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Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue firefighters extinguish a house fire Dec. 13, 2022, northeast of La Center that displaced a family of five.

Fire districts in Clark County warn of cuts amid rising call volumes, operation costs

Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue firefighters extinguish a house fire Dec. 13, 2022, northeast of La Center that displaced a family of five.

July 12, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

As Clark County cools after an early summer heat wave, fire chiefs across the region are asking voters to direct their attention to several fire and emergency services funding measures on next month’s election ballot. Read story

A motorist passes by the former locations of Dollar Tree, background left, and Party City, right, in east Vancouver on Thursday morning. Both retailers are among the nationwide chains that have closed at least one Clark County store.

Clark County sees more chain stores closing; Dollar Tree, Party City are latest to shutter doors

A motorist passes by the former locations of Dollar Tree, background left, and Party City, right, in east Vancouver on Thursday morning. Both retailers are among the nationwide chains that have closed at least one Clark County store.

July 12, 2024, 6:04am Business

Shoppers at Cascade Park Plaza in east Vancouver may have been in for a surprise recently to find not one but two of the shopping mall’s major retailers had closed. Read story

Clark County health inspections, July 1-6

July 12, 2024, 5:33am Clark County Life

For more information, call Clark County Public Health at 564-397-8428 or visit www.clark.wa.gov/public-health/restaurant-inspection. In the health department’s scoring system, the fewer the points, the better. A perfect score is 0. The worst possible score is 418. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. Read story

This week in Clark County history, July 12

July 12, 2024, 5:31am Clark County Life

A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum. Read story

Christopher “CJ” Bradshaw, left, and  Brandon Richardson.

Online child predator investigation leads Vancouver police to ask the public for assistance

Christopher “CJ” Bradshaw, left, and  Brandon Richardson.

July 11, 2024, 5:48pm Clark County News

The Vancouver Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying potential victims in an online child predator investigation. Read story

Residents pack the shoreline at Frenchman&rsquo;s Bar Regional Park on the last day of a summer heat wave that reached triple digits for multiple days on Tuesday evening.

Vancouver gets relief from triple-digit temps but ‘above normal temperatures’ persist

Residents pack the shoreline at Frenchman&rsquo;s Bar Regional Park on the last day of a summer heat wave that reached triple digits for multiple days on Tuesday evening.

July 11, 2024, 4:17pm Clark County News

A summer heat wave that lingered for days across the Pacific Northwest either broke or tied daily temperature records in Vancouver. Read story

Kristina Swanson

Battle Ground City Council selects Kristina Swanson as new city manager

Kristina Swanson

July 11, 2024, 4:09pm Clark County News

The Battle Ground City Council chose a new city manager Wednesday morning. Read story

Eight of Clark County's nine school districts have seen turnover in superintendents since the 2019-2020 school year. Some, like Evergreen, have seen three in the top job in that stretch.

Education exhaustion: Clark County school districts see high superintendent turnover due to fatigue, uncertainty

Eight of Clark County's nine school districts have seen turnover in superintendents since the 2019-2020 school year. Some, like Evergreen, have seen three in the top job in that stretch.

July 11, 2024, 3:45pm Clark County News

Christine Moloney took over as the new Evergreen Public Schools superintendent last week, making her the district’s third head honcho since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

The Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, left, stretches below the Cape Horn lookout on Tuesday morning. Western Washington&rsquo;s rainy weather doesn&rsquo;t eliminate wildfire risk.

U.S. and Canada reach deal on Columbia River Treaty; now to the Senate

The Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, left, stretches below the Cape Horn lookout on Tuesday morning. Western Washington&rsquo;s rainy weather doesn&rsquo;t eliminate wildfire risk.

July 11, 2024, 3:04pm Latest News

In a long awaited breakthrough, the U.S. and Canada have reached an agreement in principal renewing the Columbia River Treaty, which governs the use of the most important river flowing through the two nations. Read story

A crash on state Highway 14 west snarled traffic heading for I-205.

Morning commute traffic spills onto city streets as series of crashes clog Clark County freeways

A crash on state Highway 14 west snarled traffic heading for I-205.

July 11, 2024, 2:45pm Clark County News

Traffic was backed up all over Clark County this morning, with both Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 looking like parking lots during the morning commute. And drivers didn't get any relief as the day wore on. Read story