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Police lights flash on the roof of a vehicle Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Vancouver.

East Vancouver drive-by shooting puts man in hospital with life-threatening wounds

Police lights flash on the roof of a vehicle Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Vancouver.

November 30, 2023, 3:49pm Clark County News

A 25-year-old man suffered life-threatening gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting early Thursday morning at an apartment complex in east Vancouver. Read story

Tapani&rsquo;s John Jordan, left, looks on as Evergreen High School junior Isaiah Florendo, 16, gives a mini-excavator a try on Thursday morning.

Evergreen High School students break ground — literally — with heavy machinery

Tapani&rsquo;s John Jordan, left, looks on as Evergreen High School junior Isaiah Florendo, 16, gives a mini-excavator a try on Thursday morning.

November 30, 2023, 3:31pm Clark County News

It’s 11 a.m. on a Thursday, and 17-year-old Thomas Cunningham is in the driver’s seat of an excavator. Read story

Pet Peace of Mind is a national nonprofit that also operates out of Vancouver. The programs assist hospice patients with pet upkeep and in some cases re-homing after a patient has died.

Hospice patients, pets focus of Pet Peace of Mind, which has Vancouver branch

Pet Peace of Mind is a national nonprofit that also operates out of Vancouver. The programs assist hospice patients with pet upkeep and in some cases re-homing after a patient has died.

November 30, 2023, 6:07am Clark County Health

Belinda Walker’s mother had her two Havanese and Pomeranian dogs on her lap 24/7. Read story

Stacy Abdollmohammadi poses with her family and a llama at Special Celebration&rsquo;s Sensitive Santa event, which her family has attend for four years.

Clark County residents of all ages, abilities can have special, free celebration with Sensitive Santa

Stacy Abdollmohammadi poses with her family and a llama at Special Celebration&rsquo;s Sensitive Santa event, which her family has attend for four years.

November 30, 2023, 6:06am Clark County Health

Many families possess a treasured photo of a screaming child on the lap of a Santa, who’s acting like everything is fine. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Batten down hatches; wet, windy weather on its way

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

November 30, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News

The change in the weather pattern begins today with more clouds and moisture in the air. Light rain will develop and continue into Friday when it becomes heavier. Rainfall so far this month in Vancouver is nearly three-quarters of an inch below average and unless we can make it up… Read story

Filing period opens for Feb. 6 special election in Clark County

November 30, 2023, 5:57am Clark County News

The Clark County Elections Office will begin taking candidate filings at 8 a.m. Dec. 11 for commissioner positions for Drainage District No. 2, Drainage Improvement District No. 5 and Diking Improvement District No. 14 that will be on the Feb. 6 special election ballot. Read story

Clark County seeks volunteer for weed control board

November 30, 2023, 5:56am Clark County News

Clark County is seeking a volunteer to serve on the Noxious Weed Control Board. Applicants must live in weed board District 2, south of Northeast 99th Street and east of Northeast 50th Avenue. Weed board districts are not identical to county council districts. Refer to the map on the board… Read story

Neighborhood park for Minnehaha in the works

November 30, 2023, 5:55am Clark County News

Clark County is seeking feedback on a proposed Minnehaha neighborhood park. Public Works’ parks and lands division will host an open house from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 13 at Minnehaha Elementary School, 2800 Northeast 54th St., in Vancouver. Read story

Smoke billows from a campfire under cold conditions as Vancouver resident Greg Wilson, background left, who is not a resident of the Burnt Bridge Creek encampment, helps his friend set up his gear in the new location Wednesday morning.

‘All of us want help’: Unhoused residents in Clark County prepare for colder-than-normal winter

Smoke billows from a campfire under cold conditions as Vancouver resident Greg Wilson, background left, who is not a resident of the Burnt Bridge Creek encampment, helps his friend set up his gear in the new location Wednesday morning.

November 29, 2023, 6:32pm Clark County News

Residents huddled around campfires to stay warm at a homeless camp along the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail during this week’s cold snap. Two men murmured to each other that the man who laid sick in a nearby tent could use some soup. Read story

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

Man sentenced for selling fentanyl that killed Vancouver man

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

November 29, 2023, 4:29pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was sentenced to four years in prison for selling the fentanyl that caused another man’s fatal overdose in October 2022. Read story