Vancouver City Hall.

Vancouver police officer files suit alleging sex discrimination

A motorist navigates a roundabout near Vancouver City Hall.

February 14, 2019, 8:56pm Clark County News

Another gender discrimination lawsuit was filed against the city of Vancouver last month, this time by a police officer, alleging discrimination based on sex, harassment and retaliation. Read story

Washington leaders question Trump’s plan to declare emergency for wall funding

February 14, 2019, 8:46pm Clark County News

Washington leadership began questioning President Donald Trump’s constitutional authority almost immediately after he announced plans to declare a national emergency to pay for a border wall. Read story

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Herrera Beutler bill aims to encourage living organ donations

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February 14, 2019, 8:15pm Clark County Health

U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday to protect living organ donors. Read story

Carole Green, sister of U.S. Navy Musician Second Class Francis E. Dick, and her son, Mike Green, stand with Dick’s casket at Vancouver Funeral Chapel after meeting his body at Portland International Airport on Feb. 9. Green last saw her brother when she was 3 years old.

Woodland sailor killed at Pearl Harbor now at rest

Carole Green, sister of U.S. Navy Musician Second Class Francis E. Dick, and her son, Mike Green, stand with Dick’s casket at Vancouver Funeral Chapel after meeting his body at Portland International Airport on Feb. 9. Green last saw her brother when she was 3 years old.

February 14, 2019, 8:10pm Clark County News

The remains of U.S. Navy Musician Second Class Francis E. Dick finally came home this week, more than 77 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor that took his life. Read story

A man who robbed a U.S. Bank in Salmon Creek with a knife remains at large.

Deputies search for man after robbery at US Bank in Salmon Creek

A man who robbed a U.S. Bank in Salmon Creek with a knife remains at large.

February 14, 2019, 5:24pm Clark County News

A man who robbed a US Bank branch in Salmon Creek with a knife Thursday afternoon remains at large. Read story

An inmate at Clark County Jail died Friday in what officials are terming an apparent suicide.

Man gets 3 years for Clark County Jail escape attempt

An inmate at Clark County Jail died Friday in what officials are terming an apparent suicide.

February 14, 2019, 2:55pm Clark County News

A man who grabbed a sheriff’s deputy’s stun gun in the Clark County Jail during an ill-conceived escape attempt in January 2018 will spend more time behind bars than he would have otherwise due to the incident. Read story