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Disposable vape devices, like this Puff Bar flavored disposable, can leach nicotine and hazardous gases thrown away or placed in recycling bins. Clark County Public Health recently launched an educational campaign on how to properly dispose of the devices.

Clark County Public Health campaign focuses on proper disposal of e-cigarettes, vaping devices

Disposable vape devices, like this Puff Bar flavored disposable, can leach nicotine and hazardous gases thrown away or placed in recycling bins. Clark County Public Health recently launched an educational campaign on how to properly dispose of the devices.

September 4, 2024, 5:12pm Business

If you’re among the thousands of Washington residents who use e-cigarettes or vape devices, you likely have wondered what to do with your old ones. Read story

Registered nurse John McPherson, second from left, works with colleagues as they prepare for a patient in the cardiac services unit at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center on Thursday morning.

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center expands its cardiac care, offers nonsurgical heart procedures 24/7

Registered nurse John McPherson, second from left, works with colleagues as they prepare for a patient in the cardiac services unit at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center on Thursday morning.

September 4, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health

On what seemed like a normal work day April 17, Yacolt resident Richard Blake suddenly began experiencing arm pain and indigestion — classic signs of a heart attack. Read story

The city of Vancouver is accepting grant applications for tourism and cultural enrichment projects through Sept. 30. The grants are for event and festival organizers and tourism promoters. Chosen applicants will receive funding to use in 2025.

Grants funded by Vancouver’s lodging tax will promote tourism, events in the city

The city of Vancouver is accepting grant applications for tourism and cultural enrichment projects through Sept. 30. The grants are for event and festival organizers and tourism promoters. Chosen applicants will receive funding to use in 2025.

September 4, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

The city of Vancouver is accepting grant applications for tourism and cultural enrichment projects through Sept. 30. Read story

Vancouver City Manager Eric Holmes (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

Outgoing Vancouver City Manager Eric Holmes to receive First Citizen Award

Vancouver City Manager Eric Holmes (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

September 3, 2024, 4:38pm Business

Outgoing Vancouver City Manager Eric Holmes will receive this year’s First Citizen Award from the Greater Vancouver Chamber, the business organization announced Tuesday. Read story

The Waterfront Gateway project is expected to bridge downtown Vancouver to the waterfront district.

Affordable housing project in Vancouver’s Waterfront Gateway gets $4.5M in state funds

The Waterfront Gateway project is expected to bridge downtown Vancouver to the waterfront district.

September 3, 2024, 6:09am Business

The Washington State Department of Commerce has awarded $4.5 million to an affordable housing project in Vancouver’s Waterfront Gateway. Read story

Trent Standard, right, kisses his daughter Hazel, 2, on the cheek while mom Janet holds her Friday at Homestead Park in east Vancouver. The Standards are hosting a Walk-A-Thon fundraiser Saturday at Evergreen High School to raise money for their daughter who has a rare condition called Smith-Magenis syndrome.

Fighting for visibility: Vancouver couple raise awareness for daughter with rare genetic condition, host Walk-A-Thon fundraiser

Trent Standard, right, kisses his daughter Hazel, 2, on the cheek while mom Janet holds her Friday at Homestead Park in east Vancouver. The Standards are hosting a Walk-A-Thon fundraiser Saturday at Evergreen High School to raise money for their daughter who has a rare condition called Smith-Magenis syndrome.

September 3, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health

When Janet and Trent Standard welcomed their daughter two years ago, they not only embraced parenthood but soon advocacy after discovering she was born with a rare genetic condition. Read story

JCPenney operated in downtown Vancouver in 1976 before it moved to the Vancouver Mall. Clash Beauty Collective now occupies the building on Main Street.

50 years ago Vancouver’s Main Street was bustling; the city’s plans hope to recapture those days

JCPenney operated in downtown Vancouver in 1976 before it moved to the Vancouver Mall. Clash Beauty Collective now occupies the building on Main Street.

August 31, 2024, 6:14am Business

A long-awaited $21 million, two-year project to overhaul Main Street in downtown Vancouver is expected to begin this fall. Read story

Cascade Renewable Transmission is planning to build a 100-mile-long transmission line between Bonneville Power Administration’s Big Eddy substation in The Dalles, Ore., near The Dalles Dam, and Portland General Electric’s Harborton substation in Portland.

Company wants to bury 100-mile transmission line in Columbia River; it could carry solar, wind energy to Clark County

Cascade Renewable Transmission is planning to build a 100-mile-long transmission line between Bonneville Power Administration’s Big Eddy substation in The Dalles, Ore., near The Dalles Dam, and Portland General Electric’s Harborton substation in Portland.

August 30, 2024, 6:07am Business

A pair of Connecticut companies are seeking approval to bury a 100-mile transmission line in the bed of the Columbia River to carry solar and wind energy to the Portland-Vancouver area. Read story

The Durkee property, at center, sits next to the Smiths&rsquo; residence on Tuesday, along Northeast 219th Street in Battle Ground. The family donated the property in 1992 with the idea that it would be developed into a park or public space.

Battle Ground’s parks master plan includes opening Durkee property for the first time

The Durkee property, at center, sits next to the Smiths&rsquo; residence on Tuesday, along Northeast 219th Street in Battle Ground. The family donated the property in 1992 with the idea that it would be developed into a park or public space.

August 29, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

While searching through family archives in 2018, Susan Tripp discovered that her family generations back owned a 40-acre farm outside of Battle Ground, which is now part of the city’s parks master plan. Read story

The ESD112 Hough Early Learning Center in Vancouver has been awarded an almost $80,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce.

Vancouver early learning centers get more than $400,000 from state to make renovations

The ESD112 Hough Early Learning Center in Vancouver has been awarded an almost $80,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce.

August 27, 2024, 2:45pm Clark County News

Four Vancouver early-learning providers received a combined $400,000 from the Washington State Department of Commerce. Read story