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First United Methodist Church volunteers such as Joyce Gentry, left, and Gwyn Vollmer periodically cook and deliver free meals to hungry residents of Courtyard Village Apartments.

Affordable housing increasingly elusive in Vancouver

First United Methodist Church volunteers such as Joyce Gentry, left, and Gwyn Vollmer periodically cook and deliver free meals to hungry residents of Courtyard Village Apartments.

February 3, 2015, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

The Courtyard Village Apartments complex is far from the only one in Vancouver where rents are rising and current residents are getting left behind. Read story

An oil train passes through downtown Vancouver last summer.

Oil safety bill gets hearing in state House

An oil train passes through downtown Vancouver last summer.

February 3, 2015, 4:00pm Business

A Port of Vancouver longshoreman urged lawmakers on Tuesday to strengthen oil transport safety requirements and pleaded with them to pass legislation that would keep him and his colleagues safe. Read story

A screen grab from Yelp.com and circulated by the Clark County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday rates the Clark County Jail as a five-star &quot;leisure center.&quot;

Former ‘guest’ gives county jail five stars on Yelp

A screen grab from Yelp.com and circulated by the Clark County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday rates the Clark County Jail as a five-star &quot;leisure center.&quot;

February 3, 2015, 4:00pm Clark County News

Clark County has its first five-star resort, at least if you believe what you read on the Internet. Read story

Linda Sperling's son Andy Sperling walks in his family's yard Tuesday among orange flags that mark the locations where a metal detector has found objects in the ground, some of them bullets.

Brush Prairie woman hit by stray bullet feels ‘blessed’

Linda Sperling's son Andy Sperling walks in his family's yard Tuesday among orange flags that mark the locations where a metal detector has found objects in the ground, some of them bullets.

February 3, 2015, 4:00pm Clark County News

Linda Sperling considers herself blessed. Had she turned her head or stepped an inch to the side on the afternoon of Jan. 26, she may be dead. Read story

Clark Public Utilities is pursuing building four ground-mounted solar arrays, similar to those pictured above, as part of a new community solar program.

Clark Public Utilities’ community solar program embraced

Clark Public Utilities is pursuing building four ground-mounted solar arrays, similar to those pictured above, as part of a new community solar program.

February 3, 2015, 4:00pm Business

Residential customers of Clark Public Utilities are rapidly embracing the utility's efforts to build and operate its first community solar program. Read story

A man robbed a U.S.

Man robs Salmon Creek bank at gunpoint

A man robbed a U.S.

February 3, 2015, 4:00pm Clark County News

Police searched unsuccessfully for the man who robbed a U.S. Bank at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon in Salmon Creek. Read story

OHSU announces brain awareness lectures

February 3, 2015, 4:00pm Clark County News

The Oregon Health and Science University Brain Institute is once again hosting a series of lectures about the brain. Read story

How to help kids learn to be responsible

February 3, 2015, 4:00pm Clark County News

Back in sixth grade, my teacher devised a system to keep our class in line. He divided a bulletin board into halves and wrote "Responsible" on one side and "Not Responsible" on the other. Read story

Homeless kids take snapshots of lives, dreams

February 3, 2015, 4:00pm Clark County News

PHILADELOPHIA -- The photograph that 6-year-old Logan Reed snapped near the place he once lived as a homeless child conveys not a thousand words, as the saying goes, but one plain desire. Read story

Colleen Neel of the Central Park neighborhood, back center, dumps a load of tree clippings onto a tarp, while Darrel England of Rose Village, left, watches on Jan. 17.

Groups seek to clean up Water Works Park

Colleen Neel of the Central Park neighborhood, back center, dumps a load of tree clippings onto a tarp, while Darrel England of Rose Village, left, watches on Jan. 17.

February 3, 2015, 4:00pm Clark County News

Concerns about neglect and safety at Vancouver's Water Works Park have galvanized the city and four neighborhood associations to work together to clean up, drive out crime and organize family-friendly events at the 20-acre park. Read story