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Clark County News

Green Mountain seeks school superintendent

May 16, 2015, 5:00pm Announcements

The Green Mountain School District is looking for a new superintendent for the upcoming school year. Read story

A Great Blue Heron takes flight at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Wildlife refuge at Ridgefield celebrates 50th anniversary Monday

A Great Blue Heron takes flight at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

May 16, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

If you don't know the story behind it, you'd have no reason to suspect Ridgefield's tranquil wildlife refuge was born out of the most violent earthquake in American history. Read story

Ridgefield sophomore Silas Griffith, right, runs with teammate Ciarnin McNeil during a recent track practice.

Adoptee from Ethiopia at home on Ridgefield track

Ridgefield sophomore Silas Griffith, right, runs with teammate Ciarnin McNeil during a recent track practice.

May 16, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

For Silas Griffith, family plays a big role. The Ridgefield High School sophomore is one of seven children adopted by Julia Griffith. Read story

Weather Eye: This week will look much like last week, but not as warm

May 16, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

Plenty of gray skies Saturday, but that did nothing to stop the annual Parade of Bands in Hazel Dell. In fact, for those marching, I would say it was "perfect" parade weather. Spectators can always bundle up. So, chalk up another year in the record books without measurable rainfall for… Read story

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The city of Vancouver has set up an online tool to receive opinions about ways to fund street work.

Vancouver listening for street-funding ideas

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The city of Vancouver has set up an online tool to receive opinions about ways to fund street work.

May 16, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

The city of Vancouver wants to know what residents and businesses think about various options to pay for millions of dollars in street maintenance, repairs and upgrades. Read story

Washougal’s soccer season ends with loss to R.A. Long

May 16, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

WASHOUGAL — The season came to an end Saturday afternoon for the Washougal Panthers soccer team after losing 5-2 to the R.A. Long Lumberjacks. Read story

Waterfalls on Cougar Creek

Clark County’s Legacy Lands turn 30

Waterfalls on Cougar Creek

May 16, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

Wandering through the Salmon-Morgan Creeks Natural Area southeast of Battle Ground, Patrick Lee points out the towering red cedar trees, the place where both creeks meet and the mottled sunlight falling on the dirt trail. Read story

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Check It Out: Shedding light on ideas to aid women’s tranquility

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May 16, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

A place to get away that doesn't require a hotel reservation, a passport, not even travel plans? Paradise might be located across an ocean blue, but sometimes, paradise is just a few feet away, tucked into a corner of your backyard, looking very much like a shed. How is this… Read story

Photos by Steve Dipaola for the Columbian
DiscoverOrg co-founders Henry Schuck, left, and Kirk Brown have chosen downtown Vancovuver as the corporate home for their technology company, saying it offers large advantages over Portland. &quot;It is nice to feel that our presence here is making a real impact on the city,&quot; Schuck says in an essay.

DiscoverOrg at home in downtown Vancouver

Photos by Steve Dipaola for the Columbian
DiscoverOrg co-founders Henry Schuck, left, and Kirk Brown have chosen downtown Vancovuver as the corporate home for their technology company, saying it offers large advantages over Portland. &quot;It is nice to feel that our presence here is making a real impact on the city,&quot; Schuck says in an essay.

May 16, 2015, 5:00pm Business

It's 4:30 p.m. on a Friday, and I'm conducting my last interview of the day, with an Intel employee interested in being a server engineer for our fast-growing technology company. We start talking about why he's interested in the position, what the job would entail and what he currently does… Read story

Portraits of port commissioners Nancy Baker, clockwise from lower left, Jerry Oliver and Brian Wolfe and the port's CEO, Todd Coleman decorate the lobby at the Port of Vancouver. The commissioners and Coleman have come under public criticism for advancing a lease for what would be the nation's largest rail-to-marine oil transfer terminal.

Culture of secrecy shrouds Port of Vancouver

Portraits of port commissioners Nancy Baker, clockwise from lower left, Jerry Oliver and Brian Wolfe and the port's CEO, Todd Coleman decorate the lobby at the Port of Vancouver. The commissioners and Coleman have come under public criticism for advancing a lease for what would be the nation's largest rail-to-marine oil transfer terminal.

May 16, 2015, 5:00pm Business

The Port of Vancouver is a government body that's beholden to its voters and taxpayers. Yet its elected officials embrace a culture of secrecy, meeting behind closed doors "about 95 percent of the time," as one commissioner put it in a court deposition, and making decisions inside a bubble of… Read story