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Morning Press: Trainspotting, Legislature, green homes, drought

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April 19, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

Washougal's mayor is keeping an eye on train traffic, and for context, we report the records of local rail accidents. In other weekend news, legislators' time is running out, builders of green homes get guidance and Gov. Inslee extends his drought declaration into Southwest Washington. Read story

This small apartment complex at 2015 Norris Road and a neighboring standalone house have been condemned by the city as unsafe.

Residents still living in unsafe apartments

This small apartment complex at 2015 Norris Road and a neighboring standalone house have been condemned by the city as unsafe.

April 19, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

People are still living in the Norris Road apartment complex that Vancouver city officials declared unsafe and uninhabitable more than a week ago. Read story

Jodie Brusseau teaches all-day kindergarten at Riverview Elementary in Evergreen Public Schools. Her district was the first in Clark County to implement tuition-free, all-day kindergarten district-wide.

School districts transitioning to all-day kindergarten

Jodie Brusseau teaches all-day kindergarten at Riverview Elementary in Evergreen Public Schools. Her district was the first in Clark County to implement tuition-free, all-day kindergarten district-wide.

April 19, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

It's been a long time since kindergarten was synonymous with nap time, graham crackers, stories and playtime. Today's kindergarten classrooms are more academic than ever. Read story

Amy Caulder of Salem, Ore., enjoys a lilac variety called Glory on Sunday at the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens in Woodland. The lilac gardens display many varieties of the flower, as well as the Victorian farmhouse once belonging to lilac hybridizer Hulda Klager.

Lilac Days begins, in all its Glory

Amy Caulder of Salem, Ore., enjoys a lilac variety called Glory on Sunday at the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens in Woodland. The lilac gardens display many varieties of the flower, as well as the Victorian farmhouse once belonging to lilac hybridizer Hulda Klager.

April 19, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

WOODLAND -- Carol Keffeler's 89-year-old mother didn't feel up to exploring the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens on Sunday afternoon. Read story

Memphis center Marc Gasol (33) shoots past Portland defenders C.J. McCollum, center, and Damian Lillard, right, in the first half of Game 1 on Sunday, April 19, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn.

Grizzlies never trail, rout Trail Blazers in Game 1

Memphis center Marc Gasol (33) shoots past Portland defenders C.J. McCollum, center, and Damian Lillard, right, in the first half of Game 1 on Sunday, April 19, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn.

April 19, 2015, 5:00pm Blazers

Reserve Beno Udrih scored 20 points and the Memphis Grizzlies never trailed in routing the Portland Trail Blazers 100-86 on Sunday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference first-round series. Read story

Portland Winterhawks right winger Oliver Bjorkstrand (27) was named as the WHL Western Conference Player of the Year on Thursday.

Winterhawks finish off Everett to reach west final

Portland Winterhawks right winger Oliver Bjorkstrand (27) was named as the WHL Western Conference Player of the Year on Thursday.

April 19, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

Oliver Bjorkstand did in the Everett Silvertips one more time, so his Portland Winterhawks are going to the Western Hockey League Western Conference finals for a fifth consecutive season. Read story

A farmer smokes hashish near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Sept. 11, 2002.

5 things to know on 420: Some facts about marijuana

A farmer smokes hashish near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Sept. 11, 2002.

April 19, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

In honor of Clark County's first legal celebration of 420 -- the marijuana culture holiday that falls on April 20 -- we thought we'd list some lesser-known facts about cannabis. Read story

Portland Timbers' Dairon Asprilla (11), of Colombia, celebrates with teammate  Alvas Powell, of Jamaica, right, after scoring against New York City FC during an MLS soccer game at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, April 19, 2015, in New York.

Timbers score late to beat NYC FC, 1-0

Portland Timbers' Dairon Asprilla (11), of Colombia, celebrates with teammate  Alvas Powell, of Jamaica, right, after scoring against New York City FC during an MLS soccer game at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, April 19, 2015, in New York.

April 19, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

Dairon Asprilla scored a late second-half goal and the Portland Timbers beat New York City FC 1-0 on Sunday night. Read story

U.S. Grant, left, as a young brevet captain stationed at Columbia Barracks in 1853, grew potatoes southeast of the fort in hopes of selling them at the highly inflated prices then going for food.

Off Beat: Grant chronicled pre-presidency days in Vancouver

U.S. Grant, left, as a young brevet captain stationed at Columbia Barracks in 1853, grew potatoes southeast of the fort in hopes of selling them at the highly inflated prices then going for food.

April 19, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

In an April 12 story in our Sunday Life section, Columbian reporter Tom Vogt wrote of an astonishing number of Civil War officers — Union and Confederate — who served at Vancouver either before or after the war. Read story

Seattle Mariners' Nelson Cruz celebrates after he hit a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning to score Seth Smith and give the Mariners a 11-10 win over the Texas Rangers, on Sunday, April 19, 2015, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Mariners come back for crazy 11-10 win over Rangers

Seattle Mariners' Nelson Cruz celebrates after he hit a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning to score Seth Smith and give the Mariners a 11-10 win over the Texas Rangers, on Sunday, April 19, 2015, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S.

April 19, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

Austin Jackson singled in the tying run in the ninth inning, Nelson Cruz followed with a two-out single for his fifth RBI of the game, and the Seattle Mariners overcame a pair of five-run deficits to beat the Texas Rangers 11-10 on Sunday. Read story