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A vessel named the Agios Nikolas receives a load of red wheat as it stops at United Grain Corporation on the Port of Vancouver campus on its way to Vietnam in 2021.(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Vancouver port commissioners approve tax levy increase

A vessel named the Agios Nikolas receives a load of red wheat as it stops at United Grain Corporation on the Port of Vancouver campus on its way to Vietnam in 2021.(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

November 23, 2021, 5:47pm Business

Vancouver port commissioners unanimously approved a tax levy increase Tuesday, raising property taxes by 1.526 percent. Read story

Daddy D&#039;s Southern Style BBQ owner Donnie Vercher, left, joins volunteers Chase Alderman and Michael Campbell as they prepare smoked turkey on Friday afternoon. The trio helped make free Thanksgiving meals to feed 3,000 people in 2020.

Groups in Clark County to serve free Thanksgiving meals

Daddy D&#039;s Southern Style BBQ owner Donnie Vercher, left, joins volunteers Chase Alderman and Michael Campbell as they prepare smoked turkey on Friday afternoon. The trio helped make free Thanksgiving meals to feed 3,000 people in 2020.

November 23, 2021, 5:24pm Clark County News

Everyone deserves a Thanksgiving dinner, but for some, a meal can be hard to come by. Every year, groups in Clark County work to ensure that all can enjoy a holiday feast. Read story

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Man, 20, fatally shot in east Vancouver

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November 23, 2021, 3:10pm Clark County News

A 20-year-old man was fatally shot Friday night in east Vancouver, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Read story

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Legacy High School student reports being stabbed by another student

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November 23, 2021, 9:26am Clark County News

A 16-year-old student at Legacy High School was stabbed by another student Monday afternoon while they were returning to campus from a grocery store, according to Vancouver police. Read story

Felicia Florendo and Koa Florendo

Missing mother and 11-month-old have been found

Felicia Florendo and Koa Florendo

November 23, 2021, 8:39am Clark County News

The Vancouver Police Department is asking for the public's help to find Felicia Florendo, who has been missing from her Vancouver home since Saturday.  Read story

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

Weather Eye: We’ll exchange frost, fog for scattered showers today

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

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

Had enough of frosty and foggy conditions? We will exchange that for rain showers today — not heavy but scattered about, with partial clearing. A cool air mass and damp conditions will entice fog and scattered frost to return Wednesday morning, however. Read story

Doug Kreuzer, Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership restoration ecologist, joins Alvey Seeyouma, a member of the Hopi tribe also working with the partnership, as they plant wapato in the cold, muddy area along Gibbons Creek at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge on Monday afternoon. At top, Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership principal restoration ecologist Curtis Helm holds wapato. The native plant once was an important part of local diets.

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Doug Kreuzer, Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership restoration ecologist, joins Alvey Seeyouma, a member of the Hopi tribe also working with the partnership, as they plant wapato in the cold, muddy area along Gibbons Creek at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge on Monday afternoon. At top, Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership principal restoration ecologist Curtis Helm holds wapato. The native plant once was an important part of local diets.

November 23, 2021, 6:03am Clark County News

When families sit down Thursday for Thanksgiving dinner, they likely won’t find wapato among the dishes covering the table. But for the Chinook Indians, the wetland tuber that tastes much like potatoes was a diet staple that helped see them through the winter months. Read story

From left: Firefighter-paramedic Tucker Reynolds, chef Earl Frederick, Hope Bereavement Hospice Outreach Supervisor Colleen Storey, Fire Capt. Tom Schell and firefighter Andrey Yelizavetskiy pose for a photo Monday outside of Clark College shortly after cooking meals for 17 hospice families.

Volunteers prepare Thanksgiving meals for hospice families in Clark, Cowlitz counties

From left: Firefighter-paramedic Tucker Reynolds, chef Earl Frederick, Hope Bereavement Hospice Outreach Supervisor Colleen Storey, Fire Capt. Tom Schell and firefighter Andrey Yelizavetskiy pose for a photo Monday outside of Clark College shortly after cooking meals for 17 hospice families.

November 23, 2021, 6:03am Clark County Health

On Monday morning, firefighters, students and volunteers bustled about in the Clark College cafeteria and kitchen. The smell of home cooking and fresh coffee hung in the air. Read story

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe drum group chants before a hotel groundbreaking ceremony on April 23, 2021, at ilani on the Cowlitz Indian Reservation. The casino broke ground Friday on a 14-story luxury hotel.

Setting the enrollment record straight: Cowlitz Tribe continues discussion about ‘lost birds’

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe drum group chants before a hotel groundbreaking ceremony on April 23, 2021, at ilani on the Cowlitz Indian Reservation. The casino broke ground Friday on a 14-story luxury hotel.

November 22, 2021, 9:32pm Clark County News

Joe Miller can trace his Cowlitz ancestry back to his grandfather, but despite two decades of trying, he’s not an official member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe under the current enrollment rules. Read story

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Homeless camp structure burns in Hazel Dell; no injuries

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November 22, 2021, 6:41pm Clark County News

A structure at a homeless camp in the trees between northeast Hazel Dell and Interstate 5 burned down Monday afternoon, according to Clark County Fire District 6. Read story