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Beginning stand-up paddlers practice during a class at the 25th annual Spring Paddle Festival at Vancouver Lake Sunday. Hundreds came out over the weekend to check out boats and try their hands on the water. (Photos by Randy L.

Paddle festival makes a big splash

Beginning stand-up paddlers practice during a class at the 25th annual Spring Paddle Festival at Vancouver Lake Sunday. Hundreds came out over the weekend to check out boats and try their hands on the water. (Photos by Randy L.

April 30, 2017, 9:22pm Clark County News

Hundreds took to the water, many in the head-over-heels or capsized-boat sense, at Vancouver Lake over the weekend as part of the 25th annual Spring Paddle Festival. Read story

Jim Bunzey, in the Fort Vancouver National Trust workshop, prepares a length of salvaged cedar to be used to renovate a weathered park bench.

Off Beat: From Mars roving to fort strolling

Jim Bunzey, in the Fort Vancouver National Trust workshop, prepares a length of salvaged cedar to be used to renovate a weathered park bench.

April 30, 2017, 4:44pm Clark County News

Fort Vancouver visitors can take in more than a century of regional history, thanks to a volunteer whose previous projects could involve much wider perspectives -- measured in light years. Read story

Snow blankets the front of Wy'East Middle School as school was closed to students around Clark County on Jan. 11 due to the weather.

Snow costs local school districts a pretty penny

Snow blankets the front of Wy'East Middle School as school was closed to students around Clark County on Jan. 11 due to the weather.

April 30, 2017, 4:40pm Clark County News

This winter’s snowstorms cost area students days in the classroom, and local school districts tens of thousands of dollars. Read story

Clark County officials reflect on ups, downs of property tax collection

April 30, 2017, 6:06am Clark County News

On the second floor of the county’s Public Service Center, workers are preparing to receive the first installment $604 million on May 1, along with a deluge of complaints, questions and excuses. Read story

Gen. Phil Sheridan, in front of the flag, with his staff in 1864. Sheridan served at Fort Vancouver before the Civil War. Gen. James Wilson, left, spent nearly a year at Fort Vancouver before the war. Wilson commanded the troops who captured Confederate president Jefferson Davis.

Vancouver hosts national conference on military history

Gen. Phil Sheridan, in front of the flag, with his staff in 1864. Sheridan served at Fort Vancouver before the Civil War. Gen. James Wilson, left, spent nearly a year at Fort Vancouver before the war. Wilson commanded the troops who captured Confederate president Jefferson Davis.

April 30, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

Sites representing more than 160 years of American military history will be highlighted when a heritage group holds its national conference in Vancouver. Read story

Weather Eye: Wet, cool April ends with above average rainfall for month

April 30, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Today is the last day of April. I’m glad this month is about over. Rainfall measures over four inches in Vancouver, another month that has logged in above average rain. I was hoping that May would get off to a good start and be dry for a while. Read story

Agendas for the week’s government meetings

April 30, 2017, 5:59am Clark County News

Agendas for the week’s government meetings Read story

School districts craft budgets with uncertainty

April 29, 2017, 10:15pm Clark County News

With uncertainty looming over how the state and federal budgets will affect local schools, school district officials said developing their own budgets will likely come down to the last minute. Read story

Kerilyn Jakubs, left, and Cherie Veys were two of hundreds of people out shopping for plants Saturday at the 26th annual Home and Garden Idea Fair at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds.

Idea fair blooms with inspiration

Kerilyn Jakubs, left, and Cherie Veys were two of hundreds of people out shopping for plants Saturday at the 26th annual Home and Garden Idea Fair at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds.

April 29, 2017, 10:10pm Clark County Life

After what felt like weeks of continuous rain, Lenny Severs was excited to see the sun sneak out in recent days, because that meant she could get back to planting. “I don’t have a green thumb,” Severs of Camas said. “The things I plant don’t stay alive from year to… Read story

C-Van driver Jaime Somosot, left, helps Kristine Graham into the C-Van bus. C-Van is a costly but increasingly popular service the transit agency offers to people with mobility issues.

C-Van pass changes worry residents

C-Van driver Jaime Somosot, left, helps Kristine Graham into the C-Van bus. C-Van is a costly but increasingly popular service the transit agency offers to people with mobility issues.

April 29, 2017, 5:05pm Clark County News

C-Tran’s proposal to eliminate its daily and monthly paratransit passes will help to control costs and preserve its services, but some people worry the move would put a heavy burden on some of the service’s most dependant users. Read story