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Wil Fuentes, left, and Churck Keplar are vying for the Clark County Council District 3 seat.

Political newcomer candidates for Clark County Council District 3 differ but share priorities, goalsvideo icon

Wil Fuentes, left, and Churck Keplar are vying for the Clark County Council District 3 seat.

October 16, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News

About the only thing District 3 Clark County Council candidates Chuck Keplar and Wil Fuentes have in common is that both are relative political newcomers. Keplar has lived in Clark County for 24 years, while Fuentes moved here a few years ago after graduating with a master’s degree from Western… Read story

Cali Newby speaks about her experience with the Future Leaders Project, which helps young first-generation or underrepresented students with local businesses and nonprofits for summer internships.

First-generation college students get valuable internships in Clark County thanks to Future Leaders Project

Cali Newby speaks about her experience with the Future Leaders Project, which helps young first-generation or underrepresented students with local businesses and nonprofits for summer internships.

October 16, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

A Southwest Washington internship program plans to double the number of participating students by next summer. Read story

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Teen arrested in social media bomb threat at Heritage High School

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October 15, 2024, 5:01pm Clark County News

Clark County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a 16-year-old Tuesday for posting on Snapchat that he planned to “blow up” Heritage High School. Read story

Robb Milano, Emergency Medical Services Division Chief, walks with an emergency medical kit. Proposed budget cuts would eliminate three positions in the Vancouver Fire Department and bring three captains back to line staffing.

Vancouver looks at cuts to police, fire, roads and community services to close $43M budget deficit

Robb Milano, Emergency Medical Services Division Chief, walks with an emergency medical kit. Proposed budget cuts would eliminate three positions in the Vancouver Fire Department and bring three captains back to line staffing.

October 15, 2024, 2:36pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Vancouver officials are weighing cuts to police, fire, parks and recreation, streets and environmental programs. Read story

The Skamania County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office is making changes to tracking and processes after a state audit found lacking procedures to track sheriff&rsquo;s office equipment and evidence.

Skamania did not properly track assets and evidence held by sheriff’s office, says state audit

The Skamania County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office is making changes to tracking and processes after a state audit found lacking procedures to track sheriff&rsquo;s office equipment and evidence.

October 15, 2024, 2:35pm Clark County News

Skamania County did not have a system to effectively track agency assets and evidence or other items held in custody by the sheriff’s office, according to an audit by the state covering 2022-2023. Read story

A traffic signal was removed from the intersection of state Highway 500 and Northeast 54th Avenue in 2018. Construction of a new pedestrian crossing at the intersection began earlier this summer and is expected to be completed early next year.

Highway 500 to close in both directions Thursday night in central Vancouver

A traffic signal was removed from the intersection of state Highway 500 and Northeast 54th Avenue in 2018. Construction of a new pedestrian crossing at the intersection began earlier this summer and is expected to be completed early next year.

October 15, 2024, 1:59pm Clark County News Free

Highway 500 will close in both directions Thursday night in Vancouver near Northeast 54th Avenue and Northeast Stapleton Street. Read story

Jaime Herrera Beutler Republican candidate for state lands commissioner

WA lands commissioner general election: Where candidates stand on key issues

Jaime Herrera Beutler Republican candidate for state lands commissioner

October 15, 2024, 7:38am Election

The race for Washington’s next commissioner of public lands began with seven. Read story

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WA women 9th in nation for breast cancer diagnoses, analysis finds

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October 15, 2024, 6:10am Breast Cancer Free

Washington women were more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer despite receiving fewer mammograms than the national average in recent years, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. Read story

A Columbian photographer snapped this image of the largest supermoon of the year, rising above the Vancouver waterfront, in April 2020.

Step aside northern lights; get ready for a super ‘supermoon’ this week

A Columbian photographer snapped this image of the largest supermoon of the year, rising above the Vancouver waterfront, in April 2020.

October 15, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

The same old moon has been hanging around up there for at least 4.46 billion years, according to the latest science. What’s so special about it now? Read story

Derek Huegel, co-owner of Wolf Industries, walks through the kitchen of a one-bedroom unit in the new tiny home community, Ogden District Cottages, earlier this month.

Ogden cottages offer below-market rent and a chance at community in Vancouver

Derek Huegel, co-owner of Wolf Industries, walks through the kitchen of a one-bedroom unit in the new tiny home community, Ogden District Cottages, earlier this month.

October 15, 2024, 6:08am Business

As Derek Huegel walked through a small cottage in the Ogden neighborhood, he pointed to the in-unit washer and dryer and the contemporary finishes, including hardwood floors. Read story