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Birds fly around and perch on the South Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River as one of two dredging ships passes through the channel in 2009. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s project to repair the river jetties is expected to be completed in October 2025.

Columbia River jetty repairs nearing completion

June 17, 2024, 3:16pm Clark County News

The nearly decadelong project to repair the jetty system at the mouth of the Columbia River is expected to draw to a close late next year. Read story

Crews from Larch Corrections Center were a key part of wildfire response in Southwest Washington before it closed.

Local governments want say in crafting Washington’s new wildfire protection rules

June 17, 2024, 6:05am Latest News Free

The last time the state Building Code Council crafted rules for protecting homes from the threat of wildfire, city and county officials criticized them as confusing, expensive and overreaching. Read story

Kurt Kenoyer, a physician assistant working for Columbia River Mental Health Services’ GAP Medicine Care, sits at his desk at Columbia River Mental Health near a tomato plant in a cup that states, “Focus on happy.” (Photos by Will Campbell/The Columbian)

Columbia River Mental Health program fills medical gap, reaches out to homeless

June 17, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Health

Paul Hunter, a homeless former carpet layer, had legs so swollen he was having trouble walking. The wounds on his legs from drug use were turning black. It was only a matter of time before he’d end up in the hospital. Read story

Deputy Bryson Layton, left, of the Clark County Sheriff's Office jokingly talks on his radio as he mimics his dad, Deputy DuWayne Layton, taking a call at his desk June 3 in downtown Vancouver. DuWayne Layton said his son was like his shadow when the 22-year-old was a boy, and they now work together at the sheriff’s office.

Young deputy follows in his father’s footsteps at Clark County Sheriff’s Office

June 15, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

When Bryson Layton was a boy, he used to dress up in his father’s worn-out police uniforms. He’d even sleep in them sometimes, his dad said. Read story

Fern Prairie residents listen to Port of Camas-Washougal CEO David Ripp, left, speak about the port’s request to annex its Grove Field properties into Clark County’s urban growth boundary during an open house on June 5.

Port of Camas-Washougal annexation plans for Grove Field rile residents

June 15, 2024, 6:10am Business

The Port of Camas-Washougal delivered a message to Fern Prairie residents earlier this month: The port has to plan for the future, and development is part of that future. Read story

Local telephone books from December 2010, left, and June 2024, right, are another sign of how print readers have moved online.

From the Newsroom: Phone books and newspapers

June 15, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

In my job, I think a lot about how most people these days would rather get their news and information online than from a printed newspaper. People talk to me about it, and a look at our circulation figures confirm it. Our digital subscriber base has exceeded our print subscriber… Read story

In August 1924, Kolumbia Klavern No. 1 flew an illuminated cross over the Clark County Fairgrounds at Bagley Downs. This photo, taken at an unknown location in 1922, shows two Klu Klux Klansmen climbing into a plane as they prepared to drop propaganda leaflets.

Clark County History: Ku Klux Klan rally at the Clark County Fairgrounds breaks records

June 15, 2024, 6:10am Clark County Life

Thousands attended the Ku Klux Klan rally at the Clark County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 23, 1924, according to The Columbian, making it the most attended event ever held in Southwest Washington, outstripping the total of every revival and Chautauqua held locally. Vancouver’s Kolumbia Klavern No. 1 had planned to… Read story