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A runner runs along the Salmon Creek Trail in Vancouver on Wednesday.

Filmmaker turns camera on why people run

A runner runs along the Salmon Creek Trail in Vancouver on Wednesday.

October 20, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Nick Hagan has always wanted to be a runner. Read story

PeaceHealth upgrading Eugene, Ore., behavioral health unit

October 20, 2013, 5:00pm Business

Demolition is under way at PeaceHealth's central Eugene campus to make way for an upgraded behavioral health services unit, set to open in January 2015. Read story

Some retailers rejecting modified salmon

October 20, 2013, 5:00pm Business

Consumer and environmental activists, facing likely defeat in their bid to block government approval of the first genetically engineered salmon, are trying a different tack to keep the fish off America's dinner plates: getting retailers not to sell it. Read story

Bill and Twila Williams of La Center make their fireworks selections in 2007 as Lonnie McCann of Discount Fireworks assists at the stand located near the Clark County Fairgrounds. Clark County residents have the opportunity this election to vote on up to six nonbinding questions proposed by Clark County commissioners.

County residents can vote on limiting fireworks

Bill and Twila Williams of La Center make their fireworks selections in 2007 as Lonnie McCann of Discount Fireworks assists at the stand located near the Clark County Fairgrounds. Clark County residents have the opportunity this election to vote on up to six nonbinding questions proposed by Clark County commissioners.

October 20, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Clark County residents have the opportunity this election to vote on up to six nonbinding questions proposed by Clark County commissioners. But of those six measures, the only one commissioners have any policy control over is in regard to the use and sale of fireworks. Read story

County traffic signal operations and engineering lead Rob Klug watches traffic flow and monitors traffic signal performance inside the Clark County Public Services building on Friday.

Bluetooth can help local traffic flow

County traffic signal operations and engineering lead Rob Klug watches traffic flow and monitors traffic signal performance inside the Clark County Public Services building on Friday.

October 20, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

If you want to improve your travel time along some of Clark County's busier roads, turn your Bluetooth device to "discoverable" mode. Read story

Sandra Bullock, left, and George Clooney play astronauts in peril in &quot;Gravity.&quot;

Off Beat: Astronaut connects with local school kids, ‘Gravity’ star

Sandra Bullock, left, and George Clooney play astronauts in peril in &quot;Gravity.&quot;

October 20, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock now has something in common with hundreds of Clark County schoolchildren. They've all learned about life in space from Cady Coleman. Read story

Talk to dispel myths about bats

October 20, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

VANCOUVER -- At the annual Bat Talk program at Washington State University Vancouver, families can learn about commonly held misconceptions about bats and view live bats close up. Read story

Brittany Thompson-Baxter, then 16 and a member of the Prairie High School ROTC, spent a Saturday morning in 2004 planting trees along Salmon Creek as part of Make a Difference Day.

Make a big difference in just one day

Brittany Thompson-Baxter, then 16 and a member of the Prairie High School ROTC, spent a Saturday morning in 2004 planting trees along Salmon Creek as part of Make a Difference Day.

October 20, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

We enjoy pointing out that Make a Difference Day, the largest annual community service day in the nation, was started by the print media. Read story

Erika, left, and her twin sister Macarena, who have chronic respiratory illness, play in March in their backyard near recycled agrochemical containers filled with water that is collected to flush their toilet, feed their chickens and wash their clothes, near Avia Terai, Argentina.

Argentines suspect agrochemicals brought disease

Erika, left, and her twin sister Macarena, who have chronic respiratory illness, play in March in their backyard near recycled agrochemical containers filled with water that is collected to flush their toilet, feed their chickens and wash their clothes, near Avia Terai, Argentina.

October 20, 2013, 5:00pm Business

BASAVILBASO, Argentina -- Argentine farmworker Fabian Tomasi wasn't trained to use protective gear as he pumped pesticides into crop-dusters. Now at 47, he's a living skeleton. Read story

Weekly high school sports schedule 10/21

October 20, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Area high school sports schedule for week of Oct. 21-26 Read story