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Clark County News

Brunell: State missing out on tourist dollars

February 11, 2013, 4:00pm Business

When we moved from Montana to Olympia 35 years ago, we saw enticing television and magazine ads for our neighboring states, but none for Washington. Fast forward to 2013 and nothing has changed. It was puzzling then, but even more perplexing today, considering the money and jobs at stake. Read story

A lucrative deal to export potash, a crop nutrient, on roughly 45 acres of Terminal 5, pictured above, at the Port of Vancouver is off after more than three years of negotiations, including a preliminary agreement, failed to secure a final lease accord.

Port of Vancouver to extend potash push

A lucrative deal to export potash, a crop nutrient, on roughly 45 acres of Terminal 5, pictured above, at the Port of Vancouver is off after more than three years of negotiations, including a preliminary agreement, failed to secure a final lease accord.

February 11, 2013, 4:00pm Business

The Port of Vancouver is expected to continue to keep a key piece of property off the market in hopes of landing a potash export facility planned by a global mining company. Read story

Community notebook: Local hockey players contribute in high school playoff action

February 11, 2013, 4:00pm Clark County News

Columbia River High School senior Logan Anderson scored the first four goals for Team North on Saturday, leading it to a 5-4 win over Team East in a Winterhawks Varsity Hockey playoff game. Read story

Community scoreboard, Feb. 12

February 11, 2013, 4:00pm Clark County News

Community sports results, Feb. 12 edition Read story

Clark teams swept at Lower Columbia

February 11, 2013, 4:00pm Clark County News

Turnovers cost the Clark College women's basketball team a solid second place as Lower Columbia beat the the Penguins 59-57 Monday in Longview. Read story

Vancouver City Manager Eric Holmes, then new at the job, meets with staff in his office at City Hall in November 2010.

Vancouver council grants city manager 1.5% pay raise

Vancouver City Manager Eric Holmes, then new at the job, meets with staff in his office at City Hall in November 2010.

February 11, 2013, 4:00pm Clark County News

The Vancouver City Council on Monday praised City Manager Eric Holmes and gave him a 1.5 percent pay increase, equivalent to what all non-represented city employees earned for 2013. Read story

Timbers make some changes upon return

February 11, 2013, 4:00pm Clark County News

The Portland Timbers returned to their home turf on Monday a different team than they were before they spent 12 days training in Tucson, Ariz. Read story

Former Congressman Brian Baird holds a public forum for the Washington Student Achievement Council inside the Artillery Barracks in Vancouver in February. Gov.

Baird seeks answers for college challenges

Former Congressman Brian Baird holds a public forum for the Washington Student Achievement Council inside the Artillery Barracks in Vancouver in February. Gov.

February 11, 2013, 4:00pm Clark County News

In Washington, too many high school students drop out. Too many college freshmen need remedial courses in math and English. Too many employers say college graduates aren't prepared for the workforce. Read story

A group that failed to collect enough signatures to force a vote on light rail filed a lawsuit Monday, challenging a state law that invalidated some of their signatures.

Light-rail opponents file suit

A group that failed to collect enough signatures to force a vote on light rail filed a lawsuit Monday, challenging a state law that invalidated some of their signatures.

February 11, 2013, 4:00pm Clark County News

A group that failed to collect enough signatures to force a vote on light rail filed a lawsuit Monday, challenging a state law that invalidated some of their signatures. Read story

Contractors for the Washington State Department of Transportation are transforming the look of the area where Interstates 5 and 205 join, in the Salmon Creek area north of Vancouver. Piers that will carry the new Northeast 139th Street overpass over the traffic lanes are under construction on the west side of Interstate 5, in the foreground of this photo, which looks east. The storm drainage pond beyond the highway on the left edge of the photo is on the site of the old Salmon Creek Park &amp; Ride lot, which was closed for wetlands mitigation. The $133 million project will offer motorists an east-west alternative to Northeast 134th Street in the busy corridor that includes Washington State University Vancouver, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, the new Park &amp; Ride, and the Salmon Creek Community Library.

Bridging the freeway in Salmon Creek

Contractors for the Washington State Department of Transportation are transforming the look of the area where Interstates 5 and 205 join, in the Salmon Creek area north of Vancouver. Piers that will carry the new Northeast 139th Street overpass over the traffic lanes are under construction on the west side of Interstate 5, in the foreground of this photo, which looks east. The storm drainage pond beyond the highway on the left edge of the photo is on the site of the old Salmon Creek Park &amp; Ride lot, which was closed for wetlands mitigation. The $133 million project will offer motorists an east-west alternative to Northeast 134th Street in the busy corridor that includes Washington State University Vancouver, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, the new Park &amp; Ride, and the Salmon Creek Community Library.

February 11, 2013, 4:00pm Clark County News

Contractors for the Washington State Department of Transportation are transforming the look of the area where Interstates 5 and 205 join, in the Salmon Creek area north of Vancouver. Piers that will carry the new Northeast 139th Street overpass over the traffic lanes are under construction on the west side… Read story