January 25, 2024, 5:50pm Churches & Religion
The Point-in-Time Count, a federally required count of homeless people in each county across the United States, creates a database of thousands of rows of data. Read story
January 20, 2024, 6:05am Churches & Religion
As many people across Clark County struggled to leave home during this week’s icy conditions, people experiencing homelessness desperately sought to get indoors. They overwhelmed warming shelters as freezing temperatures persisted. Read story
January 11, 2024, 3:20pm Clark County News Free
People living in Clark County might wake up to a snowy landscape Saturday morning. Some locals say they have plans go sledding this weekend, but experts recommend staying off the roads and staying warm when temperatures drop in the evening. Read story
December 14, 2023, 6:08am Business
Last year, Mary Moore paid about $1,600 a month to rent an apartment in Vancouver. But when a $250 rent hike pushed beyond her budget, the 69-year-old was forced to move. Read story
December 12, 2023, 6:06am Clark County News
Katara Jordan adjusts her cellphone against her ear with one hand while the other dances across her laptop’s keyboard. Read story
November 29, 2023, 6:32pm Clark County News
Residents huddled around campfires to stay warm at a homeless camp along the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail during this week’s cold snap. Two men murmured to each other that the man who laid sick in a nearby tent could use some soup. Read story
November 24, 2023, 4:23pm Churches & Religion
Council for the Homeless issued a severe weather alert Friday for the emergency shelter system in Clark County. Read story
November 21, 2023, 4:33pm Business
Council for the Homeless received $5 million this week to end family homelessness in Clark County — the largest private grant in its history. Read story
November 20, 2023, 4:00pm Clark County News
Outsiders Inn outreach team members arranged a Home Sweet Home front door mat and a blanket on a bed before closing the door of the downtown pallet shelter — decorated with a wreath handmade by the city of Vancouver’s homeless response manager, Jamie Spinelli, and her daughter. Read story
November 11, 2023, 6:14am Clark County News
Today is Veterans Day, which since 1938 has been a day set aside to honor military veterans. Today is also a day when, in Clark County, an estimated 83 veterans are without homes. Read story