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FILE - Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati. The Biden administration on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, finalized strict limits on certain so-called &ldquo;forever chemicals&rdquo; in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

Washougal finds ‘slightly elevated’ levels of PFAS in all six of the city’s wells

FILE - Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati. The Biden administration on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, finalized strict limits on certain so-called &ldquo;forever chemicals&rdquo; in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

July 6, 2024, 6:11am Clark County Health

The city of Washougal has detected slightly elevated levels of harmful “forever chemicals” in its drinking water. Read story

A dramatic sunset illuminates the campground at Pacific Beach State Park on the Olympic Peninsula. It rained five minutes later.

From the Newsroom: Try a loop trip this summer

A dramatic sunset illuminates the campground at Pacific Beach State Park on the Olympic Peninsula. It rained five minutes later.

July 6, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

It’s a holiday weekend so I think I’ll take a break from writing gloomy stories about news and newspapers and write a happy story about summer vacations. Read story

Henry Hind practices at Kingpins bowling center in Portland. Hind, a 16 year old from Camas, is one of the Northwest&#039;s top junior bowlers.

At 16, Henry Hind of Camas is one of best young bowlers in Northwest

Henry Hind practices at Kingpins bowling center in Portland. Hind, a 16 year old from Camas, is one of the Northwest&#039;s top junior bowlers.

July 6, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Sports

With a bowling championship in the balance, Henry Hind wasn’t of split mind. Read story

Visitors to Moulton Falls Bridge stroll past a notice of its upcoming closure Friday afternoon. The bridge will close next week for repairs.

Moulton Falls Bridge repairs will close part of popular summer park in Clark County

Visitors to Moulton Falls Bridge stroll past a notice of its upcoming closure Friday afternoon. The bridge will close next week for repairs.

July 6, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News

Sections of a popular regional park where teenagers jump into murky turquoise waters, hikers explore forest trails and families go to beat the heat will close while Clark County repairs Moulton Falls Bridge beginning Monday. Read story

Energy Adviser: Reduce waste with an energy review

July 6, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

If walls could talk, finding the sources of a home’s energy waste would be a breeze. Although homes still aren’t sentient, the Residential Energy Counselors with Clark Public Utilities are so good at identifying household energy saving solutions, you’d be forgiven for thinking they could hear the sheetrock speak. Read story

Local pilot and inventor Marvin Joy stands next to his experimental wingless plane that he called the &ldquo;pumpkin seed.&rdquo; The plane was flown twice at Pearson Field, in perhaps the first test of a lifting body aircraft.

Clark County History: Local inventor’s ‘flying flapjack’ was an aircraft ahead of its time

Local pilot and inventor Marvin Joy stands next to his experimental wingless plane that he called the &ldquo;pumpkin seed.&rdquo; The plane was flown twice at Pearson Field, in perhaps the first test of a lifting body aircraft.

July 6, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

A decade before Roswell’s stories of flying saucers and little green men in New Mexico captured the mind of the nation, Pearson Field saw its own unidentified flying object. Marvin Joy, a bridge tender on the railroad crossing the Columbia River Slough, appeared at the Vancouver airfield with a strange… Read story

Gardening with Allen: Trees help people, animals, insects

July 6, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

I have always loved trees. I know how they have benefitted me. Could you share with us some of the other benefits trees provide for our environment and community? Read story

Check It Out: Celebrate reading with picture books

July 6, 2024, 6:04am Clark County Life

Summer at Your Library is in full swing at Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries. The program runs from June 15 – August 15, and it encourages all ages to read, create, explore and learn. In addition to having a great excuse to do more reading this summer, you might even win… Read story

Water and fresh fruit on ice helped local residents stay cool at the Living Hope Church cooling center on June 28, 2021.

Utility offers tips to beat the heat as Clark County heat wave expected to last through middle of week

Water and fresh fruit on ice helped local residents stay cool at the Living Hope Church cooling center on June 28, 2021.

July 6, 2024, 6:03am Clark County News

It looks like our recent hot weather will be sticking around longer than expected. Forecasters originally thought the hottest days would come over the weekend but now say high temperatures will continue through the middle of next week. Read story

The National Women's Law Center and a coalition of reproductive health, rights, and justice groups hold an "abortion is health care" rally in front of the Supreme Court as justices hear oral arguments in the cases of Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States. The cases center on whether a federal law, known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act — or EMTALA — supersedes Idaho's law banning most abortions on Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 in Washington.

Washington sees ripple effects of Dobbs decision as Idaho patients seek abortion care

The National Women's Law Center and a coalition of reproductive health, rights, and justice groups hold an "abortion is health care" rally in front of the Supreme Court as justices hear oral arguments in the cases of Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States. The cases center on whether a federal law, known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act — or EMTALA — supersedes Idaho's law banning most abortions on Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 in Washington.

July 6, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Health

Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a 2024 report from Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office reveals the decision caused ripple effects across Washington’s health care system. Read story