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Ecology fines Camas-area man $71,800 for damage to wetlands on his property

January 7, 2025, 3:29pm Clark County News

Washington’s Department of Ecology fined Chad Williams of Camas $71,800 for damaging wetlands on his property and failing to comply with a 2022 agreement to restore them, according to a Tuesday news release from the agency. Read story

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

Bad Company and Lynyrd Skynyrd fans pack the lawn seating at the amphitheater in Ridgefield in 2013. The concert venue is now called the Cascades Amphitheater.

Amphitheater in Ridgefield gets yet another a new name

Bad Company and Lynyrd Skynyrd fans pack the lawn seating at the amphitheater in Ridgefield in 2013. The concert venue is now called the Cascades Amphitheater.

January 7, 2025, 1:38pm Clark County News Free

The amphitheater in Ridgefield has been renamed the Cascades Amphitheater. Read story

Vanessa Gaston attends a joint meeting with the Vancouver City Council and the Clark County Council in 2017.

Ethics commission investigates a complaint against Clark County Community Services director

Vanessa Gaston attends a joint meeting with the Vancouver City Council and the Clark County Council in 2017.

January 7, 2025, 6:09am Clark County News

Clark County’s ethics commission is investigating a complaint filed against Vanessa Gaston, who has served as director of the Community Services department since 2007. Read story

Cartons of eggs are shown for sale on Jan. 17, 2023, in North Miami, Fla. Egg prices have recently soared to record highs nationwide.

Record-high egg prices a shock for shoppers in Clark County

Cartons of eggs are shown for sale on Jan. 17, 2023, in North Miami, Fla. Egg prices have recently soared to record highs nationwide.

January 7, 2025, 6:08am Business

Shoppers rang in the new year with record-high egg prices. Read story

Students head toward the Vancouver Public Schools administrative services building during a school walkout Monday morning, Jan. 6, 2025.

Letter released by Vancouver district says Hudson’s Bay teacher exhibited ‘poor judgment and boundaries’

Students head toward the Vancouver Public Schools administrative services building during a school walkout Monday morning, Jan. 6, 2025.

January 6, 2025, 4:27pm Clark County News

Students and parents who rallied Monday at Vancouver school district offices questioned administrators’ handling of allegations against Hudson’s Bay High School English teacher Shadbreon Gatson. Read story

Hudson's Bay High School students walk out of class to protest the district's handling of teacher sex allegations Monday morning, Jan. 6, 2025.

Hudson’s Bay students walk out of class to protest district’s handling of teacher sex allegations

Hudson's Bay High School students walk out of class to protest the district's handling of teacher sex allegations Monday morning, Jan. 6, 2025.

January 6, 2025, 3:06pm Clark County News

Hundreds of Hudson’s Bay High School students walked out of class Monday morning to protest the school district’s handling of 2013 sex allegations against a teacher. Read story

Hudson’s Bay High School is pictured Friday morning, May 1, 2020.

2 Vancouver school officials step aside amid concerns over handling of teacher sexual misconduct allegations

Hudson’s Bay High School is pictured Friday morning, May 1, 2020.

January 4, 2025, 6:00pm Clark County News

Two administrators volunteered to step away from their jobs as the Vancouver school district continues its investigation into sexual allegations against a teacher they supervised. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee, left, checks out the logo for Clark County’s law enforcement training academy in east Vancouver while joined by Cmdr. Dave Miller of the Criminal Justice Training Commission at the center’s opening on Jan. 5, 2024. Local officials are now asking the state Legislature to dedicate millions of dollars to study the feasibility of building a permanent center at the Boschma Farms property in Ridgefield.

Boschma family eyes donating Ridgefield property for a new home for regional law enforcement training academy

Gov. Jay Inslee, left, checks out the logo for Clark County’s law enforcement training academy in east Vancouver while joined by Cmdr. Dave Miller of the Criminal Justice Training Commission at the center’s opening on Jan. 5, 2024. Local officials are now asking the state Legislature to dedicate millions of dollars to study the feasibility of building a permanent center at the Boschma Farms property in Ridgefield.

January 4, 2025, 6:13am Business

Local officials are eyeing land at Boschma Farms in Ridgefield to build the permanent home of Southwest Washington’s regional law enforcement training academy. Read story

Backpacker Pizza offers 12-inch pies with creative and often locally sourced ingredients.

Backpacker Pizza opens in downtown Camas with vegan, gluten-free options

Backpacker Pizza offers 12-inch pies with creative and often locally sourced ingredients.

January 4, 2025, 6:09am Business

Pizza has returned to downtown Camas, and people with vegan and gluten-free diets will have the chance to enjoy a slice or even a whole pie. Read story