Clark County News

Chipotle Mexican Grill opening downtown Vancouver location Tuesday

May 20, 2024, 5:54pm Business Updated 12 hours ago

A seventh Chipotle Mexican Grill location in Clark County is opening Tuesday at 1600 Washington St., Suite 101 Read story

Memorial Day events convene in Vancouver, Battle Ground, Washougal

May 20, 2024, 5:27pm Clark County News Updated 11 hours ago

Clark County cities will host myriad ceremonies May 27 to honor the fallen who fought for our freedom. Read story

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Camas school board vice president resigns effective June 21

May 20, 2024, 5:50pm Clark County News Updated 12 hours ago

Camas school board Vice President Erika Cox on Monday announced her resignation, which is effective June 21. Cox, a former parent-teacher association president with a history of public service, has been on the school board since 2018. Read story

Julio Segura, right, listens to opening statements May 6 for his murder trial in the 2022 death of off-duty Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota at the Clark County Courthouse.

Prosecutors will call final witness Tuesday in trial in death of Vancouver police officer

May 20, 2024, 4:04pm Clark County News

Clark County prosecutors plan to call their final witnesses Tuesday in the murder trial of a Yakima man accused in the death of off-duty Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota. Read story

Black Friday shoppers carry shopping bags at Vancouver Mall on Nov. 24. Taxable retail sales rose faster in the third quarter here than in Washington’s other urban areas.

Clark County’s taxable retail sales rose 1.69% in Q3 outpacing state’s other metro areas

May 20, 2024, 6:05am Business

Statewide retail sales slumped slightly in the third quarter of 2023, compared with the previous year, according to a recent report from the Washington Department of Revenue. But that’s not the case locally. Read story

Red dresses representing murdered and missing Indigenous women hang from trees outside the Cowlitz Indian Tribe Health & Human Services office in Hazel Dell on May 3. May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.

Washington is 2nd in the U.S. for missing and murdered Indigenous women; have recent efforts made headway?

May 18, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News Updated 18 hours ago

Julian C. Ankney of the Nez Perce Tribe heard stories since she was a child that Indigenous people go missing at higher rates. The statistics showed Indigenous people go missing at a rate 10 times the national average. In 2018, Ankney’s then-26-year-old brother vanished from an Idaho mall. Read story

Summer on the Mountain: Mount St. Helens pinnacle of recreation, science and learning

The scenic boardwalk at the foot of Coldwater Lake.

May 18, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 12 hours ago

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT — The fact that unpredictably moving rock has blocked the road to its prime visitor center says a lot about Mount St. Helens. Much of the landscape around this active volcano is literally new, making it one of the most uniquely beautiful and educational… Read story