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Carolyn Hayden of Vancouver chats with the bus driver as she boards C-Tran’s Route 39 on Thursday. Hayden is a veteran and she said she uses the route often to get to the VA Portland Health Care System Vancouver Campus. She routinely bakes bread for C-Tran staff, but she says she’ll stop if Route 39 is eliminated.

C-Tran’s possible elimination of Route 39 stirs anxiety, anger

Carolyn Hayden of Vancouver chats with the bus driver as she boards C-Tran’s Route 39 on Thursday. Hayden is a veteran and she said she uses the route often to get to the VA Portland Health Care System Vancouver Campus. She routinely bakes bread for C-Tran staff, but she says she’ll stop if Route 39 is eliminated.

April 19, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News

Carolyn Hayden, known to some as the bread lady, has been baking bread for C-Tran staff for years, dropping off loaves at the Vancouver Mall or Fisher's Landing transit centers. Read story

Candidate emerges for Oliver’s seat on Port of Vancouver board

April 18, 2019, 9:12pm Clark County News

Vancouver accountant Dan Barnes announced this week that he will run for a seat on the Port of Vancouver Board of Commissioners. Read story

Traffic ground to a halt northbound on Interstate 5 Monday afternoon.

Northbound lanes of Interstate Bridge close for emergency sign repair

Traffic ground to a halt northbound on Interstate 5 Monday afternoon.

April 15, 2019, 3:57pm Clark County News

The northbound lanes of the Interstate Bridge are temporarily closed for "emergency sign repair," according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. Read story

Cyclist Maurice Goudeau of Vancouver cruises past Clark College as he approaches the intersection of Fort Vancouver Way and McLoughlin Boulevard in the bike lane last week. At top, a sign near Clark College offers directions for people on two wheels as well as four.

Impact of bike lanes, parking on property values difficult to determine

Cyclist Maurice Goudeau of Vancouver cruises past Clark College as he approaches the intersection of Fort Vancouver Way and McLoughlin Boulevard in the bike lane last week. At top, a sign near Clark College offers directions for people on two wheels as well as four.

April 15, 2019, 6:04am Clark County News

The potential loss of on-street parking for protected bike lanes along Columbia Street in Vancouver has prompted Glen Yung of the Hough neighborhood to pack up and leave. Read story

A view of the area, top right, where the Ascot Mining Company wants to do more exploratory drilling. This photo was taken in October 2011.

Group sues to prohibit Mount St. Helens’ drilling

A view of the area, top right, where the Ascot Mining Company wants to do more exploratory drilling. This photo was taken in October 2011.

April 9, 2019, 6:01am Clark County News

A conservation group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management over the agencies’ decision to allow exploratory drilling in the upper Green River Valley at Goat Mountain, near the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. Read story

An air tanker drops retardant on a wheat field as crews battled an Eastern Washington wildfire last August.

Above-normal fire potential, four-month forecast says

An air tanker drops retardant on a wheat field as crews battled an Eastern Washington wildfire last August.

April 8, 2019, 6:05am Clark County News

Early forecasting shows above-normal potential for large, costly fires west of the Cascades through spring into early summer, according to officials at the National Interagency Fire Center. Read story

Winter storms washed out this section of Northwest Pacific Highway near La Center, as seen Feb. 25. Crews have since rebuilt and reopened the road.

Pacific Highway west of La Center reopens

Winter storms washed out this section of Northwest Pacific Highway near La Center, as seen Feb. 25. Crews have since rebuilt and reopened the road.

April 1, 2019, 7:39pm Clark County News

Northwest Pacific Highway west of La Center is back open after heavy rainfall and flooding washed out large chunks of the road in February, leaving the way closed for weeks. Read story

A helicopter and search-and-rescue personnel are seen at Marble Mountain Sno-Park as part of a rescue effort for two men who were stuck on Mount St. Helens overnight Sunday.

Two overdue hikers rescued off Mount St. Helens

A helicopter and search-and-rescue personnel are seen at Marble Mountain Sno-Park as part of a rescue effort for two men who were stuck on Mount St. Helens overnight Sunday.

March 25, 2019, 5:26pm Clark County News

The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office said it received word from the Tigard, Ore., Police Department about two overdue hikers on Mount St. Helens Sunday. Read story

Traffic moves along Interstate 5 near the Rose Quarter in Portland.

$500 million ODOT plan addresses Rose Quarter bottleneck issue

Traffic moves along Interstate 5 near the Rose Quarter in Portland.

March 25, 2019, 6:01am Clark County News

For years, Clark County critics of the failed Columbia River Crossing project complained that Oregon should work first to fix the bottleneck on Interstate 5 through the Rose Quarter. Read story

Two Vancouver men charged over Portland brawls

March 12, 2019, 7:46pm Clark County News

The Multnomah County, Ore., district attorney on Tuesday released a sealed indictment charging two Vancouver men affiliated with far-right groups organizing in the Northwest with assault, following a year of street brawls with protestors. Read story