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Construction continues clearing a passageway to the Columbia River waterfront through the BNSF Railway berm at the south end of Esther Street on Wednesday.

Railroad berm work restores view

Construction continues clearing a passageway to the Columbia River waterfront through the BNSF Railway berm at the south end of Esther Street on Wednesday.

May 23, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

It's a view that hasn't been seen in 104 years, but now it's also a look at Vancouver's future. Read story

Japanese knotweed is an invasive species that thrives near water.

Utility opens offensive against knotweed

Japanese knotweed is an invasive species that thrives near water.

May 23, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Clark Public Utilities has declared war -- on a weed. Funded by a $74,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the utility's Eradication Nation program aims to stop Japanese knotweed in its tracks. Read story

Hewlett-Packard's Vancouver lab moved last year from its campus on Southeast 34th Street to Columbia Center at Columbia Tech Center, 1115 S.E.

Vancouver: HP mum on whether layoffs will affect local lab

Hewlett-Packard's Vancouver lab moved last year from its campus on Southeast 34th Street to Columbia Center at Columbia Tech Center, 1115 S.E.

May 23, 2012, 5:00pm Business

Hewlett-Packard Co. offered no clues Wednesday as to whether its plan to eliminate 27,000 jobs worldwide to slash costs will affect its lab in east Vancouver, where an estimated 500 employees develop consumer printers for the company's global imaging and printing group. Read story

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio,left, re-enacts the swearing in of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, wearing red, in 2011 on Capitol Hill.

Groups to protest outside Herrera Beutler campaign event Friday

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio,left, re-enacts the swearing in of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, wearing red, in 2011 on Capitol Hill.

May 23, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

MoveOn.org and Occupy Vancouver are planning a peaceful demonstration on Friday outside of U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler's closed-door campaign kickoff fundraiser, which will feature U.S. House Speaker John Boehner as a guest. Read story

Mold problems have been detected at Yacolt Primary School.

Battle Ground schools ask to use leftover money for fixes

Mold problems have been detected at Yacolt Primary School.

May 23, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Most in the small crowd assembled in Yacolt's primary school on Tuesday seemed to give the thumbs up to their school district's plan of spending money left over from a 2005 bond measure on school repairs. Read story

Insitu’s drone exceeds 600,000 combat flight hours

May 23, 2012, 5:00pm Business

Insitu, based in Bingen, announced Wednesday that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system has exceeded 600,000 combat flight hours while maintaining a 99 percent mission-readiness rate. Read story

Bicyclist, 47, dies of injuries sustained in April crash in Hazel Dell

May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

A Vancouver bicyclist who sustained life-threatening injuries April 27 in a crash with a minivan in Hazel Dell has died. Read story

John Eckhart, center, and Alayna Higdon, center right, listen to opening statements Monday in Vancouver in a trial in which the couple are accused of locking up their two young autistic boys in a caged room.

Son, 10, of defendant takes stand in child imprisonment trial

John Eckhart, center, and Alayna Higdon, center right, listen to opening statements Monday in Vancouver in a trial in which the couple are accused of locking up their two young autistic boys in a caged room.

May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

The 10-year-old son of defendant Alayna Higdon told jurors on Wednesday that he fed two autistic boys toaster waffles through the slits of a cage-like door. Read story

Errant squirrel blamed for power outage in east Vancouver

May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Clark Public Utilities is investigating a power outage affecting more than 2,000 customers in Cascade Park and Orchards. Read story

Volunteers called to battle weeds Saturday

May 22, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Hoping to save native trees and restore plant diversity, environmental education organization Columbia Springs is calling for volunteers to battle invasive weeds at its Invasive Species Invasion event Saturday. Read story