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Specialized Housing Executive Director Brian McCarl, right, talks to a crowd full of community members and state leaders including Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, and Clark County Treasurer Alishia Topper on Wednesday in Felida.

Nonprofit breaks ground on senior apartments in Felida after four years of planning

Specialized Housing Executive Director Brian McCarl, right, talks to a crowd full of community members and state leaders including Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, and Clark County Treasurer Alishia Topper on Wednesday in Felida.

October 28, 2024, 6:10am Clark County Health

As excavators scooped up dirt, community leaders celebrated a unique development that will help Clark County seniors age in place. Read story

*LEADOPTION* Moderators Amy Reynolds, from left, and Britton Brown listen as Oregon Law Center Director of Litigation Ed Johnson speaks on a panel with  Vancouver Police Department Assistant Chief Erika Nilsen and Vancouver Housing Authority CEO Andy Silver.

‘We will never arrest our way out of homelessness’: Vancouver panel discusses criminalization

*LEADOPTION* Moderators Amy Reynolds, from left, and Britton Brown listen as Oregon Law Center Director of Litigation Ed Johnson speaks on a panel with  Vancouver Police Department Assistant Chief Erika Nilsen and Vancouver Housing Authority CEO Andy Silver.

October 25, 2024, 1:54pm Clark County News

The Portland attorney who took a landmark case on homelessness to the U.S. Supreme Court calls fining people for sleeping outside “the leaf-blower approach.” Read story

Yale Bridge on state Highway 503 to close intermittently for repairs Tuesday

October 21, 2024, 4:23pm Clark County News

Yale Bridge will close intermittently on Tuesday so workers can repair a hole in its deck, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. Read story

Camas-Washougal Community Chest seeks grant applications

October 21, 2024, 12:43pm Clark County News

The Camas-Washougal Community Chest is soliciting 2025 grant application from nonprofit organizations serving the two cities. Read story

Vista Del Rio interim boardmembers Gloria Titus, clockwise from top, Tom Kent, Deb Swope and Rick Seekins hold a board meeting Tuesday. Residents are trying to buy the park, which has been put up for sale by the property owner. .

‘We need a miracle’: Senior residents trying to buy their east Vancouver mobile home park

Vista Del Rio interim boardmembers Gloria Titus, clockwise from top, Tom Kent, Deb Swope and Rick Seekins hold a board meeting Tuesday. Residents are trying to buy the park, which has been put up for sale by the property owner. .

October 18, 2024, 6:10am Business

Marlene and Richard Stanley moved into their home 44 years ago — a yellow manufactured house with a lush garden. Over the years, they invested in improvements and created family memories within those four walls. Read story

Derek Huegel, co-owner of Wolf Industries, walks through the kitchen of a one-bedroom unit in the new tiny home community, Ogden District Cottages, earlier this month.

Ogden cottages offer below-market rent and a chance at community in Vancouver

Derek Huegel, co-owner of Wolf Industries, walks through the kitchen of a one-bedroom unit in the new tiny home community, Ogden District Cottages, earlier this month.

October 15, 2024, 6:08am Business

As Derek Huegel walked through a small cottage in the Ogden neighborhood, he pointed to the in-unit washer and dryer and the contemporary finishes, including hardwood floors. Read story

Visitors tour the new Community Roots Collaborative O Street property, which opens next week to local families. Community leaders said the property symbolizes a new beginning for people exiting homelessness.

Vancouver tiny home community ready to welcome families struggling with housing and homelessness

Visitors tour the new Community Roots Collaborative O Street property, which opens next week to local families. Community leaders said the property symbolizes a new beginning for people exiting homelessness.

October 11, 2024, 1:38pm Clark County News

Community Roots Collaborative has begun welcoming families to its latest housing project, seven small cottages for people moving off the streets. Read story

Vancouver accepting applications for housing grants

October 4, 2024, 1:41pm Clark County News

The city of Vancouver is accepting applications for the 2025 Economic Prosperity and Housing grant funding cycle. The city anticipates that about $1.8 million will be available for eligible housing projects. Read story

In this photo taken the day after a fatal incident Georgia Pacific in Camas, a perimeter gate around the packing machine is shown with non-interlock doors. Following the death, Georgia Pacific installed interlock magnet doors that will not open until power has been shut off and a computer verifies no energy is getting to or being stored in the machine.

‘Could have been prevented’: Camas paper mill fined $650,000 in worker’s death

In this photo taken the day after a fatal incident Georgia Pacific in Camas, a perimeter gate around the packing machine is shown with non-interlock doors. Following the death, Georgia Pacific installed interlock magnet doors that will not open until power has been shut off and a computer verifies no energy is getting to or being stored in the machine.

October 3, 2024, 12:44pm Business

Georgia-Pacific has been fined nearly $650,000 by the state in the workplace death of a 32-year-old Camas paper mill employee who was crushed by a packing machine March 8. Read story

Volunteer Sarah Peterson of Self Balance Massage works with a participant during the annual Stand Down resource event at the Armed Forces Reserve Center on Friday afternoon.

‘Something for everyone’: Annual Stand Down event offers resources for Clark County veterans

Volunteer Sarah Peterson of Self Balance Massage works with a participant during the annual Stand Down resource event at the Armed Forces Reserve Center on Friday afternoon.

September 30, 2024, 11:29am Community Funded Journalism

There was something for every veteran during the annual Stand Down event Friday at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in east Vancouver. Read story