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This week in Clark County history, Oct. 11

October 11, 2024, 5:29am 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

Clark County health inspections, Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

October 11, 2024, 5:27am Clark County Life

For more information, call Clark County Public Health at 564-397-8428 or visit www.clark.wa.gov/public-health/restaurant-inspection. In the health department’s scoring system, the fewer the points, the better. A perfect score is 0. The worst possible score is 418. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. Read story

The Interstate 5 Bridge is pictured as seen from downtown Vancouver on Sept. 20. U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, hosted a Wednesday roundtable with U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, at the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program&rsquo;s downtown Vancouver office.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez says proposed tolls for I-5 Bridge should be reduced or eliminated

The Interstate 5 Bridge is pictured as seen from downtown Vancouver on Sept. 20. U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, hosted a Wednesday roundtable with U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, at the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program&rsquo;s downtown Vancouver office.

October 10, 2024, 5:16pm Clark County News

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez held firm that tolling proposals should be reduced or eliminated on a planned replacement of the Interstate 5 Bridge at a Wednesday roundtable. Read story

Most news organizations keep stock images of police lights, like this one, at the ready to be used with quick-turnaround crime stories.

Natural gas main leak forces road closure in east Vancouver

Most news organizations keep stock images of police lights, like this one, at the ready to be used with quick-turnaround crime stories.

October 10, 2024, 1:45pm Clark County News Free

A rupture in a natural gas main at the intersection of 112th Avenue and 18th Street in east Vancouver forced road closures Thursday, according to a Vancouver Fire Department statement. Read story

Republican legislative candidate John Ley of Clark County takes a look at the Interstate 5 Bridge in August. He opposes light rail and tolls, and wants to see a third bridge constructed instead that bypasses Portland and Vancouver&rsquo;s urban centers. &ldquo;My signature issue, if you will, is the Interstate Bridge Replacement project,&rdquo; he said.

John Ley’s voter registration challenge dismissed; he can run for the Legislature using Hazel Dell address

Republican legislative candidate John Ley of Clark County takes a look at the Interstate 5 Bridge in August. He opposes light rail and tolls, and wants to see a third bridge constructed instead that bypasses Portland and Vancouver&rsquo;s urban centers. &ldquo;My signature issue, if you will, is the Interstate Bridge Replacement project,&rdquo; he said.

October 10, 2024, 1:20pm Clark County News

John Ley, Republican candidate for state representative in the 18th Legislative District, can continue to run for office based on his voter registration using a Hazel Dell address. Read story

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78-year-old retired nurse identified as victim in west Hazel Dell homicide

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October 10, 2024, 11:35am Clark County News

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim in a suspected homicide Tuesday night in west Hazel Dell. Read story

Kamryn Tanioka, 9, foreground, picks up her breakfast and lunch from school bus driver Tanisha Cardiel as she makes deliveries for students on her route in east Vancouver on March 17, 2020.

WA districts received $2.6 billion in federal COVID relief funding. Here’s how they spent it

Kamryn Tanioka, 9, foreground, picks up her breakfast and lunch from school bus driver Tanisha Cardiel as she makes deliveries for students on her route in east Vancouver on March 17, 2020.

October 10, 2024, 11:12am Latest News Free

Washington school districts received over $2.6 billion in federal COVID relief funds and have spent $2.5 billion so far, according to September data from the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Read story

Clark County seeks telecom commission members

October 10, 2024, 10:30am Clark County News Free

Clark County is seeking volunteers with an interest in government and educational access television and cable television franchising to fill four positions on the city/county telecommunications commission. Read story

Twin brothers Caleb Hyde (3) and Ayden Hyde (14) moved back to Clark County last year from Lacey and quickly felt at home with the Fort Vancouver football team. The seniors have embraced playing for the Trappers.

Twins Ayden and Caleb Hyde find football family at Fort Vancouver

Twin brothers Caleb Hyde (3) and Ayden Hyde (14) moved back to Clark County last year from Lacey and quickly felt at home with the Fort Vancouver football team. The seniors have embraced playing for the Trappers.

October 10, 2024, 8:00am Football

The feeling was unmistakable to twin brothers Ayden and Caleb Hyde upon arriving at Fort Vancouver High School last year. “They greet you like you’re family already,” Ayden Hyde said, “and I still feel that.” Read story

Driver seriously injured after truck crashes through fence and rolls in east Vancouver, say police

October 10, 2024, 7:52am Clark County News

A speeding, impaired driver was seriously injured Wednesday morning when his truck rolled, and he was partially ejected from the vehicle in east Vancouver, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Read story