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Carol Starbuck received a Silver Citizen Award from the Commission of Aging for her volunteer work at the Trauma Intervention Program Northwest. "I just can't let people be alone in these situations. It's just too hard.

Carol Starbuck named 2021 Silver Citizen for work with Trauma Intervention Program

Carol Starbuck received a Silver Citizen Award from the Commission of Aging for her volunteer work at the Trauma Intervention Program Northwest. "I just can't let people be alone in these situations. It's just too hard.

November 25, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Twenty-five years ago, Carol Starbuck made a brave decision. Read story

Sen. Ann Rivers talks one-on-one with voters at Felida Park on Thursday afternoon, June 10, 2021.

Former Sen. Ann Rivers sets big goals for Longview

Sen. Ann Rivers talks one-on-one with voters at Felida Park on Thursday afternoon, June 10, 2021.

November 25, 2021, 6:02am Clark County News

Ann Rivers has been chipping away at the big improvements she wants to see in Longview. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Best wishes for holiday; expect rain showers soon

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

November 25, 2021, 6:00am Clark County News

Happy Thanksgiving! We certainly have a basket full of blessings to think about even with living in another pandemic year. I’ll just do my part on the weather stuff, and you can do the rest. We live in perhaps an ideal region with a mild temperate climate. Yes, it rains… Read story

Misty Raya, 35, makes a first appearance in Clark County Superior Court on July 26, 2021, on a warrant in a June burglary case. Clark County Prosecutor Tony Golik said the weapon used to fatally shoot sheriff's Detective Jeremy Brown was one of 27 stolen in the burglary.

Fourth person faces murder charge in fatal shooting of Clark County sheriff’s detective

Misty Raya, 35, makes a first appearance in Clark County Superior Court on July 26, 2021, on a warrant in a June burglary case. Clark County Prosecutor Tony Golik said the weapon used to fatally shoot sheriff's Detective Jeremy Brown was one of 27 stolen in the burglary.

November 24, 2021, 12:57pm Clark County News

Misty Raya, who’s accused in a stolen firearms trafficking scheme that led to the fatal shooting of Clark County sheriff’s Detective Jeremy Brown, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder. Read story

Josue Lopez Padilla (The Columbian files)

Victim in fatal shooting in east Vancouver ID’d as 20-year-old Vancouver man

Josue Lopez Padilla (The Columbian files)

November 24, 2021, 11:05am Clark County News

A man fatally shot Friday night in a parking lot in east Vancouver was identified Wednesday as 20-year-old Josue Isac Lopez Padilla.  Read story

Former Vancouver pastor John Bishop set for early release from prison

November 24, 2021, 6:07am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Former Living Hope Church pastor John Bishop is scheduled to be released from federal custody today, two years before his prison term was set to end. Read story

The Traveling Day Society plays a song Tuesday at Lincoln Elementary School. The intertribal Native American group performed as part of a virtual assembly for Lincoln students in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Vancouver students learn about Native American cultures during drum-circle assembly

The Traveling Day Society plays a song Tuesday at Lincoln Elementary School. The intertribal Native American group performed as part of a virtual assembly for Lincoln students in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

November 24, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News

and then louder and louder — the rumbling beat of animal skin drums began to reverberate through the halls of Lincoln Elementary School on Tuesday. Read story

Joshua Coleman, owner of a local branch of the franchise <a href="https://www.jdogjunkremoval.com/locations/washington/vancouver-junk-removal/">JDog Junk Removal & Hauling</a>, started the business a few months ago and operates out of his Ridgefield home. He hopes to partner with military veterans to expand his business.

Ridgefield vet continues to serve through junk-hauling business

Joshua Coleman, owner of a local branch of the franchise <a href="https://www.jdogjunkremoval.com/locations/washington/vancouver-junk-removal/">JDog Junk Removal & Hauling</a>, started the business a few months ago and operates out of his Ridgefield home. He hopes to partner with military veterans to expand his business.

November 24, 2021, 6:02am Business

A local Coast Guard veteran is starting a junk-hauling service and hoping to help his fellow veterans shrink homelessness in Clark County. Read story

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Vancouver eyes $72.7 million fire department levy

Vancouver City Hall (iStock.com)

November 23, 2021, 6:04pm Clark County News

The Vancouver City Council decided on a property tax tool Monday to raise $72.7 million for the Vancouver Fire Department’s operations and capital funds. Read story

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Police investigate armed robbery in east Vancouver

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November 23, 2021, 5:50pm Clark County News

The Vancouver Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit is investigating an armed robbery Tuesday morning at the Beverage Tobacco Zone in east Vancouver, the agency said. Read story