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Clark County News

Firefighters prepare to drive into the fire area on a wildfire in 2012 near Madras.

A lot more than ‘resources’: Three years on the fire lines

Firefighters prepare to drive into the fire area on a wildfire in 2012 near Madras.

August 31, 2015, 6:00am Clark County News

We were trying to stop a several-acre fire in thick, dead timber when our only source of water, and what seemed like our best chance to make a dent in this thing, drove away. Read story

'I Have a Dream' alumni Veronica Beltran, left, hugs program sponsor Leslie Durst during the 20th anniversary picnic of the Southwest Washington 'I Have a Dream' on Friday evening, August 7, 2015 at Marine Park in Vancouver.

As Dreamer program ends, others look to help local teens

'I Have a Dream' alumni Veronica Beltran, left, hugs program sponsor Leslie Durst during the 20th anniversary picnic of the Southwest Washington 'I Have a Dream' on Friday evening, August 7, 2015 at Marine Park in Vancouver.

August 31, 2015, 6:00am Clark County News

Since 1995, the local I Have a Dream program has teamed children from low-income neighborhoods with sponsors, mentors and staff members who could help those students succeed. Read story

Sunday rain matched Saturday storm

August 30, 2015, 11:28pm Clark County News

Pearson Airfield measures 0.27 inch on consecutive days Read story

A technician carries a box designed to transport human blood during a Bloodworks Northwest community picnic and blood drive event on Sunday at the organization’s Vancouver donation center.

Blood supply gets boost

A technician carries a box designed to transport human blood during a Bloodworks Northwest community picnic and blood drive event on Sunday at the organization’s Vancouver donation center.

August 30, 2015, 9:33pm Clark County News

With the number of blood donations dwindling nationwide and locally, officials with the nonprofit Bloodworks Northwest needed a way to tell people about the need for donors. Read story

Rain falls on Mount Adams fire

August 30, 2015, 10:23am Clark County News

Rain fell on the Cougar Creek Fire on Mount Adams, but not a lot where it was most needed. Washington Interagency Incident Management Team No. 5 reports the west and south perimeters of the 54,000-acre blaze received nearly an inch, but the troublesome northeastern perimeter… Read story

Weather Eye: August records blow down in gusts that evoke winter

August 30, 2015, 6:00am Clark County News

A powerful wintry storm blew through Saturday, the likes of which I have never seen in August. Portland's August wind record is now 43 mph -- it had been 39 mph. Read story

Vancouver Red Cross volunteers Richard Wing, Jannette Hube and Tammy Sullivan pose with thank-you messages at the Red Cross shelter in Warm Springs, Ore., in mid-August.

Red Cross volunteers reflect on work at Warm Springs, Ore., fire

Vancouver Red Cross volunteers Richard Wing, Jannette Hube and Tammy Sullivan pose with thank-you messages at the Red Cross shelter in Warm Springs, Ore., in mid-August.

August 30, 2015, 6:00am Clark County News

It was Tammy Sullivan's first national-level deployment with the Red Cross when she arrived in Warm Springs, Ore., on Aug. 14 to help with the shelter set up ahead of a raging wildfire in the area. Read story

Kiahna Elliott meeting Eugene Lang, founder of the national I Have a Dream program,  when she was in the second grade. Kiahna Elliott meeting Eugene Lang, founder of the national I Have a Dream program,  when she was in the second grade.   Kiahna Elliott at her University of Washington graduation this spring.

20 years of living The Dream

Kiahna Elliott meeting Eugene Lang, founder of the national I Have a Dream program,  when she was in the second grade. Kiahna Elliott meeting Eugene Lang, founder of the national I Have a Dream program,  when she was in the second grade.   Kiahna Elliott at her University of Washington graduation this spring.

August 30, 2015, 6:00am Clark County News

Program aimed at helping low-income children succeed has many beneficiaries Read story

A tree in Vancouver's Marshall Center Park was no match for gusty winds Saturday.

Gusty storm knocks over hot, dry spell

A tree in Vancouver's Marshall Center Park was no match for gusty winds Saturday.

August 29, 2015, 10:04pm Clark County News

Unusually strong system of low pressure delivers heavy rain, powerful wind Read story

Master Gardener Jim Cave prepares samples at the Heirloom Tomato and Garlic Festival.

‘Surprise in your mouth’ at the Heirloom Tomato and Garlic Festival

Master Gardener Jim Cave prepares samples at the Heirloom Tomato and Garlic Festival.

August 29, 2015, 9:50pm Clark County News

Patrons braved Saturday's wind, intermittent rain and occasional whiffs of garlic breath for the Heirloom Tomato and Garlic Festival at Northwest Organic Farms, where they could browse farm-grown fare and have their gardening questions answered by Washington State University Extension master gardeners. Read story