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A sign notifies drivers that a surface parking lot near the new parking garage is closed at the Waterfront Vancouver. Some are having difficulty adjusting to the new parking garage and parking situation at the waterfront.

Workers, visitors grouse about long lines, high costs at The Waterfront Vancouver parking garage

September 26, 2024, 6:06am Business Subscriber Exclusive

The surface parking lots at The Waterfront Vancouver closed with the opening of the new parking garage. And waterfront workers and fans are not happy. Read story

Salvador Brotons and members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Photos courtesy Paul Quackenbush Photography)

Spanish Brass opens Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s 46th season

September 26, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life

Riding a big crescendo of enthusiasm generated by record-breaking crowds at the Vancouver Arts & Music Festival, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is ready to open its 46th season. Read story

Weather Eye: Rain gives way to more nice weather into the weekend

September 26, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

As I write my column early Wednesday afternoon, I see raindrops on my windowpane and a few hundreds of an inch of moisture in my rain gauge here in the north county. A weak weather system was crossing the area as we discussed earlier in the week. Rainfall along the… Read story

Police say boy, 11, brandished gun at Camas middle school football game; owner of guns arrested

September 25, 2024, 5:18pm Clark County News

Camas police arrested a man Tuesday evening after an 11-year-old reportedly brandished guns the man owned at another child following football practice at a middle school. Read story

The National Weather Service in Portland said the strange odor that covered Southwest Washington on Tuesday night was first reported between Kelso and Vancouver.

Officials still have no idea what that odor was in Southwest Washington

September 25, 2024, 3:41pm Clark County News

Residents in Southwest Washington from Vancouver to Chehalis reported a foul odor so strong, it roused some people from sleep Tuesday night, causing nausea, headaches and burning lungs and sinuses, according to Facebook comments directed to Cowlitz and Clark county emergency agencies. Read story

Clark County Public Health Director Dr. Alan Melnick, pictured here in 2020, says lead is a “silent poison. Public Health’s hazard assessment program works in partnership with health providers to identify lead exposure cases.

Clark County Public Health presentation discusses the dangers and health effects of lead

September 25, 2024, 3:40pm Clark County Health

The Clark County Board of Health wants to eventually increase lead testing across the county, especially within low-income communities. Read story

Killen Creek meanders through a meadow and crosses the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail No. 2000 on the northwest side of Mount Adams. This portion of the wilderness area has escaped the four fires that have burned on the peak in the past 16 years.

Five campgrounds, some trails on Mount Adams reopen after wildfires forced closures

September 25, 2024, 10:58am Clark County News

Five campgrounds on the west flank of Mount Adams have reopened, along with several trails in the Mount Adams Wilderness, including the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, after a wildfire forced closures in the area. Read story