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Allen Wilson is a Vancouver gardening specialist.

Gardening with Allen: Plant bulbs indoors for clusters of winter color, cheer

Allen Wilson is a Vancouver gardening specialist.

September 23, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

I read recently that you can plant bulbs in pots for winter bloom inside. Does this take special treatment? Read story

The Elwood permanent supportive housing complex has a community garden among other trauma-informed features designed by Access Architecture.

Vancouver Housing Authority amps up security with more cameras, alarms, fencing, alarms at complexes

The Elwood permanent supportive housing complex has a community garden among other trauma-informed features designed by Access Architecture.

September 23, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

The Vancouver Housing Authority will update security measures in four of its public housing facilities, thanks to a grant. Read story

Benton County Mosquito Control District surveillance technician Kylie Morgan inserts dead mosquitoes into vials so that they can be tested for West Nile virus, among other diseases, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Richland, Washington.

WA’s mosquito trackers are seeing a spike of West Nile virus

Benton County Mosquito Control District surveillance technician Kylie Morgan inserts dead mosquitoes into vials so that they can be tested for West Nile virus, among other diseases, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Richland, Washington.

September 23, 2023, 6:03am Health

The traps dangle from shepherd’s hooks or tree branches and Kylie Morgan keeps an eye out for them as she drives her truck carefully over the rough, pitted back roads in south central Washington. Read story

Sunlight filters into the RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater on Thursday, June 15, 2023, during the Clark College Commencement ceremony.

Clark County students could see relief with new student loan repayment program

Sunlight filters into the RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater on Thursday, June 15, 2023, during the Clark College Commencement ceremony.

September 23, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

A three-year pause on student loan repayments is set to come to an end Oct. 1, impacting millions of borrowers nationwide and thousands here in Clark County. Read story

Some Brush Prairie farmers living near a proposed site for a new church at 14714 N.E. 152nd Ave. worry about losing more farmland in Clark County.

Brush Prairie neighbors worried about prospect of ‘huge’ church

Some Brush Prairie farmers living near a proposed site for a new church at 14714 N.E. 152nd Ave. worry about losing more farmland in Clark County.

September 23, 2023, 6:03am Business

Clark County farmland is disappearing quickly. Some Brush Prairie farmers are worried there will be even less farmland available if the county approves a new church planned for Northeast 152nd Avenue. Read story

Energy Adviser: Clark Public Utility offers rebates for heat pumps

September 23, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

If home heating and cooling were a sport, heat pumps and ductless heat pumps would be the professional athletes among a field of amateurs. But even at the elite level, some athletes simply do it better than everybody else. The same is true with heat pumps and ductless heat pumps. Read story

Oregon's "Silicon Forest" is dominated by chipmaker Intel, the state's largest private employer.

States sweeten their offers to chipmakers to outdo one other

Oregon's "Silicon Forest" is dominated by chipmaker Intel, the state's largest private employer.

September 23, 2023, 6:02am Business

“Oregon’s been at this for decades,” the governor’s office assures potential investors in its so-called Silicon Forest. The Lone Star State’s governor calls it a “race that Texas must win for our state, our workforce, our national security, and our future.” And New York’s governor boasts on the state’s YouTube… Read story

Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan used this portrait in his presidential bid against President Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Like several other Civil War generals, McClellan served at the Vancouver Barracks before the war. While there, he was a captain under Col. B.L.E. Bonneville, the post commander. Because he was in the engineering corps, he did a survey attempting to find the best routes for roads and railroads for Isaac Stevens, Washington Territory governor.

Clark County History: Capt. George B. McClellan

Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan used this portrait in his presidential bid against President Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Like several other Civil War generals, McClellan served at the Vancouver Barracks before the war. While there, he was a captain under Col. B.L.E. Bonneville, the post commander. Because he was in the engineering corps, he did a survey attempting to find the best routes for roads and railroads for Isaac Stevens, Washington Territory governor.

September 23, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

The 1846 West Point graduate Capt. George B. McClellan came to the Vancouver Barracks in 1853 after serving in the War with Mexico. An engineering officer since his graduation, the Army assigned McClellan to Isaac Stevens, Washington Territory governor. Stevens wanted the captain to survey the Cascade Mountains, probing probable… Read story

Alan Coburn, president of Green Trails Maps, holds a new revised edition of the Mount Rainier map at Metsker Maps in Seattle. The map company is turning 50 and Metsker was the first retailer to carry them.

Seattle mapmaker celebrates 50 years of guiding hikers

Alan Coburn, president of Green Trails Maps, holds a new revised edition of the Mount Rainier map at Metsker Maps in Seattle. The map company is turning 50 and Metsker was the first retailer to carry them.

September 23, 2023, 6:02am Latest News

Has a paper map ever saved your skin? Read story

A student strolls through campus on the first day of classes at Washington State University Vancouver on Monday morning.

Union representing WSU student employees files unfair labor practice complaint

A student strolls through campus on the first day of classes at Washington State University Vancouver on Monday morning.

September 23, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News

The union representing academic student employees at Washington State University filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the school Monday with the Washington State Public Employment Commission. Read story