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Vancouver-based Albina Asphalt fined $27K for improper waste disposal

April 5, 2024, 2:20pm Business

Vancouver-based asphalt manufacturer and distributor Albina Asphalt was fined $27,000 Thursday by the Washington Department of Ecology for not properly managing dangerous waste, including liquid asphalt, diesel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, a toxic chemical. Read story

Medical examiner IDs 42-year-old Vancouver man killed with bow and arrow

April 5, 2024, 12:06pm Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified a 42-year-old Vancouver man as the person fatally shot Tuesday with a bow and arrow in the Minnehaha area. Read story

Police make arrest in Vancouver Mall gun threat

April 5, 2024, 12:04pm Clark County News

Police arrested a man Friday morning who they say pointed a gun at a parent trying to break up a March 22 fight between teenagers at the Vancouver Mall. Read story

Sunny Rae Hanna, operations manager for the RePurpose Center, helps to position a truck full of furniture ready to be dropped off at the NW Furniture Bank on Mill Plain Boulevard in east Vancouver on March 27.

Unwanted stuff given sense of RePurpose at Vancouver center

April 5, 2024, 6:08am Business

The RePurpose Center’s Sunny Rae Hanna waved her hand over a cluster of tiny bicycles sitting in a small warehouse and smiled. Read story

Kafiex Roasters co-founder places 8th at national barista competition; coffee fans can revel in her expertise

April 5, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Seidy Selivanow of Kafiex Roasters placed eighth in the nation at the U.S. Barista Competition at Klatch in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., in March. Read story

The city of Vancouver is considering a ban on fireworks. Now, Camas is poised to vote on further restricting fireworks sales days and discharge times.

Camas officials debate changing rules on discharge of fireworks

April 5, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

Camas officials this week resumed a yearslong debate over how the city should tackle the sale and discharge of personal fireworks. Read story

Vancouver police Patrol Sgt. Zachary Ripp, center, works with colleagues while responding to a call of a dead person at a homeless encampment Thursday afternoon near Hazel Dell. Five officers responded to the call, which combined with another call at the same time, tied up all the officers working on the west side of the city.

Vancouver police stretched thin as officers pulled off patrol to respond to growing number of calls

April 5, 2024, 6:04am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

At about noon Thursday, Vancouver police received a call about a dead person in a homeless encampment between Highway 99 and Interstate 5 near Hazel Dell. Five officers responded to investigate the circumstances of the person’s death, take photographs of the scene and coordinate the medical examiner’s response. Read story

The week in Clark County history, April 5

April 5, 2024, 5:14am 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

State to fund new youth mental health center at former Daybreak facility in Brush Prairie

April 4, 2024, 7:09pm Clark County Health

Plans are in the works to house a new 54-bed recovery and mental health center for youth at the former Daybreak Youth Services facility in Brush Prairie. Read story