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Hayes Freedom High School junior Alex Weeks, right, approaches an OnPoint Community Credit Union table during a career fair held inside Hayes Freedom on Thursday.

Clark County teens looking for work frustrated by lack of opportunities

Hayes Freedom High School junior Alex Weeks, right, approaches an OnPoint Community Credit Union table during a career fair held inside Hayes Freedom on Thursday.

April 23, 2025, 6:10am Business Updated 1 day ago

Camas High School junior Talulah Rodrigue was already feeling a bit frustrated when she arrived at Hayes Freedom High School’s first-ever career fair Thursday. Read story

Sandra Fachiol, 22, the newly crowned Miss Clark County 2025, was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and clinical depression at 14 and has dedicated her platform to breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness.

‘I knew if I was going to win, it had to be as myself’: Miss Clark County 2025 dedicates platform to mental health advocacy

Sandra Fachiol, 22, the newly crowned Miss Clark County 2025, was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and clinical depression at 14 and has dedicated her platform to breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness.

April 23, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Health Updated 1 day ago

Sandra Fachiol, a self-professed nerd and childhood tomboy, never saw herself as the pageant type. Read story

Audience members stand to show their support for testimony defending the La Center School District Board of Directors Tuesday, April 22, 2025, during a La Center School District board meeting at La Center High School. Public comment at the meeting focused on the controversy surrounding the district’s policy on gender identity and preferred pronoun usage, which the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction found discriminated against students and staff. The district has appealed the ruling.

Pronoun policy supporters, opponents flock to La Center school board meeting

Audience members stand to show their support for testimony defending the La Center School District Board of Directors Tuesday, April 22, 2025, during a La Center School District board meeting at La Center High School. Public comment at the meeting focused on the controversy surrounding the district’s policy on gender identity and preferred pronoun usage, which the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction found discriminated against students and staff. The district has appealed the ruling.

April 22, 2025, 10:21pm Clark County News Updated 1 day ago

More than 100 people attended the La Center school board meeting Tuesday, an unusually large crowd for the small school district that has recently made national headlines for its policy on pronouns. Read story

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files Capt. James Tierney gears up Friday, March 21, 2025, at the Camas-Washougal Fire Department’s Station 42 in Camas.

Camas, Washougal voters reject proposed regional fire authority

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files Capt. James Tierney gears up Friday, March 21, 2025, at the Camas-Washougal Fire Department’s Station 42 in Camas.

April 22, 2025, 9:25pm Clark County News

A proposal to create a regional fire district in Camas and Washougal was failing in early election returns Tuesday. Read story

Both Battle Ground and Hockinson school district levies were failing as of Thursday.

Battle Ground, Hockinson levies failing in early election returns

Both Battle Ground and Hockinson school district levies were failing as of Thursday.

April 22, 2025, 8:46pm Clark County News

Battle Ground and Hockinson school funding measures were failing as of early election returns Tuesday. Read story

Visitor Holden Castillo, 1½, from left, is all smiles while exploring the children’s play area with his mom, Veronica, at Vancouver Community Library in March. On Monday, trustees for the regional library system agreed on plans for both passage and failure of the levy, which they had earlier decided to place on the Aug. 5 ballot.

FVRLibraries braces for 30% cut in staff if August levy lid lift fails

Visitor Holden Castillo, 1½, from left, is all smiles while exploring the children’s play area with his mom, Veronica, at Vancouver Community Library in March. On Monday, trustees for the regional library system agreed on plans for both passage and failure of the levy, which they had earlier decided to place on the Aug. 5 ballot.

April 22, 2025, 12:57pm Clark County News

If a levy lid lift before voters in August fails, FVRLibraries would cut 30 percent of its staff, reduce hours and close the Vancouver Mall Library. Read story

Fnj Kenneth, 20, appears last month in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree assault and drive-by shooting. He pleaded guilty to similar charges Monday, and a judge sentenced him to 18 months in prison.

Vancouver man sentenced to 18 months for shooting a teen at Fourth Plain McDonald’s

Fnj Kenneth, 20, appears last month in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree assault and drive-by shooting. He pleaded guilty to similar charges Monday, and a judge sentenced him to 18 months in prison.

April 22, 2025, 12:54pm Clark County News

A 20-year-old Vancouver man was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for shooting a teen last month near a busy central Vancouver intersection. Read story

The Grant Street Pier juts out over the Columbia River on July 23, 2024. The Vancouver City Council on Monday adopted a five-year economic development strategy that includes a marketing campaign to position Vancouver as a center of innovation.

‘Filling in all those gaps’: Vancouver adopts its first economic development strategy

The Grant Street Pier juts out over the Columbia River on July 23, 2024. The Vancouver City Council on Monday adopted a five-year economic development strategy that includes a marketing campaign to position Vancouver as a center of innovation.

April 22, 2025, 12:50pm Business

In its first ever economic development strategy, the city of Vancouver plans to build generational wealth, promote trade jobs and position Vancouver as an innovative place with vibrant commercial districts. Read story

A barge sits docked at an industrial facility next to Columbia Riverfront RV Park in Woodland. The Port of Woodland recently purchased the RV park.

Woodland port rejects tax plan used to build Vancouver port waterfront

A barge sits docked at an industrial facility next to Columbia Riverfront RV Park in Woodland. The Port of Woodland recently purchased the RV park.

April 22, 2025, 9:39am Business

The Port of Woodland’s three commissioners last week voted unanimously to reject a controversial pro-development tax plan known as tax increment financing, or TIF. Read story

Water is released through the outlet tubes at Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. (AP Photo/Nicholas K.

Feds put review of Columbia River hydropower system on ice

Water is released through the outlet tubes at Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. (AP Photo/Nicholas K.

April 22, 2025, 9:35am Business

A move by federal water managers to pause a landmark environmental review of the Columbia River hydropower system has become a Rorschach test that leaves utilities, salmon advocates, commercial shippers and Native nations, as well as Washington and Oregon officials guessing. Read story