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Vancouver OKs $12M purchase of Library Square transit site

May 16, 2023, 7:42pm Clark County News

Vancouver OKs $12M purchase of transit site Read story

Evergreen Public Schools unveils Skilled Trades Center

May 16, 2023, 6:16pm Business Updated 3 hours ago

Though the school year ends in just a few weeks, a new opportunity opened its doors for students in Evergreen Public Schools on Tuesday. Read story

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Filing week for the August primary in Clark County runs through Friday (iStock.com)

More Clark County candidates step forward in city, school, other races

Filing week for the August primary in Clark County runs through Friday (iStock.com)

May 16, 2023, 3:47pm Clark County News Updated 5 hours ago

The second day of filing week for the 2023 election saw nearly a dozen more candidates added to the ballot. By 1 p.m. Tuesday, 11 candidates had filed for city council, school board, fire district and cemetery district races. One candidate also withdrew their name. Read story

A sign outside Mountain View High.

Mountain View put on lockdown because of reported shots nearby

A sign outside Mountain View High.

May 16, 2023, 3:41pm Clark County News FreeUpdated 3 hours ago

Mountain View High School was placed on lockdown for about an hour Tuesday morning while Vancouver police investigated a report of shots heard in a nearby neighborhood. Read story

Both directions of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway remain closed & will likely be for a while after the massive slide Sunday. The road and bridge up to Mount St. Helens Johnston Ridge Observatory were washed out by a large amount of debris, causing catastrophic damage.

Debris slide could block Mount St. Helens access for months

Both directions of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway remain closed & will likely be for a while after the massive slide Sunday. The road and bridge up to Mount St. Helens Johnston Ridge Observatory were washed out by a large amount of debris, causing catastrophic damage.

May 16, 2023, 1:04pm Clark County News Updated 3 hours ago

Officials say it could be months before the road to the Mount St. Helens overlook reopens after a landslide washed out the bridge on that section of Spirit Lake Memorial Highway east of Coldwater Lake, said Washington State Department of Transportation regional spokesperson Kelly Hanahan. Read story

FILE - South Korean adoptee Adam Crapser speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 2, 2019. A court on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 ordered South Korea's biggest adoption agency to pay 100 million won ($74,700) in damages to the 48-year-old man for mishandling his adoption as a child to the United States, where he faced legal troubles after surviving an abusive childhood before being deported in 2016.

S. Korean court orders agency to compensate man from Vancouver over mishandled adoption

FILE - South Korean adoptee Adam Crapser speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 2, 2019. A court on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 ordered South Korea's biggest adoption agency to pay 100 million won ($74,700) in damages to the 48-year-old man for mishandling his adoption as a child to the United States, where he faced legal troubles after surviving an abusive childhood before being deported in 2016.

May 16, 2023, 8:18am Clark County News

A South Korean court on Tuesday ordered the country’s biggest adoption agency to pay 100 million won ($74,700) in damages to a 48-year-old man from Vancouver for mishandling his adoption as a child to the United States, where he faced legal troubles after surviving an abusive childhood before being deported… Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, second from right, joins Dannie Nordsiden of Clark College, right, on a tour of the auto shop as students work nearby on May 5. The Skamania Democrat who ran an auto repair shop until she was elected last year to represent Southwest Washington. Perez has supported two bills that would give consumers and independent repair shops access to the parts, tools and data needed to repair cars at lower costs.

Backed by auto shop co-owner Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, ‘right-to-repair’ bills pick up steam

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, second from right, joins Dannie Nordsiden of Clark College, right, on a tour of the auto shop as students work nearby on May 5. The Skamania Democrat who ran an auto repair shop until she was elected last year to represent Southwest Washington. Perez has supported two bills that would give consumers and independent repair shops access to the parts, tools and data needed to repair cars at lower costs.

May 16, 2023, 6:06am Clark County News

A bipartisan movement advocating Americans’ right to repair their own phones, cars and tractors is gaining momentum in state legislatures across the country — and now in Congress, too. Read story

The HUmane Society for Southwest Washington and other groups in Clark County help provide services for the pets of unhoused and low-income residents, including spay and neuter for cats.

Humane Society in Vancouver helps pets of low-income people, those experiencing homelessness

The HUmane Society for Southwest Washington and other groups in Clark County help provide services for the pets of unhoused and low-income residents, including spay and neuter for cats.

May 16, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News Updated 14 hours ago

While most Clark County residents were turning on their coffee pots or taking their dogs for their morning walk, Laura Jean Skiles trailed through the nearly silent Humane Society for Southwest Washington building one Tuesday — omit the occasional bark or meow. Read story

Riverview Bank employees Faith Salyers, left, and Molly Helige test their luck during a game of cornhole while celebrating the 100th anniversary of the bank in Camas on Friday afternoon.

Riverview Bank turns 100

Riverview Bank employees Faith Salyers, left, and Molly Helige test their luck during a game of cornhole while celebrating the 100th anniversary of the bank in Camas on Friday afternoon.

May 16, 2023, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Riverview Bank, Clark County’s hometown for-profit financial institution, is officially a centenarian. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Hot temps hang on, but cooler days will return

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

May 16, 2023, 6:04am Clark County News

Four days in a row with highs at 90 degrees or better here in Vancouver. Friday a record high of 90 degrees, Saturday a record high of 93 degrees, 92 degrees on Sunday, falling short of the record of 94 in 1939, and 91 degrees on Monday. One could see… Read story