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Clark County News

Luncheons raise money for Meals on Wheels People

May 12, 2017, 6:03am Clark County News

Two luncheons, one in Portland and one in Clark County, collectively raised $375,000 for Meals on Wheels People. The nonprofit serves 1.3 million meals each year in Clark, Multnomah and Washington counties. Read story

Food bank raises $40,000 at Tacos & Taps fundraiser

May 12, 2017, 6:03am Clark County News

The Clark County Food Bank raised more than $40,000 at its fourth annual Tacos & Taps fundraiser on Cinco de Mayo. That money will provide roughly 160,000 meals for food-insecure people around the county. Read story

Spirit Lake Highway will reopen Saturday

May 12, 2017, 6:03am Clark County News

The upper portion of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway will reopen to the public Saturday. Read story

Aaron Michalson, owner of Left Coast Bicycles, repairs a bicycle during mobile bike clinic at Vancouver City Hall on Thursday. The clinic was aimed at getting downtown cyclists’s rides tuned up and ready for the biking season.

Bicyclists take advantage of free safety check, bike tuneup

Aaron Michalson, owner of Left Coast Bicycles, repairs a bicycle during mobile bike clinic at Vancouver City Hall on Thursday. The clinic was aimed at getting downtown cyclists’s rides tuned up and ready for the biking season.

May 12, 2017, 6:01am Clark County News

Although the weather wasn’t as nice as during the first half of the week, several people rolled in to get their bike’s cables tightened, chains cleaned and brakes adjusted Thursday at Vancouver City Hall. Read story

Wipe clogs are an issue in Clark County but officials have invested in pumps more capable of processing the wipes.

Wet wipes wipe out sewer systems

Wipe clogs are an issue in Clark County but officials have invested in pumps more capable of processing the wipes.

May 11, 2017, 9:09pm Clark County News

With the diligence and attention of a team of midwives, Clark Regional Wastewater District employees helped a sewage pump birth a 100-pound wad of adult flushable wipes, which the district named Reggie. Read story

John Reinhardt fakes a pass during an Over the Hill league basketball game Monday in Battle Ground. Reinhardt and other members of the league were honored this week for their actions rendering first aid to a teammate — George Tierney, who collapsed during a game last month — which helped save his life.

Men help save basketball teammate’s life with first aid

John Reinhardt fakes a pass during an Over the Hill league basketball game Monday in Battle Ground. Reinhardt and other members of the league were honored this week for their actions rendering first aid to a teammate — George Tierney, who collapsed during a game last month — which helped save his life.

May 11, 2017, 8:28pm Clark County News

As they walked off the court April 24, Jeremy Browning joked with George Tierney, who’s many years his senior, about how Browning’s getting too old for basketball. Read story

Letter carrier Bob Weyer delivers mail and a yellow bag for the 25th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. He walks 10.5 miles daily delivering mail to residents in the Carter Park neighborhood and believes his customers will come through with donations for the food drive. “I’m the luckiest guy I know. All of my customers are so generous and so nice,” Weyer said.

Letter carriers, volunteers set for Saturday’s food drive

Letter carrier Bob Weyer delivers mail and a yellow bag for the 25th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. He walks 10.5 miles daily delivering mail to residents in the Carter Park neighborhood and believes his customers will come through with donations for the food drive. “I’m the luckiest guy I know. All of my customers are so generous and so nice,” Weyer said.

May 11, 2017, 8:20pm Clark County News

Bob Weyer has been a letter carrier for 17 years. He used to work on Vancouver’s east side and now has a walking route on the west end, covering neighborhoods like Carter Park. Read story

Two people were taken into custody April 27 after a driver, identified as Drew Lodahl, allegedly tried to run over a Clark County sheriff’s deputy. The deputy fired one shot during the incident. Lodahl appeared Thursday in the incident in Clark County Superior Court.

Driver in court for allegedly trying to ram deputy

Two people were taken into custody April 27 after a driver, identified as Drew Lodahl, allegedly tried to run over a Clark County sheriff’s deputy. The deputy fired one shot during the incident. Lodahl appeared Thursday in the incident in Clark County Superior Court.

May 11, 2017, 7:39pm Clark County News

The driver who allegedly tried last month to hit a Clark County sheriff's deputy with his vehicle, prompting an officer-involved shooting, made a first appearance in court Thursday in the case. Read story

County Manager Mark McCauley, center, speaks to the crowd after accepting an award in honor of National County Government Month on April 5, 2016, at the Clark County Public Service Center.

McCauley doesn’t expect to be retained as county manager

County Manager Mark McCauley, center, speaks to the crowd after accepting an award in honor of National County Government Month on April 5, 2016, at the Clark County Public Service Center.

May 11, 2017, 4:05pm Clark County News

Clark County’s top executive expects to be out of a job soon after working at the county since 2001. Read story

Neil Allen Alway, from left, Ashley Lorraine Barry, John Michael West and Ashley L. Wideman are facing charges connected to the fatal shooting of Raymond C. Brandon, whose body was discovered April 27.

Three co-defendants in Hockinson area homicide arraigned

Neil Allen Alway, from left, Ashley Lorraine Barry, John Michael West and Ashley L. Wideman are facing charges connected to the fatal shooting of Raymond C. Brandon, whose body was discovered April 27.

May 11, 2017, 12:08pm Clark County News

Three of four people allegedly involved in the robbery and killing of a man and kidnapping of his girlfriend over a debt were arraigned Thursday in Clark County Superior Court. Read story