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Threats to Social Security rattle Clark County seniors: ‘When you can’t predict what will happen, how can we prepare?’

March 22, 2025, 6:14am Clark County Health

Clark County resident Anita Fisher often lies awake at night worrying about finances. Read story

Thousands in Clark County eligible to have drug convictions vacated and legal fees refunded

March 22, 2025, 6:13am Clark County News

Four years since the Washington Supreme Court’s Blake decision, which declared the state’s previous simple drug-possession law unconstitutional, state data shows only about a quarter of eligible Clark County convictions… Read story

An east Vancouver traffic circle is a site of frequent crashes. This house was hit in 2023, and the property owner’s garage was hit eight months later.

Residents say speeding cars keep crashing into their east Vancouver homes because of a roundabout

An east Vancouver traffic circle is a site of frequent crashes. This house was hit in 2023, and the property owner’s garage was hit eight months later.

March 22, 2025, 6:13am Clark County News

Neighbors blame a decade-old roundabout in east Vancouver for sending speeding cars smashing into their homes. Read story

Housing leaders speak in front of an audience Tuesday during “The Columbian Conversations: Innovative Housing Solutions” at Kiggins Theatre. As Vancouver’s population grows, developers and housing experts are looking to innovative solutions and each other to ensure a supply of affordable housing.

From the Newsroom: Bill could bolster newsrooms

Housing leaders speak in front of an audience Tuesday during “The Columbian Conversations: Innovative Housing Solutions” at Kiggins Theatre. As Vancouver’s population grows, developers and housing experts are looking to innovative solutions and each other to ensure a supply of affordable housing.

March 22, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

A bill in the works that would greatly support and strengthen local newsrooms across the state advanced to a hearing on Tuesday in the Senate Ways & Means Committee. From my perspective, the hearing went well. Most of those who testified voiced support for the bill. Read story

A Prairie High esports team member looks at a monitor displaying Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Wednesday during practice at Prairie High School.

With stigma fading and scholarships available, video games take off at Clark County schools as extracurricular activity

A Prairie High esports team member looks at a monitor displaying Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Wednesday during practice at Prairie High School.

March 22, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

Prairie High School students went head-to-head — more like screen-to-screen — against Camas High School during an esports match Wednesday after school. Read story

Top Stories: Vancouver food-cart pod; former Woodland mayor accused of theft; ‘red flags’ in Hudson’s bay teacher case

March 22, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

Here are some of the top stories of the week on columbian.com. Wondering what else was popular this week with readers? Check out our Trending Stories page. Read story

Discovery High School students build “little libraries” for the Little Wings Library nonprofit organization in March 2025, inside their high school’s fabrication lab in Camas.

Camas-Washougal Community Chest to award nearly $155K in grants to nonprofits

Discovery High School students build “little libraries” for the Little Wings Library nonprofit organization in March 2025, inside their high school’s fabrication lab in Camas.

March 22, 2025, 6:08am Clark County News

After nearly eight decades of fundraising for nonprofits that benefit east Clark County residents in need, the Camas-Washougal Community Chest has hit a new high. Read story

Weather Eye: It’s chilly now, but Tuesday should see a record high

March 22, 2025, 6:05am Clark County News

Friday was a dreary day for the first full day of spring, with early-afternoon temperatures hovering in the mid- to upper 40s. Chilly by any means. Today, we’ll transition to scattered showers, but we may be lucky enough to have them far between and allow some sunbreaks to cast shadows… Read story

Ridgefield School District officials recognized the March 2025 Employees and Students of the Month at its March 11 meeting.

Ridgefield School District celebrates March employees and students of the month

Ridgefield School District officials recognized the March 2025 Employees and Students of the Month at its March 11 meeting.

March 22, 2025, 5:58am Clark County News

On March 11, Ridgefield School District officials recognized the March 2025 employees and students of the month during the regular Board of Directors meeting. Read story

The Washington State Patrol hosted a traffic safety summit at its district headquarters on March 13 in Vancouver.

Washington State Patrol convenes Traffic Safety Equity Summit in Vancouver

The Washington State Patrol hosted a traffic safety summit at its district headquarters on March 13 in Vancouver.

March 22, 2025, 5:28am Clark County News

Seventy people gathered at the Washington State Patrol district headquarters in Vancouver to discuss traffic safety on March 13. Read story