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Clark County News

A motorist passes by the former locations of Dollar Tree, background left, and Party City, right, in east Vancouver on Thursday morning. Both retailers are among the nationwide chains that have closed at least one Clark County store.

Clark County sees more chain stores closing; Dollar Tree, Party City are latest to shutter doors

A motorist passes by the former locations of Dollar Tree, background left, and Party City, right, in east Vancouver on Thursday morning. Both retailers are among the nationwide chains that have closed at least one Clark County store.

July 12, 2024, 6:04am Business

Shoppers at Cascade Park Plaza in east Vancouver may have been in for a surprise recently to find not one but two of the shopping mall’s major retailers had closed. Read story

Lighthouse Financial Foundation receives donation from Riverview Bank

July 12, 2024, 5:57am Business

The Lighthouse Financial Foundation received a $10,000 donation from Riverview Bank. Read story

Clark County Planning Commission workshop focused on growth plan update

July 12, 2024, 5:56am Clark County News

The Clark County Planning Commission will hold a work session on the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Review project at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the sixth-floor training room of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., Vancouver. Read story

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest spans more than 1.3 million acres, so the dozens of fires that are burning total a fraction of the forestland. Suppression crews are addressing fire in high priority areas, such as the Grassy Mountain, South Fork and Carlton Ridge fires. (Photo contributed by the U.S.

Open fire ban in effect for Gifford Pinchot National Forest

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest spans more than 1.3 million acres, so the dozens of fires that are burning total a fraction of the forestland. Suppression crews are addressing fire in high priority areas, such as the Grassy Mountain, South Fork and Carlton Ridge fires. (Photo contributed by the U.S.

July 12, 2024, 5:55am Clark County News

Beginning today, open campfires will be prohibited throughout the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Fires will only be allowed in metal fire pits or rings in designated recreation sites. Read story

Christopher “CJ” Bradshaw, left, and  Brandon Richardson.

Online child predator investigation leads Vancouver police to ask the public for assistance

Christopher “CJ” Bradshaw, left, and  Brandon Richardson.

July 11, 2024, 5:48pm Clark County News

The Vancouver Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying potential victims in an online child predator investigation. Read story

Residents pack the shoreline at Frenchman&rsquo;s Bar Regional Park on the last day of a summer heat wave that reached triple digits for multiple days on Tuesday evening.

Vancouver gets relief from triple-digit temps but ‘above normal temperatures’ persist

Residents pack the shoreline at Frenchman&rsquo;s Bar Regional Park on the last day of a summer heat wave that reached triple digits for multiple days on Tuesday evening.

July 11, 2024, 4:17pm Clark County News

A summer heat wave that lingered for days across the Pacific Northwest either broke or tied daily temperature records in Vancouver. Read story

Kristina Swanson

Battle Ground City Council selects Kristina Swanson as new city manager

Kristina Swanson

July 11, 2024, 4:09pm Clark County News

The Battle Ground City Council chose a new city manager Wednesday morning. Read story

Eight of Clark County's nine school districts have seen turnover in superintendents since the 2019-2020 school year. Some, like Evergreen, have seen three in the top job in that stretch.

Education exhaustion: Clark County school districts see high superintendent turnover due to fatigue, uncertainty

Eight of Clark County's nine school districts have seen turnover in superintendents since the 2019-2020 school year. Some, like Evergreen, have seen three in the top job in that stretch.

July 11, 2024, 3:45pm Clark County News

Christine Moloney took over as the new Evergreen Public Schools superintendent last week, making her the district’s third head honcho since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

A crash on state Highway 14 west snarled traffic heading for I-205.

Morning commute traffic spills onto city streets as series of crashes clog Clark County freeways

A crash on state Highway 14 west snarled traffic heading for I-205.

July 11, 2024, 2:45pm Clark County News

Traffic was backed up all over Clark County this morning, with both Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 looking like parking lots during the morning commute. And drivers didn't get any relief as the day wore on. Read story

Robertson &amp; Olson Construction Superintendent Robert Baird, right, and Open House Ministries donor relations officer Jean Lacrosse stand in an unfinished apartment at OHM West, 1212 Jefferson St., expected to open this fall. At top, a rendering of OHM West, an affordable housing building for families in downtown Vancouver.

Open House Ministries plans new apartments for fall in downtown Vancouver

Robertson &amp; Olson Construction Superintendent Robert Baird, right, and Open House Ministries donor relations officer Jean Lacrosse stand in an unfinished apartment at OHM West, 1212 Jefferson St., expected to open this fall. At top, a rendering of OHM West, an affordable housing building for families in downtown Vancouver.

July 11, 2024, 6:08am Churches & Religion

Children’s laughter and squeals drifted from a courtyard at the Open House Ministries campus in Vancouver’s Esther Short neighborhood Wednesday. Read story