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Clark County News

Wildfires inspire Pacific Northwest artists into action

June 1, 2023, 6:06am Clark County Life

Landscape painter Ann Ruttan’s memories — and imagination — stream through her paintbrush, documenting some of the most potent points in her life. Read story

Art show highlights work of Clark County’s youth

June 1, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

Clark County Youth House will host an art show from 5-8 p.m. today at 1012 Esther St., Vancouver, displaying multimedia artwork. Read story

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

Weather Eye: First day of June brings no weather surprises

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

June 1, 2023, 5:59am Clark County News

Welcome to the first day of the meteorological summer. There will be no surprises today, with lingering low clouds to some extent and highs near normal in the low 70s. It will begin to warm as the weekend approaches, but we may not reach the 90s early next week, as… Read story

Lifeline Connections to celebrate new center in Vancouver

June 1, 2023, 5:18am Clark County News

Lifeline Connections will host a short opening ceremony of its new Crisis Wellness Center involuntary treatment program at 2 p.m. today at 5197 N.W. Lower River Road, Vancouver. Read story

Former Congressman Don Bonker, center, and Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer speak after a recognition reception for the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Act on Aug. 13, 2011, at Skamania Lodge.

Don Bonker, former Southwest Washington congressional representative, dead at 86

Former Congressman Don Bonker, center, and Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer speak after a recognition reception for the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Act on Aug. 13, 2011, at Skamania Lodge.

May 31, 2023, 7:16pm Clark County News

Don Bonker, who represented Southwest Washington in Congress for 14 years, yet rarely missed his children’s phone calls or baseball games, died Tuesday at his home in Silverdale. He was 86 years old and had been diagnosed with cancer of the gall bladder last week. Read story

Traffic proceeds north on 32nd Street across a set of railroad tracks in Washougal.

Washougal to get $40M for underpass at railroad crossing

Traffic proceeds north on 32nd Street across a set of railroad tracks in Washougal.

May 31, 2023, 7:11pm Clark County News

One weekday afternoon, Washougal City Manager David Scott was driving south on 32nd Street in Washougal, about to merge onto state Highway 14, when he was stopped by the familiar flashing lights, ringing bells and rumblings of a train approaching. Read story

Daybreak Youth Services RWC Center for Adolescent Recovery in Brush Prairie opened on May 18, 2017.

Daybreak Youth Services, state agency file complaints against each other

Daybreak Youth Services RWC Center for Adolescent Recovery in Brush Prairie opened on May 18, 2017.

May 31, 2023, 7:00pm Clark County Health

Both the Washington Department of Health and Daybreak Youth Services filed complaints against the other Wednesday over the department’s suspension of the facility’s licenses. Read story

Vancouver Police officers stand outside a barricade that hides a body on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the site of a fatal shooting in the Heights Shopping Center parking lot.

Man killed by Vancouver police fired at cops; officers were wearing body cams

Vancouver Police officers stand outside a barricade that hides a body on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the site of a fatal shooting in the Heights Shopping Center parking lot.

May 31, 2023, 6:25pm Clark County News

The man killed by police in a central Vancouver shopping center parking lot late Tuesday afternoon was wanted for multiple armed robberies and fired at pursuing officers, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Read story

The doors are locked, the lights off and phone disconnected at The Noble Foundation's Nuestra Casa/Our Place Multicultural Community Center offices in Vancouver and Kelso (pictured here). A note posted at the Vancouver location says the office is temporarily closed, but residents receiving rental assistance through the nonprofit fear they may be evicted without help from the county.

Nonprofit providing rent assistance in Clark County closes doors

The doors are locked, the lights off and phone disconnected at The Noble Foundation's Nuestra Casa/Our Place Multicultural Community Center offices in Vancouver and Kelso (pictured here). A note posted at the Vancouver location says the office is temporarily closed, but residents receiving rental assistance through the nonprofit fear they may be evicted without help from the county.

May 31, 2023, 6:10am Clark County News

Some Clark County renters may be facing an uncertain future after a Vancouver nonprofit providing rental assistance recently closed its doors. Read story

Columbia River Mental Health Services facility manager Michael Graves shows off the lobby of the new NorthStar substance use treatment facility.

NorthStar ready to be new tool in opioid fight in Clark County

Columbia River Mental Health Services facility manager Michael Graves shows off the lobby of the new NorthStar substance use treatment facility.

May 31, 2023, 6:08am Clark County Health

Michael Graves peels open a large, black safe, revealing something resembling a milk jug. Read story