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A tight squeeze on the current bridge has cost many vehicles their side-view mirrors.

$8 million more in funding secured for Hood River bridge replacement

March 15, 2024, 11:36am Clark County News

Hood River-White Salmon Bridge project officials have nearly secured two-thirds of the bridge replacement project’s estimated $520 million price tag with another $8 million in federal earmarks announced this week. Read story

FILE - This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a gaping hole where the paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. More passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 jet when part of its fuselage blew out are suing. The latest lawsuit, representing seven passengers, was filed in Washington’s King County Superior Court Thursday, March 14, 2024, against Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Spirit AeroSystems and 10 people listed as John Does.

Seat belt saved passenger’s life on Boeing 737 jet that suffered a blowout, new lawsuit says

March 15, 2024, 7:48am Business

More passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 jet when part of its fuselage blew out in January are suing — including one who says his life was saved by a seat belt. Read story

Members of Region 4 technical rescue team scale Beacon Rock to rescue a climber who fell 25 feet Thursday and suffered severe injuries.

Technical rescue team saves climber who fell 25 feet at Beacon Rock

March 15, 2024, 7:32am Clark County News

The Washington state Region 4 technical rescue team saved a rock climber who fell off a rock wall and suffered a traumatic injury at Beacon Rock State Park on Thursday, according to the Vancouver Fire Department. Read story

Vancouver police say missing 12-year-old boy has been located

March 15, 2024, 7:13am Clark County News Free

The Vancouver Police Department is asking for the public's help to find a missing 12-year-old boy. Read story

Artwork hangs on the wall of Children’s Center in Vancouver. The nonprofit organization is launching a podcast called “Hope and Healing” that discusses the stigma surrounding mental health.

Children’s Center creates podcast to foster healthy conversations about mental illness

March 15, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Health

Children’s Center, a nonprofit that provides mental health care to youth in Clark County, is hoping to foster healthy conversations about mental health and reduce the stigma through its new podcast. Read story

Striking educators keep in step as Evergreen Public Schools entered its fourth day in September 2023.

Evergreen Public Schools’ leaders got $31K in extra pay during strike while bargaining with teachers union

March 15, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

The four members of Evergreen Public Schools’ district bargaining team received a combined $31,100 in supplemental pay for their work in the final stretch of contract negotiations with the Evergreen Education Association last summer, according to district documents. Read story

An airy industrial space at the Port of Camas-Washougal is home to Recluse Brew Works.

Recluse Brew Works in Washougal offers ‘a fizzy yellow beer’ in a welcoming space

March 15, 2024, 6:03am Business

On an unseasonably sunny Friday at 3 p.m., reggae-influenced hip hop and psychedelic music streamed through the speakers at Recluse Brew Works as patrons sipped crisp ales and lagers made by owner Gus Everson. Read story