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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center seeking new members to join advisory council

March 15, 2024, 5:57am Clark County Health

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is seeking new members to join its Patient & Family Advisory Council to provide feedback around patient experiences through monthly sessions. Read story

Expect overnight delays along Highway 14 at Lieser Road

March 15, 2024, 5:55am Clark County News

All eastbound lanes and the left westbound lane on state Highway 14 at the Lieser Road overpass will be closed periodically overnight through the end of March as the Washington State Department of Transportation’s contractor crews make repairs to the overpass. Read story

Denise Currie, founder of The Giving Closet, from left, chats with Kate Jones and Lexie Knight of KMR Group Foundation while giving a tour of the nonprofit on Tuesday morning in Vancouver. The Giving Closet secured a $150,000 donation from KMR Group Foundation that will help it continue operating. At top, families stuggling with finances say they rely on the The Giving Closet for shoes and clothes when money is tight.

Vancouver’s The Giving Closet gets a $150,000 lifeline from foundation

Denise Currie, founder of The Giving Closet, from left, chats with Kate Jones and Lexie Knight of KMR Group Foundation while giving a tour of the nonprofit on Tuesday morning in Vancouver. The Giving Closet secured a $150,000 donation from KMR Group Foundation that will help it continue operating. At top, families stuggling with finances say they rely on the The Giving Closet for shoes and clothes when money is tight.

March 13, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

The Giving Closet, a nonprofit store in Vancouver that offers free donated clothes, food and toys to low-income families, received its largest donation yet after budget issues prompted fears the nonprofit would have to close. Read story

An artist's rendering visualizes the Tower Mall Development within the city's Heights District project, including commercial and multifamily housing as well as parks and open space.

Heights District Development in central Vancouver gains $4M federal grant for infrastructure

An artist's rendering visualizes the Tower Mall Development within the city's Heights District project, including commercial and multifamily housing as well as parks and open space.

March 12, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News

The first federal investment in the Heights District Development in central Vancouver was announced Monday by U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania. Read story

Columbia River Mental Health Services sets forum on policing in Fourth Plain corridor

March 12, 2024, 5:56am Clark County Health

Columbia River Mental Health Services will hold a public forum focused on mental health, substance use and law enforcement within the Fourth Plain corridor in Vancouver. Read story

Vancouver golfer Ben Sims works on his swing while playing at the Vanco Golf Range. The facility is closing at the end of October as the city did not renew its lease.

After more than 50 years, Vanco Golf Range to close in October

Vancouver golfer Ben Sims works on his swing while playing at the Vanco Golf Range. The facility is closing at the end of October as the city did not renew its lease.

March 8, 2024, 6:03am Business

Ben Sims smashed his club into the golf ball and watched it fly through the rain and land with a kerplunk in one of the many large puddles on the Vanco Golf Range. Come October, Sims will need to find a new place to practice. After more than 50 years… Read story

Richard Eugene Knapp, 57, is suing the Vancouver police department after spending three years in jail in connection with a 1994 murder before being released and the charges dropped.

‘Plaintiff’s life was destroyed’: Man held for three years in 1994 Vancouver cold-case murder sues police detective

Richard Eugene Knapp, 57, is suing the Vancouver police department after spending three years in jail in connection with a 1994 murder before being released and the charges dropped.

March 4, 2024, 7:43am Clark County News

A former Oregon man who was jailed for three years on charges accusing him of the 1994 cold-case rape and murder of a Vancouver woman — only to have the case dismissed — has sued the detective who accused him, alleging he “made deliberately false statements” and acted “with reckless… Read story

Nataly Andrushko, a tenth-grader at Seton Catholic High School in Vancouver, recently spent a week as a page for the Washington Senate in Olympia.

Seton Catholic student serves as page for Sen. Lynda Wilson

Nataly Andrushko, a tenth-grader at Seton Catholic High School in Vancouver, recently spent a week as a page for the Washington Senate in Olympia.

March 2, 2024, 5:54am Community

Nataly Andrushko, a tenth-grader at Seton Catholic High School in Vancouver, recently spent a week as a page in the Washington Senate in Olympia. Andrushko was one of 21 students who served in the Senate during the sixth week of the 2024 legislative session. Read story

The VA Portland/Vancouver Health Care system announced plans to construct a primary care, mental health and virtual care facility in Vancouver at a cost of $12.3 million.

Veterans Affairs to upgrade Vancouver medical campus

The VA Portland/Vancouver Health Care system announced plans to construct a primary care, mental health and virtual care facility in Vancouver at a cost of $12.3 million.

March 1, 2024, 6:05pm Clark County Health

U.S. Veterans Affairs plans to expand primary and psychiatric care at its Vancouver medical campus. Read story

The city of Vancouver will issue a request for proposals next month for the first three sites in its Heights District Development project.

Heights District project could start construction in 2026; Vancouver close to asking for proposals

The city of Vancouver will issue a request for proposals next month for the first three sites in its Heights District Development project.

February 28, 2024, 6:02am Business

Construction on apartment buildings that will rise where Tower Mall once stood in Vancouver’s Heights neighborhood could start as soon as 2026, city councilors learned at a workshop Monday night. Read story