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Jim Thomas rides his bicycle up the steep hill of East McLoughlin Boulevard, just past the X Street intersection, as a car passes him Sept. 6. Residents in the Central Park neighborhood and members of a local bicycle stakeholders group have proposed a project to install speed radar signs and eliminate on-street parking on the south side of East McLoughlin for an eastbound bike lane.

Vancouver plans for easy streets

Jim Thomas rides his bicycle up the steep hill of East McLoughlin Boulevard, just past the X Street intersection, as a car passes him Sept. 6. Residents in the Central Park neighborhood and members of a local bicycle stakeholders group have proposed a project to install speed radar signs and eliminate on-street parking on the south side of East McLoughlin for an eastbound bike lane.

May 15, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

For the most part, driving on the surface streets of Vancouver is easy but walking or biking around the city is often another matter entirely. Read story

Catch up on the news.

Morning Press: Emergency responders & PTSD; Papa Murphy’s; McCauley

Catch up on the news.

May 15, 2017, 6:04am Clark County News

Catch up on all of the weekend news you may have missed. Read story

Clark Public Utilities is giving electricity customers a credit on their April bill.

Clark PUD gets industry award

Clark Public Utilities is giving electricity customers a credit on their April bill.

May 15, 2017, 6:03am Business

Clark Public Utilities District has received the highest designation possible for a public utility from an industry group of more than 2,000 community-owned electric utilities. Read story

Steve Dipaola for The Columbian
Eleven-year-old Randall Conner, from left, 13-year-old Greg Conner and their mother, Terry Conner, leave the Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County’s annual plant sale Sunday. Many plant sale guests brought, or were shopping for, mom.

Wet weather, mud don’t dampen Mother’s Day plant sale

Steve Dipaola for The Columbian
Eleven-year-old Randall Conner, from left, 13-year-old Greg Conner and their mother, Terry Conner, leave the Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County’s annual plant sale Sunday. Many plant sale guests brought, or were shopping for, mom.

May 14, 2017, 8:07pm Clark County Life

Kim Messick said she thought her Sunday would include more pajamas, after a busy Mother’s Day week and weekend working in a flower shop, but daughter Kate Northcut had other ideas. Read story

Cooking fire burns travel trailer in east Vancouver

May 14, 2017, 3:09pm Clark County News

No one was hurt when a fire ripped through a travel trailer parked in east Vancouver Saturday late afternoon. Read story

Man killed in Highway 14 crash

May 14, 2017, 2:52pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was killed early morning Sunday when his pickup struck a guardrail and rolled down an embankment off state Highway 14, according to the Washington State Patrol. Read story

Bonneville Dam fish count 5/14

May 14, 2017, 10:15am Clark County News

Fish count and water conditions at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River Read story

Whether responding to a fire (above) or vehicle crash, firefighters are regularly called to emergency scenes that can make them witnesses to trauma. Studies show that this prolonged exposure is triggering post-traumatic stress disorder in firefighters at rates similar to those found in service members returning from combat.

First responders’ selfless service leaves them vulnerable to PTSD’s toll

Whether responding to a fire (above) or vehicle crash, firefighters are regularly called to emergency scenes that can make them witnesses to trauma. Studies show that this prolonged exposure is triggering post-traumatic stress disorder in firefighters at rates similar to those found in service members returning from combat.

May 14, 2017, 6:06am Clark County News

They’re scenes that are hard to read about in the paper, but even harder to witness in person: Gathering a child from the pavement after they’ve been struck by a vehicle; trying to revive someone who has attempted to take their own life; sifting through the rubble of a fire… Read story

Local, state candidate filing opens Monday

May 14, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

When it comes to politics, it’s easy to pay attention to what’s playing out on the national scene. Read story

Weather Eye: Showers for Mother’s Day

May 14, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

Happy Mother’s Day, and I will try and spread a bit of sunshine to you. However, there will be scattered showers around, so save your smiles for the brightness coming through the window. Read story