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Clark County News

Weather Eye: Hot weather was made tolerable by low humidity

June 25, 2017, 6:07am Clark County News

We didn’t reach triple digits Saturday but were close. For Vancouver, as of 5 p.m., we topped out at 98 degrees. I had a few neighborhood reports of 100 degrees around the county. But really can you feel the difference between 98 and 100? It was hot, but thanks to… Read story

Vancouver resident Dmitriy Manzhura, left, and friend Boris Prikhodko on Tuesday look over an accessory dwelling unit that they built in Vancouver’s Carter Park neighborhood.

Accessory dwelling units: Housing help or hazard?

Vancouver resident Dmitriy Manzhura, left, and friend Boris Prikhodko on Tuesday look over an accessory dwelling unit that they built in Vancouver’s Carter Park neighborhood.

June 25, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

After Dmitriy Manzhura spent about a decade building houses and accessory dwelling units in Seattle, his cousin Ed Gavrish told him Vancouver needed more rentals. So, Manzhura bought a lot on Washington Street in the Carter Park neighborhood that used to be part of the parking lot at First Baptist… Read story

Jennifer and Mark Wyld of Vancouver completed construction of their backyard accessory dwelling unit in the fall.

Owners find ADUs can be good addition

Jennifer and Mark Wyld of Vancouver completed construction of their backyard accessory dwelling unit in the fall.

June 25, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

On a sunny Monday afternoon, Joanne Quinn was tilling and reseeding her front lawn in the Hough neighborhood. When she decided to have an accessory dwelling unit built she didn’t know contractors would have to dig a trench in the yard to lay a new water pipe. The ADU, which… Read story

PSU researchers study ADUs’ role in housing crisis

June 25, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

Researchers and students at Portland State University are tackling different sides of Portland’s housing crisis and the ways ADUs could be part of the solution. The university will host a mini-conference in the fall, “Build Small Live Large.” Read story

Vancouver mayor Tim Leavitt, left, thanks Evergreen Superintendent John Deeder during Deeder’s retirement celebration at HeLa High School in Vancouver earlier this month.

Evergreen school chief John Deeder retires

Vancouver mayor Tim Leavitt, left, thanks Evergreen Superintendent John Deeder during Deeder’s retirement celebration at HeLa High School in Vancouver earlier this month.

June 24, 2017, 10:25pm Clark County News

This spring and summer for Evergreen Public Schools Superintendent John Deeder have and will continue to be, like for the district’s students, full of lasts. Read story

Firefighters respond to several small fires

June 24, 2017, 9:54pm Clark County News

The Vancouver Fire Department responded to a small fire in the Target parking lot at 7809 N.E. Vancouver Plaza Dr. at around 3 p.m. Saturday. Read story

Garage fire spreads to kitchen at B.G. home

June 24, 2017, 9:54pm Clark County News

Firefighters quickly extinguished a house fire that damaged a home in Battle Ground on Saturday. Read story

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Park Ranger Mike Twist fires a Hudson’s Bay Trade musket during “Survive and Thrive,” a survival skills training pilot program taught at Fort Vancouver on Saturday. Participants were taught hands-on survival skills in a mid-19th century context.

Survival skills a blast from past at fort

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Park Ranger Mike Twist fires a Hudson’s Bay Trade musket during “Survive and Thrive,” a survival skills training pilot program taught at Fort Vancouver on Saturday. Participants were taught hands-on survival skills in a mid-19th century context.

June 24, 2017, 9:07pm Clark County News

There were a lot of skills a fur trapper needed to know to stay alive while traveling through the Pacific Northwest wilderness in the 1840s, many of which are still applicable today. Read story

A Pleasant Valley Middle School seventh grader logs into an online learning game on her Chromebook during study hall at Pleasant Valley Middle School, Thursday February 9, 2017.

Evergreen schools transition from paper to pixels

A Pleasant Valley Middle School seventh grader logs into an online learning game on her Chromebook during study hall at Pleasant Valley Middle School, Thursday February 9, 2017.

June 24, 2017, 8:01pm Clark County News

Evergreen Public Schools this summer will begin shifting from paper textbooks to virtual ones. Read story

New bus stop offers links to Gorge, city

June 24, 2017, 8:34am Clark County News

A new seasonal Gorge West End Transit bus stop is now located near 1 Durgan St., Washougal, between the Pendleton Woolen Mill parking lot and the Two Rivers Heritage Museum. The new stop will provide riders a chance to explore downtown Washougal on their way to or returning from hikes… Read story