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Clark County News

Portland man arrested in Clark County sting acquitted of child sex abuse in new trial

October 2, 2023, 6:53pm Clark County News

A Portland man was acquitted last month after being granted a new trial on appeal, nearly five years after he was convicted in connection with an undercover child sex sting. Read story

Vancouver man who drove drunk gets nearly 8 years for crash that killed woman

October 2, 2023, 5:13pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was sentenced Monday to nearly eight years in prison in a 2021 drunken-driving crash that killed one passenger and injured another north of Hockinson. Read story

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Clark County medical examiner identifies woman killed in east Vancouver apartment fire

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October 2, 2023, 4:12pm Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday identified a 45-year-old woman as the person killed in a two-alarm apartment fire Sept. 25 in east Vancouver. Read story

Kaiser Permanente health care workers in Washington are preparing for a possible strike with an authorization vote.

Kaiser braces for possible health care worker strike involving thousands in Washington

Kaiser Permanente health care workers in Washington are preparing for a possible strike with an authorization vote.

October 2, 2023, 12:15pm Clark County Health

A labor contract for thousands of health care workers across California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Virginia and Washington, D.C., expired Saturday night, laying the groundwork for what would be the biggest health care strike in U.S. history. Read story

A cake replica of the C-Tran bus is cut and distributed. Cake was also served when the Vine on Fourth Plain was opened in January 2017, but due to the sub-freezing temperatures the cake was frozen, said Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle.

C-Tran’s new ‘Red Vine’ service opens early and under budget

A cake replica of the C-Tran bus is cut and distributed. Cake was also served when the Vine on Fourth Plain was opened in January 2017, but due to the sub-freezing temperatures the cake was frozen, said Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle.

September 30, 2023, 8:43pm Business

Against the backdrop of autumn leaves changing from green to red, dozens of people gathered Saturday to eat licorice and celebrate the opening of C-Tran’s second bus rapid transit line, The Vine, and the Mill Plain Transit Center. Read story

Judge John Fairgrieve listens as lawyers talk during the unlawful detainer docket at the Clark County Courthouse on a recent Thursday.

As mediation program for tenants and landlords ends, evictions surge in Clark County

Judge John Fairgrieve listens as lawyers talk during the unlawful detainer docket at the Clark County Courthouse on a recent Thursday.

September 30, 2023, 6:14am Clark County Business

You can feel the stress in Room 302 of the Clark County Courthouse. Read story

You Can Help: Volunteer Opportunities

September 30, 2023, 6:11am Clark County News

Volunteers are needed for autumn events at Pomeroy Farm, 20902 N.E. Lucia Falls Road in Yacolt. Read story

Top Stories: Murder verdicts; Seton-Stevenson game; homeless seniors

September 30, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

Here are the top stories on columbian.com this week: Read story

A Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership employee works among the monoculture of reed canary grass northeast of the Campen Creek wetland in Washougal.

With success of Steigerwald refuge restoration, conservationists want to improve Campen Creek in city’s Mable Kerr Park

A Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership employee works among the monoculture of reed canary grass northeast of the Campen Creek wetland in Washougal.

September 30, 2023, 6:04am Clark County News

Conservationists are launching plans to restore a 2,000-foot-long section of Campen Creek in Washougal’s Mable Kerr Park, building on successful restoration work at the nearby Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge. Read story

From the Newsroom: This Jan. 6 story wasn’t news

September 30, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

There’s an internet archive site called the Wayback Machine where, among other stuff, you can find all kinds of old news. Or, you could have just looked at Page A6 of our Thursday edition. Read story