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Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna works the room before delivering the keynote speech at the annual Lincoln Day dinner at the Hilton Vancouver Washington on Saturday.

McKenna stumps in Vancouver

Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna works the room before delivering the keynote speech at the annual Lincoln Day dinner at the Hilton Vancouver Washington on Saturday.

March 17, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Politics in Washington can be summed up in one word -- "intensity" -- Rob McKenna told an appreciative Vancouver crowd Saturday. Read story

Blazers renounce rights to G Patty Mills

March 17, 2012, 5:00pm Blazers

Australian guard Patty Mills is a free agent after the Portland Trail Blazers renounced their rights to him. Read story

Clark County Superior Court Judge John Wulle, pictured here in February 2008, answered a state judicial board's statement of charges against him on Thursday.

Judge admits losing self-control, pledges to improve

Clark County Superior Court Judge John Wulle, pictured here in February 2008, answered a state judicial board's statement of charges against him on Thursday.

March 17, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

In response to a state judicial board's complaint over his courtroom behavior, Judge John Wulle admits to losing his temper on several occasions and promises to receive counseling. Read story

Ian Wigger, left, a Clark County natural resource specialist, and Kevin Gray, the county's director of Environmental Services, take measurements in Mill Creek near Washington State University Vancouver last month. At stream monitoring stations, a cable runs down to the water to measure depth and velocity. The data can be downloaded to computers or smartphones. To verify accuracy, however, the sites are periodically checked the old-fashioned way. The flags on the bank mark plantings of native vegetation done by Clark Public Utilities. Both the monitoring and plantings illustrate efforts to comply with rules regarding clean water.

County continues legal battle against stormwater rules

Ian Wigger, left, a Clark County natural resource specialist, and Kevin Gray, the county's director of Environmental Services, take measurements in Mill Creek near Washington State University Vancouver last month. At stream monitoring stations, a cable runs down to the water to measure depth and velocity. The data can be downloaded to computers or smartphones. To verify accuracy, however, the sites are periodically checked the old-fashioned way. The flags on the bank mark plantings of native vegetation done by Clark Public Utilities. Both the monitoring and plantings illustrate efforts to comply with rules regarding clean water.

March 17, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Clark County commissioners consider the rule a costly, illegal economy killer, and they argue that the county can better prevent pollution by making off-site watershed improvements at public expense. They're pressing their case before the state Court of Appeals. Read story

Prune workers toil at a Vancouver farm in this undated photo. From left are Grant Anderson, (unknown) Anderson, unknown, Mrs. Anderson.

Prunes prominent in Clark County’s past

Prune workers toil at a Vancouver farm in this undated photo. From left are Grant Anderson, (unknown) Anderson, unknown, Mrs. Anderson.

March 17, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Before there was a Burgerville, before our hills and valleys were covered with homes, grocery stores, pizza joints and bowling alleys -- Clark County was ruled by the prune. Read story

The C-Tran Board of Directors  wants to act sooner than later on a long-awaited decision: Who should vote on this year's planned election to pay for light rail?

C-Tran will tackle vote on sales tax

The C-Tran Board of Directors  wants to act sooner than later on a long-awaited decision: Who should vote on this year's planned election to pay for light rail?

March 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

On Tuesday, the C-Tran Board of Directors will tackle the question in earnest: Who should vote on this year's planned sales tax measure? Read story

Star Wars legion will appear at book fair

March 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Families who are fans of the worlds of Star Wars, superheroes, hobbits, and other science fiction and fantasy books and movies are invited to the Pacific Middle School Library's second annual Sci-Fi Family Night and Book Fair on March 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. Read story

Players of the Salmon Creek Little League played their first game at the new Luke Jensen Sports Park Saturday.

Little League opens season in new Hazel Dell park

Players of the Salmon Creek Little League played their first game at the new Luke Jensen Sports Park Saturday.

March 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

A 20-acre sports park in Hazel Dell opened with baseball games Saturday. Read story

Journalists should be held to a higher standard.

Press Talk: When we become the story

Journalists should be held to a higher standard.

March 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

A few years back, I was minding my own business (honest!) in downtown Vancouver when the blue lights flashed behind my '86 Prelude. Read story

Secretary of State Sam Reed tells Columbia River High School students about the excitement he saw in youths when he observed elections in Russia and Uganda.

Secretary of State Reed to students: Engage in government

Secretary of State Sam Reed tells Columbia River High School students about the excitement he saw in youths when he observed elections in Russia and Uganda.

March 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

When Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed inquired how many in the auditorium would be 18 years old by this November's election, all students raised their hands. Read story