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As parent Megan Davis listens, Alicia Johnson discusses her concerns about the proposal to halt enrollment in Hathaway Elementary School&rsquo;s Spanish dual language program with leaders in the Washougal School District on Tuesday.

Washougal budget cuts threaten dual language program at elementary school

As parent Megan Davis listens, Alicia Johnson discusses her concerns about the proposal to halt enrollment in Hathaway Elementary School&rsquo;s Spanish dual language program with leaders in the Washougal School District on Tuesday.

April 10, 2024, 3:41pm Clark County News

Megan Davis’ daughter hasn’t yet finished first grade, but she’s already learning a second language. Read story

Ethan Alexander Clonts, then 18, of Ridgefield makes a first appearance Sept. 16, 2022, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide stemming from a crash the night before on northbound Interstate 205 at the Northeast 134th Street exit.

Homicide case reopened in death of 17-year-old in 2022 crash on Interstate 5

Ethan Alexander Clonts, then 18, of Ridgefield makes a first appearance Sept. 16, 2022, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide stemming from a crash the night before on northbound Interstate 205 at the Northeast 134th Street exit.

April 10, 2024, 11:51am Clark County News

Prosecutors reopened a 2022 vehicular homicide case against a Ridgefield man accused of driving recklessly, striking an Interstate 205 guardrail and killing his 17-year-old passenger. Read story

Steve and Cheryl Irvin pictured together.

Death certificate debacle: Communication, software, state rules cause delay after Vancouver woman’s husband dies

Steve and Cheryl Irvin pictured together.

April 10, 2024, 6:07am Business

When Cheryl Irvin’s 72-year-old husband died at their home near Vancouver from a heart attack Feb. 25, she expected to obtain his death certificate, cremate him and hold a memorial within a week. Instead, his body was refrigerated at a funeral home for a month. The memorial went forward with… Read story

Hope Village Program Manager Patrick Quinlan, right, leads a community meeting Tuesday at the Hope Village Safe Stay in Vancouver.

Hope Village Safe Stay gets a lifeline: Vancouver will provide wage increases, case manager

Hope Village Program Manager Patrick Quinlan, right, leads a community meeting Tuesday at the Hope Village Safe Stay in Vancouver.

April 10, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News

People are staying longer on average in the city of Vancouver’s four Safe Stay shelters, according to city staff. Read story

Vancouver Public Schools students protest budget cuts

April 10, 2024, 5:55am Clark County News

Students from five high schools led another walkout Tuesday to protest the $35 million in budget cuts approved last month by Vancouver Public Schools’ board of directors. The protest culminated in a gathering outside the district office. Read story

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April 10, 2024, 5:34am Clark County News

East County Fire and Rescue is placing a proposition before the voters in August authorizing the district to restore its 2019 regular property tax levy to $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation for collection in 2025. Read story

Trees line Fourth Avenue in downtown Camas. The east Clark County city landed a spot on Money.com's list of best places to live.

Camas one of best places to live in U.S., according to Money.com

Trees line Fourth Avenue in downtown Camas. The east Clark County city landed a spot on Money.com's list of best places to live.

April 9, 2024, 6:53pm Business

Money.com (formerly Money magazine) recently placed Camas on its list of “50 Best Places to Live” in the United States, ranking it shoulder-to-shoulder with much larger cities like Chattanooga, Tenn., and Cincinnati. The only other Pacific Northwest cities to land on the list were Boise, Idaho, and Eugene, Ore. Read story

Vancouver City Hall (iStock.com)

Vancouver excels on permit audit, receiving among highest scores

Vancouver City Hall (iStock.com)

April 9, 2024, 6:28pm Clark County News

When it comes to issuing permits, the city of Vancouver received among the highest scores in a recently completed audit by the Washington State Auditor’s Office. Read story

Former Camas High School girls head wrestling coach Mark Yamashita appears Tuesday at the Clark County Courthouse for sentencing in his child molestation case. Yamashita was sentenced to 20 months in prison.

Ex-Camas High School girls wrestling coach sentenced to 20 months in prison for molesting girl, 16

Former Camas High School girls head wrestling coach Mark Yamashita appears Tuesday at the Clark County Courthouse for sentencing in his child molestation case. Yamashita was sentenced to 20 months in prison.

April 9, 2024, 6:06pm Clark County News

A judge sentenced a former Camas High School girls wrestling coach Tuesday to 20 months in prison for molesting a 16-year-old girl in 2022. Read story

Shahala Middle School in Vancouver.

Gun found in student’s backpack at Shahala Middle School; no one injured

Shahala Middle School in Vancouver.

April 9, 2024, 4:08pm Clark County News

Staff at Shahala Middle School found a handgun in a student’s backpack Monday, according to a letter sent home to parents from the school’s principal. Read story