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Dave&rsquo;y Lumley, left, and Noah Sampson of Yakama Nation Fisheries survey for new lamprey sites near the mouth of the Lewis River in Woodland on Sept. 25.

Can Pacific lamprey numbers be restored in the Columbia River Basin? Yakama Nation biologists think sovideo icon

Dave&rsquo;y Lumley, left, and Noah Sampson of Yakama Nation Fisheries survey for new lamprey sites near the mouth of the Lewis River in Woodland on Sept. 25.

October 19, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News

Biologist Dave’y Lumley paced the shallow water at the mouth of the Lewis River on an overcast morning late last month. With each step, she carefully scanned the water in front of her, holding two hockey sticklike probes just under the surface. Read story

A truck prepares to leave the Zimmerly gravel pit near Washougal in 2018.

Washougal Pit owner tries to resume mining, again

A truck prepares to leave the Zimmerly gravel pit near Washougal in 2018.

October 19, 2024, 6:10am Business

A year after being denied, Ridgefield resident Judith Zimmerly is once again attempting to get permits to resume gravel mining on her property known as the Washougal Pit. Read story

Maple Grove Primary School fourth-graders Mya Bagent, left, and Lincoln MacDonald, both 9, take shelter under their desks during an earthquake drill in Battle Ground on Thursday morning. The pair are among the students who took part in the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill, which took place at 10:17 a.m. statewide.

Drop, cover and hold on: Battle Ground students take part in Great Washington ShakeOut

Maple Grove Primary School fourth-graders Mya Bagent, left, and Lincoln MacDonald, both 9, take shelter under their desks during an earthquake drill in Battle Ground on Thursday morning. The pair are among the students who took part in the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill, which took place at 10:17 a.m. statewide.

October 17, 2024, 4:09pm Clark County News

Fourth-graders at Maple Grove Primary School quietly pushed out their chairs and calmly crouched under their desks as they prepared for the Great Washington ShakeOut on Thursday. Read story

Columbia Land Trust staffers David Cook, from top Elizabeth Martin and Sanoe Keliinoi work to move western pearlshell mussels Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, on Wildboy Creek near the former site of Kwoneesum Dam. The mussels were moved downstream to a temporary home before the dam was removed and are now being moved back further up Wildboy Creek.

‘A significant milestone’: Camp Kwoneesum Dam is gone but work to reshape the land continuesvideo icon

Columbia Land Trust staffers David Cook, from top Elizabeth Martin and Sanoe Keliinoi work to move western pearlshell mussels Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, on Wildboy Creek near the former site of Kwoneesum Dam. The mussels were moved downstream to a temporary home before the dam was removed and are now being moved back further up Wildboy Creek.

October 16, 2024, 6:10am Clark County Life

The past five months have brought a lot of changes to the remote forestland that once housed Camp Kwoneesum Dam. Read story

Ridgefield farmer Rob Baur checks to see if the bin filled with recently harvested hazelnuts is ready to ship out.

‘You have to beat the squirrels and the rain’: Ridgefield farm harvests its first commercial hazelnut crop

Ridgefield farmer Rob Baur checks to see if the bin filled with recently harvested hazelnuts is ready to ship out.

October 9, 2024, 6:05am Business

For Ridgefield farmer Rob Baur, harvesting his farm’s first commercial hazelnut crop this fall and shipping it off to buyers was a race against time and nature. Read story

Transportation continues to be the main source of greenhouse gas emissions in Vancouver, according to a report recently released by the city.

Transportation continues to be main source of greenhouse gas emissions in Vancouver

Transportation continues to be the main source of greenhouse gas emissions in Vancouver, according to a report recently released by the city.

October 8, 2024, 5:39pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Transportation and travel are responsible for half of Vancouver’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to the city’s recently released greenhouse gas inventory. The city undertook the assessment as part of its plan to become carbon neutral by 2040. Read story

Mount Adams rises above Trout Lake on Nov. 24, 2023, in Klickitat County. Mount Adams experienced the most earthquakes &mdash; six small magnitude &mdash; in one month during September since monitoring at the volcano began in 1982.

Mount Adams experiences most earthquakes in one month since monitoring began at volcano

Mount Adams rises above Trout Lake on Nov. 24, 2023, in Klickitat County. Mount Adams experienced the most earthquakes &mdash; six small magnitude &mdash; in one month during September since monitoring at the volcano began in 1982.

October 7, 2024, 4:32pm Clark County News

Mount Adams experienced the most earthquakes in one month during September since monitoring at the volcano began in 1982. Read story

Lewis Record stands on his porch at his mobile home in Fruit Valley. Record is against adding more housing to Fruit Valley until the city does something to improve the neighborhood’s air quality.

Should Vancouver fix the air quality issues in Fruit Valley before adding more housing?

Lewis Record stands on his porch at his mobile home in Fruit Valley. Record is against adding more housing to Fruit Valley until the city does something to improve the neighborhood’s air quality.

October 5, 2024, 6:14am Business

Lewis Record, 80, remembers the whisper of swaying branches and crisp scent of the air as he picked prunes in Fruit Valley in the 1950s. Read story

Alex Dong rolls a wheelbarrow full of bark down the Trillium Trail during a volunteer event Aug. 14, 2021, at the Columbia Springs environmental center. The city of Vancouver may cut funding the to nonprofit as part of an effort to balance the budget.

Vancouver may cut funding for Columbia Springs, a $50,000 hit to the nonprofit

Alex Dong rolls a wheelbarrow full of bark down the Trillium Trail during a volunteer event Aug. 14, 2021, at the Columbia Springs environmental center. The city of Vancouver may cut funding the to nonprofit as part of an effort to balance the budget.

October 4, 2024, 3:23pm Clark County News

The city of Vancouver has proposed cutting funding for environmental education nonprofit Columbia Springs in December. Read story

A path winds through flower beds at the Port of Vancouver&rsquo;s Terminal 1. The port used bird-friendly building practices for its Terminal 1 reconstruction project.

Vancouver planning is for the birds: Codes will help reduce bird collisions with buildings

A path winds through flower beds at the Port of Vancouver&rsquo;s Terminal 1. The port used bird-friendly building practices for its Terminal 1 reconstruction project.

October 3, 2024, 6:10am Business

Mid-September to mid-October is one of the busiest times for birds migrating to warmer, southern climes. Sadly, many will never reach their destination. A study from the American Bird Conservancy released in August found that collisions with buildings resulted in the deaths of more than a billion birds in the… Read story