<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Menu
The Columbian logo tagline
Login
Saturday,  November 16 , 2024
Current weather Vancouver, WA

Linkedin Pinterest

Clark County News

Local News
by Area
Battle Ground & HockinsonCentral VancouverClark CountyEast County, Camas & WashougalEast VancouverHazel DellNorth CountyOrchards, Sifton & Brush PrairieRidgefield & FairgroundsSalmon Creek & FelidaVancouverWest Vancouver
Norman Nielsen

Vancouver police: Missing, endangered 89-year-old man located

Norman Nielsen

November 29, 2021, 8:09am Clark County News Free

UPDATE: Norman Nielsen was located safe and is being reunited with his family, the Vancouver Police Department announced Monday afternoon. Read story

The Clark County Food Bank distributes about 6.75 million meals a year within the county through its various programs and community partnerships.

20 percent of Clark County residents needed food assistance in the last year

The Clark County Food Bank distributes about 6.75 million meals a year within the county through its various programs and community partnerships.

November 29, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

One in five people in Clark County accessed an emergency food network in the past year. Read story

Hood River fishermen Eli Schroppel, left, and Matt Sweeting hope to get a bite as they fish in the White Salmon River.

Success of White Salmon River restoration a blueprint for other Northwest dams

Hood River fishermen Eli Schroppel, left, and Matt Sweeting hope to get a bite as they fish in the White Salmon River.

November 28, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

The area around the White Salmon River serves as a time capsule showing the river’s evolution since the Condit Dam was removed 10 years ago, allowing it to flow freely again. Read story

During World War I, John Blaker of Vancouver served in the Twentieth Engineers, the largest regiment in U.S. Army history, with over 8,200 officers and men. Their job as "Fighting Foresters" was to establish a logging network in Europe to supply troops with lumber for firewood, railroads, barracks, trench walls and more, according to the U.S. Forestry Service.

Before he was Vancouver’s police chief, John Blaker served as a ‘Fighting Forester’ in WWI

During World War I, John Blaker of Vancouver served in the Twentieth Engineers, the largest regiment in U.S. Army history, with over 8,200 officers and men. Their job as "Fighting Foresters" was to establish a logging network in Europe to supply troops with lumber for firewood, railroads, barracks, trench walls and more, according to the U.S. Forestry Service.

November 28, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News

A day before Thanksgiving in 1917, Vancouver-born John Blaker stowed two onions in anticipation of a “square meal” that included corned beef and hash, he hoped. Read story

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

Weather Eye: November is winding down with more moisture

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

November 28, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. At least the weather wasn’t all that bad: partly sunny with increasing clouds. The rain held off until 8 p.m. or so and was on the lighter side of things. Read story

Julio Riscajche and his son Julian, 3, take a selfie on Saturday with Jojo the Deinonychus, with minder Brendon Grimes of Jurassic Quest at right. Families and dinosaur fans of all ages converged on the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds to see a variety of life-size animatronic dinosaurs this weekend.

Animatronic dinosaur exhibit continues at Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds

Julio Riscajche and his son Julian, 3, take a selfie on Saturday with Jojo the Deinonychus, with minder Brendon Grimes of Jurassic Quest at right. Families and dinosaur fans of all ages converged on the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds to see a variety of life-size animatronic dinosaurs this weekend.

November 27, 2021, 7:25pm Clark County News

On display this weekend at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds is a glimpse at what your Thanksgiving turkeys may have looked like in the distant past — 65 million years ago, to be exact. Read story

Alicia Nilo nears the end of the Bridge of the Gods half marathon in August.

Vancouver woman, 26, recovering after being struck by random bullet while running

Alicia Nilo nears the end of the Bridge of the Gods half marathon in August.

November 27, 2021, 3:13pm Clark County News

Vancouver’s Alicia Nilo is facing a long road to recovery after being struck in the hip by a seemingly random bullet on Oct. 21 while running along the Padden Parkway Trail. Read story

Camas board names top four superintendent candidates

November 27, 2021, 2:38pm Clark County News

The Camas school board has announced its top four candidates to succeed former superintendent Jeff Snell. Read story

Officer Francis Reagan stands on the bank of the Washougal River where he saved a woman from drowning in May 2019. Reagan, who received the state's Law Enforcement Medal of Honor for the rescue, helped a Portland woman hold her head out of the frigid water for about 45 minutes in total. (Molly J.

Washougal officer gets high honor for heroic rescue

Officer Francis Reagan stands on the bank of the Washougal River where he saved a woman from drowning in May 2019. Reagan, who received the state's Law Enforcement Medal of Honor for the rescue, helped a Portland woman hold her head out of the frigid water for about 45 minutes in total. (Molly J.

November 27, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Washougal Police Officer Francis Reagan looked down on the rapids turning in the Washougal River where he helped save a woman from drowning May 4, 2019, after she had fallen out of an inner tube into the frigid water. Read story

Bags of shelf-stables foods fill numerous shopping carts at the Walk &amp; Knock food drive at Chuck&#039;s Produce on Saturday. Chuck&#039;s was one of 10 drop-off sites for the food drive.

Annual Walk & Knock food drive skipping porches

Bags of shelf-stables foods fill numerous shopping carts at the Walk &amp; Knock food drive at Chuck&#039;s Produce on Saturday. Chuck&#039;s was one of 10 drop-off sites for the food drive.

November 27, 2021, 6:03am Clark County News

The nation’s largest local one-day food drive, Walk & Knock, is located right here in Clark County, and it’s taking place on Dec. 4. Read story