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Trailers lay smashed atop one another after a tornado reportedly tore through the southeastern portion of Dallas County, Texas, Tuesday, near Lancaster, Texas.

UPDATE: Local trucker has close brush with Texas twister

Trailers lay smashed atop one another after a tornado reportedly tore through the southeastern portion of Dallas County, Texas, Tuesday, near Lancaster, Texas.

April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Gene Tomlinson, who is from Vancouver, said he was a few hundred yards away from the tornado's path when it ripped through a truck yard adjacent to his truck stop. Read story

Paul Valencia: After break, it’s time to work

April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

It's Spring Break and I'm not really here. Read story

In this undated photo provided by the Seattle Seahawks, the NFL team's new uniform design is shown. The NFL unveiled new uniforms designed by Nike for all 32 teams Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at a New York fashion show.

Nothing subtle about Seahawks’ new uniforms

In this undated photo provided by the Seattle Seahawks, the NFL team's new uniform design is shown. The NFL unveiled new uniforms designed by Nike for all 32 teams Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at a New York fashion show.

April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

The NFL's switch to Nike uniforms meant only subtle changes for most teams. Not so the Seattle Seahawks, who decided an overhaul was in order. Read story

Veterans look for work at a job fair sponsored by WorkSource at the new Armed Forces Reserve Center on November 17.

State unemployment benefits will be reduced

Veterans look for work at a job fair sponsored by WorkSource at the new Armed Forces Reserve Center on November 17.

April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Business

State says cutting maximum unemployment benefits from 99 weeks to 73 weeks will hurt many families. Read story

John P. Kiggins, in center of back seat, was in his first stint as Vancouver mayor when James J. Hill, with beard, visited town. Hill was known as the Empire Builder because his Great Northern Railway had opened the Northwest to Midwest markets. This photo was shot Oct.

1940 Census shares insight from Mayor Kiggins

John P. Kiggins, in center of back seat, was in his first stint as Vancouver mayor when James J. Hill, with beard, visited town. Hill was known as the Empire Builder because his Great Northern Railway had opened the Northwest to Midwest markets. This photo was shot Oct.

April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Former Vancouver Mayor John P. Kiggins was nearly in the last year of his life on April 2, 1940, when census taker Myrtle E. Ackley, a widow who lived in the same downtown Vancouver neighborhood, visited his home to ask him 34 questions on the decennial census. Read story

Arc lets five people go to keep up programs

April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Decreasing revenues led The Arc of Southwest Washington to lay off five employees this week, but no programs are scheduled to be cut. Read story

Possible pollution closes part of Marine Park

April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Vancouver officials have closed a small patch of land in Marine Park to conduct further lead contamination testing. Read story

Work continues on the redevelopment of the Jantzen Beach Mall on Tuesday April 3, at a cost of more than $50 million.

Jantzen Beach redevelopment work to cost more than $50M

Work continues on the redevelopment of the Jantzen Beach Mall on Tuesday April 3, at a cost of more than $50 million.

April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Business

Owners of the Jantzen Beach Center and retail tenants will invest more than $50 million in redevelopment of the north Portland mall, and the mall's historic carousel will be restored as part of the two-year project, mall owner EDENS said on Monday. Read story

Testimony was mixed on Tuesday, April 3, during a Washington State Liquor Control Board hearing in Vancouver about whether businesses should be allowed to sell alcohol after 2 a.m., an idea the board is considering at the request of the city of Seattle.

Local reaction to liquor rule change mixed

Testimony was mixed on Tuesday, April 3, during a Washington State Liquor Control Board hearing in Vancouver about whether businesses should be allowed to sell alcohol after 2 a.m., an idea the board is considering at the request of the city of Seattle.

April 3, 2012, 5:00pm Business

Testimony was mixed on Tuesday during a Washington State Liquor Control Board hearing about whether businesses should be allowed to sell alcohol after 2 a.m., an idea the board is considering at the request of the city of Seattle. Read story

Washougal soccer players Spencer Carnera, Elesey Razumovskiy, Caleb Howard, Sam O'Hara and Michael Wright (left to right) helped the Panthers beat Mark Morris in a shootout.

Panther soccer sails over Mark Morris in a shootout

Washougal soccer players Spencer Carnera, Elesey Razumovskiy, Caleb Howard, Sam O'Hara and Michael Wright (left to right) helped the Panthers beat Mark Morris in a shootout.

April 2, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Ninety minutes of soccer settled nothing between the Washougal and Mark Morris boys March 27, at Fishback Stadium. Shootouts have been the kiss of death for the Panthers in the past, but this night would be different. Michael Wright, Elesey Razumovskiy, Spencer Carnera and Sam O'Hara kicked in the goals… Read story