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The Port of Ridgefield plans to revamp the historic Greely Building in the small city&rsquo;s downtown and turn it into a marketplace for small retailers and other businesses.

Downtown Ridgefield’s Greely Building revamp gets $3M boost

The Port of Ridgefield plans to revamp the historic Greely Building in the small city&rsquo;s downtown and turn it into a marketplace for small retailers and other businesses.

July 30, 2024, 6:07am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Downtown Ridgefield’s Greely Building revitalization is one step closer to reality. Read story

Walter Smith cuts hair in his shop.

First licensed Black barber in Vancouver remembered as pioneer

Walter Smith cuts hair in his shop.

July 30, 2024, 6:06am Business

The man who battled racism to become Vancouver’s first licensed Black barber died this month and will be grieved today. Read story

Fort Vancouver Assisted Living is being proposed as a 48-bed drug treatment center for adults. A hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Aug. 20.

Fort Vancouver Assisted Living may close; a drug treatment center could open in its place

Fort Vancouver Assisted Living is being proposed as a 48-bed drug treatment center for adults. A hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Aug. 20.

July 30, 2024, 6:05am Business

The future of Fort Vancouver Assisted Living is uncertain because the building might be repurposed as a drug treatment center. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Light rain refreshes county, but heat will usher in August

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

July 30, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

The light rain that fell Monday was refreshing and, depending on your location, was enough to penetrate the earth a few inches. As of 4 p.m. Monday, Vancouver had received less than a tenth of an inch. The farther north you went the more rain was measured. Other locations around… Read story

A Hazel Dell resident said she woke up to flyers posted on cars in the neighborhood. The Columbian has blurred out QR codes and a web address leading to a website exposing more of the same views.

Flyers espousing hate speech left on cars in Hazel Dell

A Hazel Dell resident said she woke up to flyers posted on cars in the neighborhood. The Columbian has blurred out QR codes and a web address leading to a website exposing more of the same views.

July 29, 2024, 3:54pm Clark County News

Flyers with racially charged hate messages were left on cars in the Hazel Dell area north of Vancouver Sunday morning. Read story

The Vancouver Round Table Pizza has been fined for unlawfully keeping a portion of tips earned by workers., according to he U.S.

Round Table Pizza in VanMall neighborhood pays almost $158,000 in restitution, fines after splitting tips with managers

The Vancouver Round Table Pizza has been fined for unlawfully keeping a portion of tips earned by workers., according to he U.S.

July 29, 2024, 3:53pm Business

The U.S. Department of Labor recovered around $129,000 in tips and damages from the owner of Round Table Pizza at 5016 N.E. Thurston Way in the VanMall neighborhood, the department announced Monday. The restaurant was also hit with a $28,548 penalty. Read story

Judge James Smith speaks to the crowd at the Clark County Courthouse in August 2021.

District Court Judge James Smith tops poll for Clark County’s next Superior Court position

Judge James Smith speaks to the crowd at the Clark County Courthouse in August 2021.

July 29, 2024, 3:03pm Clark County News

Attorneys in Clark County have selected who they prefer to become the county’s newest Superior Court judge; their pick is currently a judge in District Court. Read story

Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue performed a traditional push-in ceremony for its new ambulance on Wednesday at the Ridgefield Fire Station.

Woodland firefighters sleep in modular home near station. Fire district tax levy could change that.

Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue performed a traditional push-in ceremony for its new ambulance on Wednesday at the Ridgefield Fire Station.

July 29, 2024, 9:13am Clark County News

For about seven years, roughly a dozen firefighters assigned to Woodland’s Scott Avenue station have spent their 48- to 96-hour shifts in a three-bedroom modular home near their unfinished fire station. Read story

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Four people injured in wrong-way, drunk-driving crash on Highway 500, according to WSP

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July 29, 2024, 8:01am Clark County News

Four people were injured in a crash on state Highway 500 on Sunday afternoon when a suspected drunk driver got on the highway going the wrong direction, according to the Washington State Patrol. Read story

Christine Portfors, Washington State University Vancouver vice chancellor for research and graduate education, visits a chemistry lab in the new Life Sciences building Thursday afternoon. With added lab and classroom space, the campus is able to add a chemistry major.

WSU Vancouver Life Sciences building: ‘Lab facilities here are as good as any university … across the nation’

Christine Portfors, Washington State University Vancouver vice chancellor for research and graduate education, visits a chemistry lab in the new Life Sciences building Thursday afternoon. With added lab and classroom space, the campus is able to add a chemistry major.

July 29, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Faculty at Washington State University Vancouver are hoping the newly completed Life Sciences building will cement the campus as a beacon for undergraduate research in nursing, biology and more. Read story