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Contractors install solar panels on a house in Oregon. Under proposed rules for the state’s redo of the Climate Protection Program, fossil fuel companies could offset 15% to 20% of their greenhouse gas emissions by investing in projects that help reduce emissions, such as expanding at home solar operations in low-income neighborhoods and the purchase of electric vehicles and charging stations for nonprofits.

Environmental regulators say NW Natural misleading customers about Oregon climate credit program

Contractors install solar panels on a house in Oregon. Under proposed rules for the state’s redo of the Climate Protection Program, fossil fuel companies could offset 15% to 20% of their greenhouse gas emissions by investing in projects that help reduce emissions, such as expanding at home solar operations in low-income neighborhoods and the purchase of electric vehicles and charging stations for nonprofits.

August 13, 2024, 11:56am Business Free

Oregon environmental regulators are concerned that the state’s largest natural gas utility is misinforming customers about a key climate change policy aimed to reduce greenhouse gases. Read story

Clark County sheriff's deputies founded loaded guns near Interstate 205 and Orchards Park while pursuing two teens on Monday night.

Teens, ages 13 and 14, face firearms charges after shooting in Orchards Park; no one injured

Clark County sheriff's deputies founded loaded guns near Interstate 205 and Orchards Park while pursuing two teens on Monday night.

August 13, 2024, 7:49am Clark County News

Two teens are facing firearms allegations and resisting arrest after Clark County sheriff’s deputies apprehended the pair, along with the loaded weapons they had reportedly been carrying, Monday afternoon in the Orchards area, according to the sheriff’s office. Read story

A motorist passes the demolition of several buildings including the old Vancouver Funeral Chapel in downtown Vancouver.

More on Vancouver’s Main Street: Seven-story 12th & Main building will include 198 apartments

A motorist passes the demolition of several buildings including the old Vancouver Funeral Chapel in downtown Vancouver.

August 13, 2024, 6:08am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Work has begun on one of the last sparsely developed sites located along downtown Vancouver’s Main Street. Read story

Share&rsquo;s Talkin' Trash has a few new additions, like a dump truck, that helps staff work with more efficiency.

Donated dump truck delivers for Share’s Talkin’ Trash program in Vancouver

Share&rsquo;s Talkin' Trash has a few new additions, like a dump truck, that helps staff work with more efficiency.

August 13, 2024, 6:07am Business

A program that cleans up litter around Vancouver has received a heavy-duty donation that will boost efficiency: a dump truck. Read story

Mount Hood is seen from the Yacolt Burn State Forest. A planned timber sale in the area has environmentalists worried about impacts to spotted owls, other wildlife and climate change.

Clark County residents up in arms over planned timber sale on state land in historic Yacolt Burn

Mount Hood is seen from the Yacolt Burn State Forest. A planned timber sale in the area has environmentalists worried about impacts to spotted owls, other wildlife and climate change.

August 13, 2024, 6:06am Business

A proposal to sell and harvest timber on state Department of Natural Resources lands in northeast Clark County has riled some local residents and environmental groups. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Hot weather might be done for remainder of month

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

August 13, 2024, 6:02am Clark County News

Before Monday, this month we only had one day in the 70s, Monday was the second and we will rack up many more in the last half of the month. Monday’s temperature in Vancouver was only 72 degrees, some 10 degrees below average. It felt heavenly to me despite some… Read story

Clark Cowlitz Fire Rescue was called to Horseshoe Lake Park in Woodland to search for a man that drowned while trying to evade police early Thursday morning.

Man who drowned in Horseshoe Lake while evading police identified as Woodland resident

Clark Cowlitz Fire Rescue was called to Horseshoe Lake Park in Woodland to search for a man that drowned while trying to evade police early Thursday morning.

August 12, 2024, 6:57pm Clark County News

The Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who drowned in Woodland’s Horseshoe Lake last week. Read story

Avreaunte Emmanuel Bennett, 26, of Vancouver appears March 21, 2022, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree domestic violence murder. He was sentenced Friday to more than 20 years after pleading guilty on the eve of trial.

Vancouver man sentenced to 20 years for killing girlfriend, dumping her body at Rooster Rock State Park in Oregonvideo icon

Avreaunte Emmanuel Bennett, 26, of Vancouver appears March 21, 2022, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree domestic violence murder. He was sentenced Friday to more than 20 years after pleading guilty on the eve of trial.

August 12, 2024, 5:21pm Clark County News

A judge sentenced a Vancouver man Friday to more than 20 years in prison in the 2021 shooting death of his girlfriend, prompting a profanity-filled outburst from his family. Read story

Jaime Herrera Beutler, left, is leading in the Washington lands commissioner primary race. Sue Kuehl Pederson, center, and Dave Upthegrove, right, are in a close battle for the second spot. The top two finishers will advance to the November general election.

Upthegrove edges into second place in Washington lands commissioner race

Jaime Herrera Beutler, left, is leading in the Washington lands commissioner primary race. Sue Kuehl Pederson, center, and Dave Upthegrove, right, are in a close battle for the second spot. The top two finishers will advance to the November general election.

August 12, 2024, 3:20pm Clark County Politics Free

Democratic lands commissioner candidate Dave Upthegrove inched into second place in the race on Friday night, supplanting Republican Sue Kuehl Pederson who had held the spot since election night. Read story

Clark Public Utilities installed solar panels on the roofs of five buildings, including Building 14 at the Port of Camas-Washougal’s industrial park in late 2023 and early 2024.

Housing, aging, solar: Three projects in Clark County honored by state

Clark Public Utilities installed solar panels on the roofs of five buildings, including Building 14 at the Port of Camas-Washougal’s industrial park in late 2023 and early 2024.

August 12, 2024, 2:33pm Business

Three Clark County projects were among the 12 winners of the 2024 Governor’s Smart Communities Awards, which recognize local governments and partners for exceptional land-use planning and development. Read story