July 1, 2021, 3:23pm Latest News
Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly — one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm laborer was found in an Oregon nursery. Read story
July 1, 2021, 6:07am Clark County News
We may have had some of that “June gloom” Wednesday as the marine layer held fast with only partial clearing in the late-afternoon/evening hours. Read story
June 30, 2021, 8:59pm Clark County Health Free
The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office said Wednesday it estimates there were five to 10 deaths in the county that may have been related to excessive heat. Read story
June 30, 2021, 11:44am Latest News
The grim toll of the historic heat wave in the Pacific Northwest became more apparent as authorities in Canada, Washington state and Oregon said Wednesday that they were investigating more than 100 deaths likely caused by scorching temperatures that shattered all-time records. Read story
June 30, 2021, 7:44am Latest News
As a summer like no other pushes water temperatures to dangerous levels for salmon to the Columbia and Snake Rivers, a state board announced Monday it will uphold the Washington State Department of Ecology’s authority to compel action at dams and reservoirs to restrict hot water pollution. Read story
June 30, 2021, 7:41am Latest News Free
The Hanford site north of the Tri-Cities was hot enough to tie the all-time Washington state heat record Tuesday. Read story
June 29, 2021, 4:10pm Nation & World
Forecasters are watching for development from a tropical wave that could reach the southeastern Caribbean in the next 36 hours or so. On its heels is a second tropical wave in the Atlantic. Read story
June 29, 2021, 6:03am Clark County News
This will be the year we will all remember in our lifetimes, the excessive heat wave in the Pacific Northwest. Vancouver set a new all-time high temperature record twice, with 112 degrees Sunday and 115 degrees (as of 5 p.m.) on Monday. We had 108 degrees on Saturday, which tied… Read story
June 28, 2021, 4:25pm Clark County News Free
With Vancouver poised to break the all-time high temperature record set Sunday of 112 degrees, many are hunkering down indoors or flocking to water to beat the heat. Read story
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