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Body found off forest road near Cougar, deputies investigating

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January 25, 2019, 9:37am Clark County News

Sheriff's deputies are investigating after a dead person was found in northern Skamania County, about 6 miles west of Cougar around the Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary, Thursday afternoon. Read story

Fourth-graders at Silver Star Elementary School react as they test out their Sphero robots during science class. These Sphero robots are funded by local levy dollars, and it appears voters have approved Evergreen Public Schools levy requests to continue this and other programs.

Vancouver, Evergreen school levies: Mission ‘critical’

Fourth-graders at Silver Star Elementary School react as they test out their Sphero robots during science class. These Sphero robots are funded by local levy dollars, and it appears voters have approved Evergreen Public Schools levy requests to continue this and other programs.

January 25, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News

Sitting on the floor of her fourth-grade science classroom at Silver Star Elementary School, 9-year-old Makenna Burrows held up three fingers. Read story

Members of the Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals wave signs outside Vancouver Public Schools district offices Thursday, as the union and district continued to negotiate a contract for support staff.

Vancouver Public Schools narrowly avoids support staff strike

Members of the Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals wave signs outside Vancouver Public Schools district offices Thursday, as the union and district continued to negotiate a contract for support staff.

January 25, 2019, 1:34am Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools and its support staff union announced a tentative agreement at about 12:30 a.m. Friday, clearing the way for schools to open. Read story

Man killed in head-on crash in east Vancouver identified

January 24, 2019, 9:24pm Clark County News

A man killed in a head-on crash earlier this month in east Vancouver was identified Thursday as Jerimee L. Williams, 46. Read story

Vancouver man appears in court in theft of antique samplers

January 24, 2019, 9:19pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man appeared Thursday on allegations he broke into a woman's home, pepper-sprayed her and stole more than $30,000 in antique items. Read story

Lawsuit: Former Bonneville Hot Springs Resort employee alleges sexual harassment

January 24, 2019, 9:18pm Clark County News

A former Bonneville Hot Springs Resort massage therapist says the resort’s former owner sexually harassed her and at least a dozen women at that resort and Carson Hot Springs Resort, LLC, according to a lawsuit filed in Skamania County Circuit Court. Read story

Mark Lugliani appears for a plea hearing Thursday in Clark County Superior Court. The former Evergreen Public Schools substitute teacher pleaded guilty to third-degree child molestation after he sexually abused a physically disabled female student.

Ex-substitute teacher pleads guilty to molesting disabled student

Mark Lugliani appears for a plea hearing Thursday in Clark County Superior Court. The former Evergreen Public Schools substitute teacher pleaded guilty to third-degree child molestation after he sexually abused a physically disabled female student.

January 24, 2019, 9:12pm Clark County News

Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of crimes that some readers may find disturbing. Read story

Release of murder suspect’s phone call with attorney blocked

January 24, 2019, 8:37pm Clark County News

A Stevenson man charged with murder in Skamania County has successfully blocked the prosecutor and sheriff’s office from releasing a recording made from the jail there to his attorney. Read story

Members of the Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals wave signs outside Vancouver Public Schools district offices Thursday, as the union and district continued to negotiate a contract for support staff. The union will strike Friday if a deal is not reached overnight, closing schools for the second time this year due to labor action.

Vancouver Public Schools students may wake up to strike

Members of the Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals wave signs outside Vancouver Public Schools district offices Thursday, as the union and district continued to negotiate a contract for support staff. The union will strike Friday if a deal is not reached overnight, closing schools for the second time this year due to labor action.

January 24, 2019, 8:30pm Clark County News

Friday was supposed to be a day off for Vancouver Public Schools students. That is, until teacher strikes in August took them out of school for four days and the district decided to cancel a previously planned day off to make up for it. Read story

William Silva, left, speaks to Blake Hauser, an outreach case manager with Share, in January for the annual Point in Time count. By midmorning Hauser said he’d seen many familiar faces as he helped conduct a census of Clark County’s homeless population.

App aids Point in Time homeless count in Clark County

William Silva, left, speaks to Blake Hauser, an outreach case manager with Share, in January for the annual Point in Time count. By midmorning Hauser said he’d seen many familiar faces as he helped conduct a census of Clark County’s homeless population.

January 24, 2019, 7:44pm Clark County Health

Outreach teams counted Clark County’s homeless population Thursday as part of the annual Point in Time count. This year, they were armed with cellphones rather than clipboards. Read story