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‘THIS IS NOT A DRILL’: Clark College goes into lockdown after report of stabbing

May 14, 2024, 6:51pm Clark County News

Clark College locked down its main campus Tuesday afternoon after reports of a stabbing. Read story

Environmental group seeks closure of Camp Bonneville shooting range

May 14, 2024, 6:31pm Clark County News Updated 1 hour ago

An environmental group is trying to persuade Clark County to permanently close the shooting range at Camp Bonneville, the former military training grounds north of Camas. Read story

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Ring Camera footage provided by a reader shows a cougar roaming around Northeast Padden Parkway and 137th Avenue in east Vancouver Sunday morning.

Cougar caught on camera at 137th and Padden Parkway in Orchards

Ring Camera footage provided by a reader shows a cougar roaming around Northeast Padden Parkway and 137th Avenue in east Vancouver Sunday morning.

May 14, 2024, 3:41pm Clark County Life Updated 3 hours ago

A cougar was spotted in a residential area near Padden Parkway and Northeast 137th Avenue in Orchards this weekend. Read story

Absci is based in east Vancouver.

Just months after public offering, Absci heading for clinical trials with a biologic drug candidate

Absci is based in east Vancouver.

May 14, 2024, 2:39pm Business Updated 3 hours ago

After raising nearly $90 million in its recent public offering, Vancouver-based Absci is advancing toward clinical trials for what would be its first biologic drug candidate. Read story

Volunteer Mark Gutman lends a hand during the AARP Tax-Aide program at the Luepke Senior Center in 2022. The Clark County Assessor&rsquo;s Office will hold events from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on May 17 at the Firstenburg Community Center in the Resource Classroom and May 31 at the Luepke Senior Center to help people apply for a state property tax exemption program for seniors and people with disabilities.

Clark County homeowners age 61 or older may qualify for a property tax break but many don’t know it

Volunteer Mark Gutman lends a hand during the AARP Tax-Aide program at the Luepke Senior Center in 2022. The Clark County Assessor&rsquo;s Office will hold events from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on May 17 at the Firstenburg Community Center in the Resource Classroom and May 31 at the Luepke Senior Center to help people apply for a state property tax exemption program for seniors and people with disabilities.

May 14, 2024, 11:51am Business Updated 7 hours ago

Older homeowners and people with disabilities could be saving thousands in property taxes but Clark County Assessor’s Office staff say a state tax-exemption program is underutilized. Read story

Reform Clark County signature gatherers hope to get the Restore Election Confidence initiative on November's ballot.

Clark County election security petition pushes for 27,702 signatures; WinCo says not at our stores

Reform Clark County signature gatherers hope to get the Restore Election Confidence initiative on November's ballot.

May 14, 2024, 6:09am Clark County News Updated 12 hours ago

Perhaps you have seen signs across Clark County urging, “Save your vote,” or noticed people with clipboards outside local businesses. Read story

Umpire John Telyea, second from left, talks with Camas JV coach Liam Fitzpatrick, left, Skyview JV coach Trevor Mueller, second from right, and umpire Fritz Porter on April 23 at Camas High School. Telyea is one of a handful of baseball and softball high school umpires in Clark County wearing body cameras as part of a Washington Interscholastic Activities Association pilot program.

Body cameras go up to bat: Clark County umpires wear bodycams to curb bad behavior

Umpire John Telyea, second from left, talks with Camas JV coach Liam Fitzpatrick, left, Skyview JV coach Trevor Mueller, second from right, and umpire Fritz Porter on April 23 at Camas High School. Telyea is one of a handful of baseball and softball high school umpires in Clark County wearing body cameras as part of a Washington Interscholastic Activities Association pilot program.

May 14, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 1 hour ago

John Telyea began umpiring baseball games at age 12 to stay involved in a sport he loved but didn’t play well himself. Read story

Patty Kinswa-Gaiser, right, chair of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, and council member Suzanne Donaldson perform a &ldquo;calling in the ancestors&rdquo; song Friday at Kwoneesum Dam northeast of Washougal. The 1960s-era dam is slated to be removed this summer, restoring Wildboy Creek to its natural state.

‘Welcome to our cathedral’: Cowlitz tribe, Columbia Land Trust hail dam’s pending removal

Patty Kinswa-Gaiser, right, chair of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, and council member Suzanne Donaldson perform a &ldquo;calling in the ancestors&rdquo; song Friday at Kwoneesum Dam northeast of Washougal. The 1960s-era dam is slated to be removed this summer, restoring Wildboy Creek to its natural state.

May 14, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News Updated 4 hours ago

Getting to Kwoneesum Dam involves a bumpy, jarring 45-minute drive up rural, unpaved roads not easily found on a map. But it’s worth the rough drive. Read story

Stacey Condren looks over a broken gnome along The Gnome Trail, which was extensively vandalized recently. Top left: Stacey Condren and her husband installed this sign and the first small party of gnomes near the west end of the Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway Trail.

Vandals destroyed a Gnome Trail in Hazel Dell; now the masterminds are looking for help to rebuild

Stacey Condren looks over a broken gnome along The Gnome Trail, which was extensively vandalized recently. Top left: Stacey Condren and her husband installed this sign and the first small party of gnomes near the west end of the Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway Trail.

May 14, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Wanted, to repopulate the woods after a wave of senseless destruction: gnomes, fairies, elves and other magical minifigs, brave and true, to face down the mysterious menace. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Delightful mild, dry May weather continues this week

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

May 14, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

We had a new record high temperature for Friday, May 10 in Vancouver. It was 90 degrees, surpassing the old record by one degree set back in 1941. On Saturday it was hot again, but we failed to officially reach 90 degrees and finished with 89 degrees, short of the… Read story