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School buses parked in Helena, Mont., ahead of the beginning of the school year, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. School districts across the country are coping with a shortage of bus drivers, a dilemma that comes even as they struggle to start a new school year during a new surge of the coronavirus pandemic.

Training program seeks to fill jobs in Clark County

School buses parked in Helena, Mont., ahead of the beginning of the school year, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. School districts across the country are coping with a shortage of bus drivers, a dilemma that comes even as they struggle to start a new school year during a new surge of the coronavirus pandemic.

March 4, 2022, 6:05am Business

A new short-term job-training program aims to help 110 people learn the skills to get living-wage jobs in Clark County. Read story

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

$5M donated to Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

March 3, 2022, 4:07pm Clark County News

Pamela Edstrom and Joseph Lamberton were never ones to broadcast their philanthropy. Read story

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Clark County COVID-19 case rate continues to fall

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March 3, 2022, 3:10pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County reported another drop in its COVID-19 activity rate this week as the omicron surge nears its end. Read story

Ridgefield man accused of shooting at police during chase

March 3, 2022, 2:26pm Clark County News

A Ridgefield man is accused of shooting at a pursuing police vehicle during a chase Saturday through central Vancouver after he allegedly attempted to rob a convenience store at gunpoint. Read story

Christina Leah Anne Schuster was reported as missing from the Vancouver area. She was last heard from around Jan. 29.

Vancouver police seek help finding missing homeless woman

Christina Leah Anne Schuster was reported as missing from the Vancouver area. She was last heard from around Jan. 29.

March 3, 2022, 12:05pm Clark County News Free

The Vancouver Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating a missing homeless woman. Read story

Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, holds a photo cut-out of singer Dolly Parton as she walks to the floor of the House on Jan. 26 at the Capitol in Olympia. Stonier co-sponsored a measure that establishes statewide Parton's Imagination Library, which gives children age 5 and under free books each month. (Ted S.

Clark County kids can get free books from Imagination Library

Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, holds a photo cut-out of singer Dolly Parton as she walks to the floor of the House on Jan. 26 at the Capitol in Olympia. Stonier co-sponsored a measure that establishes statewide Parton's Imagination Library, which gives children age 5 and under free books each month. (Ted S.

March 3, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

Clark County kids age 5 and under will be able to get free books in the mail each month, thanks to bipartisan legislation recently passed by the state House and Senate. Read story

Vancouver Fire Chief Brennan Blue has presented the framework for how improvements to his department's emergency services will unfold in the coming years. In 2022, staff plan to finish constructing and staffing Station 11, hire more firefighters, assemble two squads, and strategize the relocation of Station 6, shown above.

Vancouver fire chief: Let’s get to work

Vancouver Fire Chief Brennan Blue has presented the framework for how improvements to his department's emergency services will unfold in the coming years. In 2022, staff plan to finish constructing and staffing Station 11, hire more firefighters, assemble two squads, and strategize the relocation of Station 6, shown above.

March 3, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

Three weeks after Vancouver voters approved Proposition 2, a tax hike to improve fire services, Vancouver Fire Chief Brennan Blue is asking the Vancouver City Council for supplemental funding to begin implementing changes promised to voters. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Mostly dry weekend ahead as rain begins to taper off

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

March 3, 2022, 6:03am Clark County News

The last day of February gave us quite a deluge, with nearly 2 inches of rain (1.79 inches) here in the city and 3 inches or more in our foothills. Vancouver’s rainfall for last month went into the record books with 3.06 inches compared to the average of 3.77 inches.… Read story

Josh McNeal leads his sled dog team out on a run in preparation for the 2021 Iditarod.

Iditarod veteran’s dogs are in their prime and ready to race

Josh McNeal leads his sled dog team out on a run in preparation for the 2021 Iditarod.

March 3, 2022, 6:00am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

When Josh McNeal hits the trail on the 2022 Iditarod in a few days, he’ll do so as a veteran. But in many ways, the La Center High graduate’s second Iditarod will feel very much like doing it for the first time. Read story

Former Red Lion Hotel on the River-Jantzen Beach reopens as Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront

March 3, 2022, 5:59am Business

After a multiyear renovation, IHG Hotels & Resorts announced Wednesday the grand opening of its Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront. Read story