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Vancouver woman dies in crash in Canada

September 5, 2019, 8:36pm Clark County News

A coroner in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada says a 21-year-old Vancouver woman died Tuesday in a single-vehicle crash east of Haines Junction. Read story

Washington State University medical student Christie Kirkpatrick poses with Dr. Douglas Whalen at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver. The photo was taken after Kirkpatrick helped Whalen deliver a baby in August. Whalen delivered Kirkpatrick at PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview about a quarter of a century ago.

WSU medical student delivers baby in Vancouver with same doctor who brought her into world

Washington State University medical student Christie Kirkpatrick poses with Dr. Douglas Whalen at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver. The photo was taken after Kirkpatrick helped Whalen deliver a baby in August. Whalen delivered Kirkpatrick at PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview about a quarter of a century ago.

September 5, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Health

After delivering her first baby, Christie Kirkpatrick put her hands on her knees as if she had just run a marathon. Read story

The Clark County Law Enforcement Center opened in 1984 and is both antiquated and overcrowded.

Commission presents 18-month study of Clark County Jail

The Clark County Law Enforcement Center opened in 1984 and is both antiquated and overcrowded.

September 4, 2019, 9:33pm Clark County News

A blue-ribbon commission tasked with recommending what to do with the county’s antiquated jail presented its report to the Clark County Council on Wednesday with the assumption that incarceration rates will continue to decline. Read story

Women’s Housing and Transition shelter client Deborah Brown, right, gives a tour of a sleeping area with church liaison Kathy Gallaher. Brown will soon be leaving the shelter at St. Luke’s–San Lucas Episcopal Church and moving into housing but plans to continue volunteering in the homeless community.

6 nonprofits apply to Vancouver Affordable Housing Fund

Women’s Housing and Transition shelter client Deborah Brown, right, gives a tour of a sleeping area with church liaison Kathy Gallaher. Brown will soon be leaving the shelter at St. Luke’s–San Lucas Episcopal Church and moving into housing but plans to continue volunteering in the homeless community.

September 3, 2019, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Cassie Sorensen has noticed that the women who stay at her overnight shelter are trending older and they tend to be more medically fragile. The 18 women at Share’s Women’s Housing and Transition, also called the WHAT shelter, can’t go inside until 6:30 p.m. and have to leave by 7:30… Read story

Attendees hold their hands up and recite the Serenity Prayer during the Hands Across the Bridge event on the I-5 bridge on Monday, September 2, 2019. This day marked the 19th anniversary of the event, in which people in recovery come together to share their stories and celebrate sobriety. More than 900 people walked from Esther Short Park out onto the bridge to meet the crowd walking from the Oregon side of the Columbia River.

Hands Across the Bridge celebrates journeys, sobriety

Attendees hold their hands up and recite the Serenity Prayer during the Hands Across the Bridge event on the I-5 bridge on Monday, September 2, 2019. This day marked the 19th anniversary of the event, in which people in recovery come together to share their stories and celebrate sobriety. More than 900 people walked from Esther Short Park out onto the bridge to meet the crowd walking from the Oregon side of the Columbia River.

September 2, 2019, 4:50pm Clark County News

In a sea of shirts praising religion and recovery or honoring lost loved ones, Fonzi Alvez stood out. Read story

Randy Williams waves a strike sign at a passing truck outside a grocery store on Fourth Plain Boulevard and 109th Avenue in December 1980. Williams was participating in a retail workers strike.

Vancouver has long history of organized labor

Randy Williams waves a strike sign at a passing truck outside a grocery store on Fourth Plain Boulevard and 109th Avenue in December 1980. Williams was participating in a retail workers strike.

September 2, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

Vancouver’s reputation as a town for organized labor emerged as organically as Vancouver itself. Read story

United Grain Corp. operates the largest grain elevator on the West Coast at the Port of Vancouver. The corporation’s president and CEO believes some sort of trade deal with China is imminent.

Port of Vancouver weathers U.S.-China trade war

United Grain Corp. operates the largest grain elevator on the West Coast at the Port of Vancouver. The corporation’s president and CEO believes some sort of trade deal with China is imminent.

August 31, 2019, 5:59am Business

The Port of Vancouver is anything but immune to the roller coaster trade war between the U.S. and China. Read story

Louis Ruiz, a driver with Dietrich Trucking, climbs into the cab of his truck while a loader drops yard debris into his trailer at the West Vancouver Materials Recovery Center on Wednesday afternoon. Waste Connections currently layers yard debris above and below food waste before it is trucked to a composting facility in Dallesport.

Food waste pickup to begin in Vancouver

Louis Ruiz, a driver with Dietrich Trucking, climbs into the cab of his truck while a loader drops yard debris into his trailer at the West Vancouver Materials Recovery Center on Wednesday afternoon. Waste Connections currently layers yard debris above and below food waste before it is trucked to a composting facility in Dallesport.

August 30, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

The gray, gloppy sludge doesn’t resemble food, except for the specks of color from discarded fruits and vegetables. Read story

Target adds pick-up service in Vancouver

August 29, 2019, 6:33pm Business Briefs

Retail chain Target announced Thursday that it has rolled out its store pick-up service — dubbed Drive Up — to stores in several new cities, including Vancouver. All three Vancouver-area Target locations now list Drive Up among their services. Read story

The Vancouver City Council is weighing a proposal to divide the city into electoral districts. The council might put the issue before voters in 2020.

Vancouver City Council shelves electoral districts

The Vancouver City Council is weighing a proposal to divide the city into electoral districts. The council might put the issue before voters in 2020.

August 26, 2019, 9:41pm Clark County News

A proposal that would divide Vancouver into electoral districts is shelved but not dead. City councilors may move forward with a tentative plan to put the question before voters in the 2020 general election. Read story