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Meeting attendees hold signs Monday during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The meeting was packed with community members for and against a recent initiative that would require any traffic lane removals go to a public vote.

Save Vancouver Streets initiative declared legally invalid at packed Vancouver City Council meeting

Meeting attendees hold signs Monday during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The meeting was packed with community members for and against a recent initiative that would require any traffic lane removals go to a public vote.

January 7, 2025, 2:29pm Clark County News

In front of a room packed with more than 100 people Monday night, Vancouver officials declared an initiative that would require voter approval to remove traffic lanes from city streets to be legally invalid and ineligible for placement on a future ballot. Read story

Drivers pass a stretch of Southeast McGillivray Boulevard without sidewalks Aug. 2. The city will choose a final project design later this fall.

Vancouver officials say Save Our Streets initiative could cause delays in street repairs

Drivers pass a stretch of Southeast McGillivray Boulevard without sidewalks Aug. 2. The city will choose a final project design later this fall.

January 2, 2025, 11:51am Clark County News

The city of Vancouver says a citizen initiative that would require voter approval to remove traffic lanes on streets in Vancouver could have costly effects, allow roads to fall further into disrepair and hold the city back from achieving its climate goals. Read story

State Department of Health launches winter seasonal hazards dashboard

December 31, 2024, 3:39pm Clark County Health

The Washington State Department of Health launched a winter seasonal hazards dashboard to help inform residents about public health and safety trends and to better prepare for seasonal hazards. Read story

Westbound traffic approaches the Camas Slough Bridge on Highway 14. The eastbound lanes of Highway 14 on Jan. 7 for emergency pavement repairs.

Emergency pavement repair set for Highway 14 West Camas Slough Bridge

Westbound traffic approaches the Camas Slough Bridge on Highway 14. The eastbound lanes of Highway 14 on Jan. 7 for emergency pavement repairs.

December 31, 2024, 3:03pm Clark County News

Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will begin emergency pavement repairs Tuesday on state Highway 14 West Camas Slough Bridge to address damaged pavement. Read story

Rental prices in Clark County are climbing again after a reprieve in 2023.

Clark County rents again climbing after overproduction drove down prices in 2023

Rental prices in Clark County are climbing again after a reprieve in 2023.

December 24, 2024, 6:09am Business

After a record decline in average rents in 2023, rents began climbing again this year despite increased vacancy rates. Read story

Shadbreon Gatson, 43, of Vancouver, an English teacher at Hudson’s Bay High School, makes a first appearance Monday in Clark County Superior Court on allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor.

Hudson’s Bay custodian reported finding teacher, student having sex on Vancouver campus in 2013, court records say

Shadbreon Gatson, 43, of Vancouver, an English teacher at Hudson’s Bay High School, makes a first appearance Monday in Clark County Superior Court on allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor.

December 23, 2024, 3:15pm Clark County News

A judge on Monday ordered $100,000 bail for a Hudson’s Bay High School teacher accused of having sex with a 16-year-old female student at school in 2013, an allegation that was reported to school administrators at the time. Read story

Bryan Keever of Vancouver checks out the selection of music Wednesday at Ronald Records, which moved to a new Main Street location in downtown Vancouver.

Kindred Homestead, Ronald Records find new homes a few blocks north on Main in Vancouver

Bryan Keever of Vancouver checks out the selection of music Wednesday at Ronald Records, which moved to a new Main Street location in downtown Vancouver.

December 23, 2024, 6:07am Business

Kindred Homestead Supply and Ronald Records have reopened on upper Main Street in Vancouver after renovations forced them out of their old location on lower Main. Read story

Share Orchards Inn Program Manager Ro Michell rolls out wrapping paper Thursday while wrapping gifts for residents of the shelter that helps women and families.

Clark County shelters try to give kids some Christmas magic

Share Orchards Inn Program Manager Ro Michell rolls out wrapping paper Thursday while wrapping gifts for residents of the shelter that helps women and families.

December 21, 2024, 6:11am Clark County News

For kids, the holidays are a magical time. Clark County shelters don’t want that magic to be lost for children who can’t be home for the holidays. Read story

The city of Vancouver has agreed to purchase a property in the Van Mall neighborhood for its 150-bed homeless shelter. The property will be leveled before the city acquires the land and constructs the shelter.

Vancouver to pay more than $6M for former Naydenov building that will house 150-bed homeless shelter

The city of Vancouver has agreed to purchase a property in the Van Mall neighborhood for its 150-bed homeless shelter. The property will be leveled before the city acquires the land and constructs the shelter.

December 17, 2024, 2:25pm Business

The Vancouver City Council on Monday agreed to pay philanthropist Michael Lynch more than $6.29 million for 3 acres in the Van Mall neighborhood where the city plans to build a 150-bed homeless shelter. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee, left, chats with Sjon Mackey, a resident at The Outpost Safe Stay Community, during a tour of the property on Oct. 31, 2022. Mackey lives in a pallet shelter at the Safe Stay.

Vancouver issues emergency order to keep two Safe Stays open

Gov. Jay Inslee, left, chats with Sjon Mackey, a resident at The Outpost Safe Stay Community, during a tour of the property on Oct. 31, 2022. Mackey lives in a pallet shelter at the Safe Stay.

December 17, 2024, 1:53pm Clark County News

The city of Vancouver issued an emergency order to keep the city’s first two Safe Stays, shelter communities made up of 20 hutlike structures for people experiencing homelessness, open for another year. Read story