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Brent McCarthy, left, and Marissa Matthews, right, play on the Vancouver Waterfront pier with their son Xavier, 2, on Sept. 10, 2020. The family evacuated from their home just outside of Salem, Ore., two days earlier to escape the smoke and fire risk. Longer and hotter fire seasons increase the likelihood of smoke finding its way to Vancouver.

Stay safe when air is hazardous in the Northwest

Brent McCarthy, left, and Marissa Matthews, right, play on the Vancouver Waterfront pier with their son Xavier, 2, on Sept. 10, 2020. The family evacuated from their home just outside of Salem, Ore., two days earlier to escape the smoke and fire risk. Longer and hotter fire seasons increase the likelihood of smoke finding its way to Vancouver.

August 8, 2021, 6:04am Clark County Health

Smoky weather can be difficult to predict, but there are ways to prepare for it and to keep yourself safe when it arrives. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Vancouver’s dry streak officially ends at 51 days

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

August 8, 2021, 6:03am Clark County News

The rainfall Friday wasn’t all that much here in the lowlands but enough to officially end our 51-day dry streak. Vancouver officially recorded .02 of an inch at Pearson airfield. Higher amounts fell along our coastline and in our nearby foothills. Phil Delany measured nearly a third of an inch… Read story

Jordan Higgins, from left, Kyra Tiaga and Ted Tiaga smile as they ride "Cliff Hanger" on Saturday at the Clark County Fairgrounds. While the fair was canceled this year, the Clark County Event Center is hosting several events in the Family Fun Series, including a carnival with rides and games. At top, inflatable aliens await the winners of the hammer game.

Fairgrounds host carnival rides and games as COVID-19 cancels main event again

Jordan Higgins, from left, Kyra Tiaga and Ted Tiaga smile as they ride "Cliff Hanger" on Saturday at the Clark County Fairgrounds. While the fair was canceled this year, the Clark County Event Center is hosting several events in the Family Fun Series, including a carnival with rides and games. At top, inflatable aliens await the winners of the hammer game.

August 7, 2021, 8:30pm Clark County News

This year’s pared-down version of a summer carnival at the Clark County Fairgrounds may not have featured any prizewinning livestock, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t any animals to be found on the premises. Read story

Asphalt-type material washes into creek

August 7, 2021, 5:39pm Clark County News

An unexpected runoff of asphalt-type material washed into Burnt Bridge Creek near St. James Road and state Route 500 following rain on Friday. Read story

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Morning Press: Memorial for slain Sgt. Brown; Heights District a go; Voodoo in Vancouver

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August 7, 2021, 6:00am Clark County News

How hot will the weekend be? For details, check our local weather coverage. Read story

Brent Boger just retired as Vancouver assistant city attorney and is leaving the country to live in Ecuador.

Press Talk: Leaving for good?

Brent Boger just retired as Vancouver assistant city attorney and is leaving the country to live in Ecuador.

August 7, 2021, 6:00am Clark County News

Picture this. Read story

Developer buys 1.85-acre Orchards parcel for $1 million

August 7, 2021, 5:57am Business

A 1.85-acre plot of land at 4905 N.E. 122nd Ave. has been sold to MAJ Development Corp. for about $1 million, according to a Friday news release from the broker, Norris & Stevens. Read story

Clark County seeks nominees sought for disability employment awareness honors

August 7, 2021, 5:54am Business

Clark County government is seeking nominees for its annual Clark County Disability Employment Awareness Month Awards. Read story

Recycled Arts Festival offers ‘Meet the Artist’ video visits

August 6, 2021, 5:40pm Clark County Life

While the live Esther Short Park event didn’t happen this summer, you can still enjoy a version of Clark County’s popular Recycled Arts Festival through a “Meet the Artist” video series that goes live Saturday. Read story

Elections office employee Brian Hopper sorts envelopes containing returned ballots at the elections office on Tuesday morning.

La Center City Council race comes down to just 2 votes

Elections office employee Brian Hopper sorts envelopes containing returned ballots at the elections office on Tuesday morning.

August 6, 2021, 4:02pm Clark County News

With nearly all the ballots counted from Tuesday’s primary election, the races and candidates are set for November. Read story