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Clark County News

Friends of Carpenter tool, product sale this weekend

September 8, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

The nonprofit Friends of the Carpenter is having a tool and product sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and Saturday. The sale is at the Friendship Center, 1600 W. 20th St. Read story

State Rep. Pike to hold town hall on transportation

September 7, 2017, 9:14pm Clark County News

 State Rep. Liz Pike, a Camas Republican who recently announced she's running Clark County council chair, will be holding transportation town hall from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Washington State University Vancouver's Dengerink Administration Building, Room 110. Read story

Church mourns wildlife, forest lost in Gorge fire

September 7, 2017, 9:12pm Clark County News

A service being held at a Vancouver church will reflect on the loss of wildlife and sacred forest space burned by the Eagle Creek Fire. The service is 7 p.m. Sunday in the chapel at Vancouver First United Methodist Church, 401 E. 33rd St. Read story

Vigil for Ridgefield car crash victim set for Sunday

September 7, 2017, 9:12pm Clark County News

A public vigil at the site of a car crash that killed a Ridgefield man is planned for Sunday afternoon in Salmon Creek. Read story

A helicopter makes a water drop on the Eagle Creek Fire on Thursday in this view from the Cape Horn overlook along Highway 14. Improved conditions also allowed water drops on the Archer Mountain Fire in western Skamania County.

Fire crews make headway on Gorge fires

A helicopter makes a water drop on the Eagle Creek Fire on Thursday in this view from the Cape Horn overlook along Highway 14. Improved conditions also allowed water drops on the Archer Mountain Fire in western Skamania County.

September 7, 2017, 9:09pm Clark County News

Fire crews worked alongside two bulldozers to construct fire lines along the Archer Mountain fire in Skamania County on Thursday, which officials estimate was about 6 percent contained. Read story

The I-5 Bridge looking south toward Portland.

Herrera Beutler bill aimed at stopping I-5 Bridge tolls

The I-5 Bridge looking south toward Portland.

September 7, 2017, 9:01pm Clark County News

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, has successfully sponsored an amendment to a federal spending bill that’s intended to stymie Oregon’s plans to pursue tolls on routes that many Clark County commuters rely on to get to work. Read story

Kathy Kolstad shows the belongings she’s kept in her car in case she and her husband have to evacuate their home just west of Archer Mountain. After warnings from their granddaughter and a neighbor on Tuesday morning, Kathy and her husband had help from their granddaughter to packed up important belongings and evacuate.

Archer Mountain residents cautiously make way home

Kathy Kolstad shows the belongings she’s kept in her car in case she and her husband have to evacuate their home just west of Archer Mountain. After warnings from their granddaughter and a neighbor on Tuesday morning, Kathy and her husband had help from their granddaughter to packed up important belongings and evacuate.

September 7, 2017, 9:00pm Clark County News

Kathy and Jon Kolstad are back at their home on Kellett Road west of Archer Mountain, but they’re still ready to leave again at a moment’s notice. Read story

(Illustration by Mariel Abbene/The Columbian)

Income takes toll on school testing

(Illustration by Mariel Abbene/The Columbian)

September 7, 2017, 8:22pm Clark County News

Test score data released by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s office Thursday underscores the achievement gap between low-income and other students in Clark County. Read story

Vancouver Energy gives $75K to port candidate Kris Greene

September 7, 2017, 8:15pm Clark County News

The company proposing to build the nation’s largest oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver has donated $75,000 in cash to port commissioner candidate Kris Greene. Read story

Brandon Gorham appears in September 2016 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of attempted murder. Jurors began deliberating in his case Thursday afternoon.

Jury deliberating in attempted murder trial

Brandon Gorham appears in September 2016 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of attempted murder. Jurors began deliberating in his case Thursday afternoon.

September 7, 2017, 7:31pm Clark County News

Jurors must decide what Brandon Gorham’s intentions were when he ran over a man — with whom he had apparently been exchanging threats with minutes before — last September in the Vancouver Heights neighborhood. Read story