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The Columbia River snakes through the Columbia River Gorge, seen from the Cape Horn lookout in May. The most recent biennium budget proposal from the state Senate and House of Representatives eliminates all funding for the Columbia River Gorge Commission that oversees the national scenic area.

Columbia River Gorge Commission facing funding cuts as Legislature grapples with state’s budget deficit

The Columbia River snakes through the Columbia River Gorge, seen from the Cape Horn lookout in May. The most recent biennium budget proposal from the state Senate and House of Representatives eliminates all funding for the Columbia River Gorge Commission that oversees the national scenic area.

April 1, 2025, 5:29pm Clark County News

The latest budget proposal from the Legislature could mean the end for the Columbia River Gorge Commission, which was established four decades ago to protect the national scenic area. Read story

The 2022 Kalama Fire burned 500 acres on the south side of Mount St. Helens in 2022.

Forest Service to replant trees lost in wildfires in Gifford Pinchot National Forest

The 2022 Kalama Fire burned 500 acres on the south side of Mount St. Helens in 2022.

April 1, 2025, 6:07am Clark County News

The U.S. Forest Service is planning to replant 134 acres of trees in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest lost during the 2022 Siouxon, Kalama and Sunset fires. The federal agency is accepting public comment on the proposal until Sunday. Read story

Logging in the Yacolt Burn forested area known as the Dabbler sale will likely resume after a judge denied environmental groups’ request for a temporary injunction.

Logging likely to restart on 140 acres in Yacolt Burn after injunction denied

Logging in the Yacolt Burn forested area known as the Dabbler sale will likely resume after a judge denied environmental groups’ request for a temporary injunction.

March 31, 2025, 11:04am Business

Logging on remote forestland in northeast Clark County will likely resume now that Legacy Forest Defense Coalition and Friends of Clark County’s motion for a preliminary injunction has been denied. Read story

Clark County Food Bank is assessing the impact of federal cuts on food assistance.

Clark County Food Bank funding sources totaling $900K paused or canceled in USDA cuts

Clark County Food Bank is assessing the impact of federal cuts on food assistance.

March 31, 2025, 6:07am Business

Clark County Food Bank leaders are assessing the impact of cuts to local food assistance after the Trump administration revoked nearly $5 million in emergency food aid for Washington on March 25. Read story

R.J. Piercey walks around the van she lives in at the Evergreen Safe Parking Zone on Sept. 1, 2022. The city’s Safe Park recently switched hands from Thrive2Survive to Live Love Outreach.

Vancouver fires Thrive2Survive as operator of Safe Park at Evergreen Transit Center

R.J. Piercey walks around the van she lives in at the Evergreen Safe Parking Zone on Sept. 1, 2022. The city’s Safe Park recently switched hands from Thrive2Survive to Live Love Outreach.

March 31, 2025, 6:05am Business

The city of Vancouver fired the operator of its Safe Park, where people can legally live in their vehicles, for allegedly ignoring drug deals and overbilling the city by $72,000. Read story

Elizabeth Gomez, right, co-owner of Bridge City Contracting, left, talks with former Clark County commissioner Judie Stanton about her bathroom remodel in 2021. Gomez has an Aging-in-Place Specialist certification through the National Association of Home Builders and helped the county create a permit allowing same-day remodels under certain conditions.

New Clark County permit speeds urgent home upgrades when time is of the essence

Elizabeth Gomez, right, co-owner of Bridge City Contracting, left, talks with former Clark County commissioner Judie Stanton about her bathroom remodel in 2021. Gomez has an Aging-in-Place Specialist certification through the National Association of Home Builders and helped the county create a permit allowing same-day remodels under certain conditions.

March 29, 2025, 6:11am Business

The Clark County Community Development department introduced a first-of-its-kind permit designed to help contractors make urgent home modifications without waiting weeks. Read story

Dr. Amrita Stark of the Child and Adolescent Clinic wears a button in support of Medicaid on Tuesday morning.

‘Medicaid affects us all’: If cuts enacted, Southwest Washington doctors fear for young patients

Dr. Amrita Stark of the Child and Adolescent Clinic wears a button in support of Medicaid on Tuesday morning.

March 29, 2025, 6:10am Clark County Health

As deep cuts to the federal Medicaid program inch closer to reality, doctors at the Child and Adolescent Clinic are worried about their young patients. Read story

Government officials join staff and supporters at the opening of Columbia River Mental Health Services’ NorthStar Clinic in August 2023.

Columbia River Mental Health finds means to offer some services but cash flow problems that started last year remain

Government officials join staff and supporters at the opening of Columbia River Mental Health Services’ NorthStar Clinic in August 2023.

March 28, 2025, 2:19pm Clark County Health

After announcing earlier this week it would suspend operations, Columbia River Mental Health Services has found a way to continue providing select behavioral health programs, including methadone distribution at its NorthStar Clinic — at least for now. Read story

Pedestrians cross Mill Plain Boulevard on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The homeless camp that existed along the sound wall was cleared weeks ago, with residents scattering elsewhere into Vancouver.

‘There is this cloud that’s lifted’: Hough neighborhood residents thankful sound wall homeless camp cleared

Pedestrians cross Mill Plain Boulevard on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The homeless camp that existed along the sound wall was cleared weeks ago, with residents scattering elsewhere into Vancouver.

March 28, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

Three weeks after the city cleared a homeless camp along the sound wall on West Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver, nearby residents say they haven’t noticed people return, as feared. Read story

Crews lay down gravel on a new road being built by Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad to service future mining activity in the Chelatchie Bluff mineral lands. The Clark County Council will likely repeal an ordinance approving surface mining zoning in the Chelatchie Bluff area now that the Washington Court of Appeals upheld a state hearing board ruling faulting the county for its approval.

Clark County Council ready to repeal ordinance that allows mining in Chelatchie Bluff area

Crews lay down gravel on a new road being built by Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad to service future mining activity in the Chelatchie Bluff mineral lands. The Clark County Council will likely repeal an ordinance approving surface mining zoning in the Chelatchie Bluff area now that the Washington Court of Appeals upheld a state hearing board ruling faulting the county for its approval.

March 27, 2025, 1:03pm Clark County News

The Clark County Council is ready to repeal a 2022 ordinance that added surface mining zoning to 330 acres in the Chelatchie Bluff area. The ordinance, which the council upheld in 2024, has left the county out of compliance with the state Growth Management Act. Read story