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Interpreter Daniel Mroz, from left, signs Skanska project executive Alan Halleck words for Washington State Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth Executive Director Shauna Bilyeu and others Tuesday at the Washington School for the Deaf in Vancouver.

Work at Washington School for Deaf in Vancouver celebrates identity

March 26, 2024, 7:33pm Clark County News

Outside the Washington School for the Deaf, people who are hearing impaired are a minority. But inside the Vancouver campus, they are the majority. Read story

A nine-year-old boy was transported a Portland hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after colliding with an Evergreen Public Schools bus early Tuesday morning. Vancouver Fire crews used wooden blocks to suspend the bus off the ground Tuesday morning to extract a child who had been trapped underneath.

9-year-old on bicycle pulled under rear axle of school bus in Vancouver

March 26, 2024, 3:30pm Clark County News

A 9-year-old Ellsworth Elementary School student riding his bike was dragged under an Evergreen Public Schools bus in east Vancouver on Tuesday morning, according the Vancouver Fire Department and the school district. Read story

Some 25,000 households in the Hazel Dell area are without power this morning.

More than 20,000 Hazel Dell households hit by power outage

March 26, 2024, 9:43am Clark County News

Hazel Dell was hit by a power outage affecting almost 24,000 households Tuesday morning, according to Clark Public Utilities. Read story

Longtime volunteer John LaPointe answers the front desk phone Monday at the NAMI Southwest Washington office in Vancouver.

NAMI Southwest Washington volunteer LaPointe putting compassion into action

March 26, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health

Every Monday morning since 2016, John LaPointe has walked through the doors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Southwest Washington hoping to give back to at least one person. Read story

A vending machine in the lobby of the Clark County Jail offers free opioid overdose reversal medication.

Clark County Jail gains naloxone vending machine

March 26, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Health

Clark County Jail Services and its partners have installed a naloxone vending machine in the jail’s public lobby. Read story

Battle Ground opposes Clark County proposal to allow industrial development along railroad

March 26, 2024, 6:05am Business

Battle Ground officials are pushing back on Clark County’s proposal to allow industrial development along a railroad that passes through the city. At its March 18 meeting, the Battle Ground City Council unanimously approved a resolution opposing expansion of a county zoning overlay for so-called freight-rail dependent uses. Read story

Construction is underway on housing for low-income families. This property in Vancouver’s Rose Village neighborhood is owned by the nonprofit Community Roots Collaborative, which helped the city’s affordable housing numbers grow in 2022 with its Fruit Valley Terrace community.

‘We’re still a long way off’: Vancouver closing gap between housing, residents’ needs; more work to be done

March 26, 2024, 6:05am Business

A new report shows a slight increase in availability of low-income housing in the Vancouver-Portland metro area. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Stormy time ahead, but Easter weekend should shine

March 26, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

Stormy weather ahead folks. A juicy weather system will approach later this evening and continue to pound the region with a good amount of rain and breezy conditions as well on Wednesday. A cold pool of air following the front will keep showers going on Thursday with a chance of… Read story