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FILE - Sonny Curley hands a cup of coffee to his father Harold Curley at their home near the ocean Wednesday, May 22, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Wash. The home has a rotting deck and black mold inside, and the family has had to evacuate several times due to flooding.

Money from Washington’s landmark climate law will help tribes face rising seas, climate change

FILE - Sonny Curley hands a cup of coffee to his father Harold Curley at their home near the ocean Wednesday, May 22, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Wash. The home has a rotting deck and black mold inside, and the family has had to evacuate several times due to flooding.

July 17, 2024, 7:56am Latest News

Tens of millions of dollars raised by a landmark climate law in Washington state will go to Native American tribes that are at risk from climate change and rising sea levels to help them move to higher ground, install solar panels, buy electric vehicles and restore wetlands, Gov. Jay Inslee… Read story

Volunteer Almendra Velazquez installs a heat-measuring sensor on a car window Friday at the Center for Community Health. Velazquez and fellow volunteer Rebecca Small drove a one-hour route as part of Clark County Public Health's heat-mapping project. The data could help decide where cooling centers should be.

Clark County Public Health maps hottest neighborhoods to see who needs help

Volunteer Almendra Velazquez installs a heat-measuring sensor on a car window Friday at the Center for Community Health. Velazquez and fellow volunteer Rebecca Small drove a one-hour route as part of Clark County Public Health's heat-mapping project. The data could help decide where cooling centers should be.

July 16, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News

Clark County Public Health is identifying the county’s hot spots. Not the hot spots that are the best places to grab dinner or spend a night on the town, but actual hot spots. Read story

Critics say Portland General Electric&rsquo;s Selective Water Withdrawal Tower on the lower Deschutes River isn&rsquo;t being properly operated.

The Deschutes River has trouble: Water temperatures increasing, algae blooming — is this PGE water tower to blame?

Critics say Portland General Electric&rsquo;s Selective Water Withdrawal Tower on the lower Deschutes River isn&rsquo;t being properly operated.

July 13, 2024, 6:04am Latest News

In summer 2010, retired fish biologist Steve Pribyl was on a three-day fishing trip with his wife on Central Oregon’s Deschutes River. Read story

Shoppers walk by an apparel store in Shanghai on March 18.

China’s clothing creates mountain of waste

Shoppers walk by an apparel store in Shanghai on March 18.

July 13, 2024, 6:03am Business

At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colors, pile up on a workroom floor. Jacket sleeves, collars and brand labels protrude from the stacks as workers feed the garments into shredding machines. Read story

Clark County Planning Commission workshop focused on growth plan update

July 12, 2024, 5:56am Clark County News

The Clark County Planning Commission will hold a work session on the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Review project at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the sixth-floor training room of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., Vancouver. Read story

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest spans more than 1.3 million acres, so the dozens of fires that are burning total a fraction of the forestland. Suppression crews are addressing fire in high priority areas, such as the Grassy Mountain, South Fork and Carlton Ridge fires. (Photo contributed by the U.S.

Open fire ban in effect for Gifford Pinchot National Forest

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest spans more than 1.3 million acres, so the dozens of fires that are burning total a fraction of the forestland. Suppression crews are addressing fire in high priority areas, such as the Grassy Mountain, South Fork and Carlton Ridge fires. (Photo contributed by the U.S.

July 12, 2024, 5:55am Clark County News

Beginning today, open campfires will be prohibited throughout the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Fires will only be allowed in metal fire pits or rings in designated recreation sites. Read story

Clark County Councilor Glen Yung, from left, listens to fellow councilor Sue Marshall she speaks to the crowd while joined by councilor Michelle Belkot, right in white, during their swearing in ceremony at the Clark County Public Service Center on Tuesday morning, Jan. 3, 2023.

‘We need to be pragmatic’: Clark County Council grapples with climate element in growth plan

Clark County Councilor Glen Yung, from left, listens to fellow councilor Sue Marshall she speaks to the crowd while joined by councilor Michelle Belkot, right in white, during their swearing in ceremony at the Clark County Public Service Center on Tuesday morning, Jan. 3, 2023.

July 11, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News

As Clark County councilors plan for the next 20 years of population growth, they’re also grappling with new requirements to address the causes and effects of climate change. Read story

Clark County expands outdoor burn ban

July 10, 2024, 7:21pm Clark County News Free

After the recent heat wave and extreme fire danger, recreational fires are prohibited throughout unincorporated Clark County, in addition to the general outdoor burning ban implemented July 5. Read story

The recent hot weather likely won't effect remaining snowpack in the higher elevations because the snow is already gone. What does this mean for local water sources?

‘Most of our snow is already gone,’ Washington climatologist says; recent heat wave had little impact

The recent hot weather likely won't effect remaining snowpack in the higher elevations because the snow is already gone. What does this mean for local water sources?

July 10, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News

The recent spate of hot weather sent many Clark County residents scrambling to find a cool escape. However, the soaring temperatures had little impact on snowpack melt coming from the mountains. Read story

FILE - Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati. The Biden administration on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, finalized strict limits on certain so-called &ldquo;forever chemicals&rdquo; in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

Washougal finds ‘slightly elevated’ levels of PFAS in all six of the city’s wells

FILE - Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati. The Biden administration on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, finalized strict limits on certain so-called &ldquo;forever chemicals&rdquo; in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

July 6, 2024, 6:11am Clark County Health

The city of Washougal has detected slightly elevated levels of harmful “forever chemicals” in its drinking water. Read story