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Clark County News

Budtender Cher Poff helps a customer at Main Street Marijuana in downtown Vancouver.

Marijuana dispensaries take wait-and-see approach after crackdown talk

Budtender Cher Poff helps a customer at Main Street Marijuana in downtown Vancouver.

February 24, 2017, 6:19pm Business

Local marijuana shops say they will take a wait-and-see approach after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer recently made allusions to a federal crackdown on legal pot. Read story

Detective Kevin Harper of the Clark County Sheriff's Office in a 2003 photo.

Review OKs former county detective’s cases

Detective Kevin Harper of the Clark County Sheriff's Office in a 2003 photo.

February 24, 2017, 5:24pm Clark County News

A review of pending criminal cases investigated by a former Clark County sheriff’s detective shows that no further cases are compromised, according to the county prosector’s office. Read story

District Court Judge James Swanger presides over the morning arraignment docket Friday in his courtroom at the Clark County Courthouse. Swanger is retiring Tuesday after 18 years on the bench.

Judge Swanger’s swan song

District Court Judge James Swanger presides over the morning arraignment docket Friday in his courtroom at the Clark County Courthouse. Swanger is retiring Tuesday after 18 years on the bench.

February 24, 2017, 5:18pm Clark County News

Four decades later, Clark County District Court Judge James Swanger still remembers the moment he decided to pursue a career in law. Read story

When Clark County Fire District 5 first contracted with Vancouver in 1994 for fire protection within district boundaries, it passed along almost all of its property tax collections to the city. In 2005, the agreement was revised so the district retained some money to give commissioners greater control over how it was spent.

Fire District 6 corrects error that overpaid three chiefs

When Clark County Fire District 5 first contracted with Vancouver in 1994 for fire protection within district boundaries, it passed along almost all of its property tax collections to the city. In 2005, the agreement was revised so the district retained some money to give commissioners greater control over how it was spent.

February 24, 2017, 4:50pm Clark County News

Clark County Fire District 6 has corrected a clerical error that led to three battalion chiefs being overpaid for three years. Read story

Historic preservation topic of First Thursday

February 24, 2017, 6:03am Clark County News

Local women who have helped preserve historic features of several Vancouver-area properties will take part in a panel discussion Thursday at the Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 E. Main St., Vancouver. Read story

Vancouver receives upgraded bond credit rating

February 24, 2017, 6:02am Clark County News

The city of Vancouver received a high credit rating from Moody's, according to a news release from the city. Read story

Vancouver Lake open house set for April

February 24, 2017, 6:01am Clark County News

Community members interested in learning more about Vancouver Lake's ecology and ways to volunteer and recreate at the lake can find out more at an upcoming open house. Read story

Ronald Bianchi

3 convictions vacated in 1997 Vancouver bank robbery

Ronald Bianchi

February 23, 2017, 10:12pm Clark County News

A decades-long prison sentence for a convicted bank robber is in limbo after a state Appeals Court vacated some of his convictions for the 1997 botched Vancouver bank robbery that ended in a deadly shootout with police. Read story

Clark County council Chair Mark Boldt speaks to the crowd Thursday at the State of County address. He and other county officials spoke of the need to mend relationships between the council and county staff.

County charts a cordial course

Clark County council Chair Mark Boldt speaks to the crowd Thursday at the State of County address. He and other county officials spoke of the need to mend relationships between the council and county staff.

February 23, 2017, 9:26pm Clark County News

The importance of relationships was a unifying theme Thursday afternoon as county workers, local politicians and observers of county government gathered at the Hilton Vancouver Washington for the 2017 State of the County address. Read story

A friendly face is drawn into a snow-covered truck near Lincoln Elementary School on Dec. 15.

Weather service predicts rain, possibility of snow

A friendly face is drawn into a snow-covered truck near Lincoln Elementary School on Dec. 15.

February 23, 2017, 8:54pm Clark County News

Hopefully everyone in Clark County soaked up plenty of sunshine on Thursday, because there’s snow in the forecast. Read story