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The entrace to Camp Bonneville.

Clark County gets $6M from Army for groundwater cleanup at Camp Bonneville

The entrace to Camp Bonneville.

January 8, 2025, 2:03pm Clark County News

Clark County’s efforts to address contaminated groundwater at Camp Bonneville are getting a boost from the U.S. Army. Read story

Vancouver firefighters respond to a fatal house fire at 1:36 a.m. Dec. 7 in the 3200 block of Northeast May Street. Officials identified a 71-year-old Vancouver man as the person found dead inside.

Man found dead after Minnehaha house fire identified; death ruled a suicide

Vancouver firefighters respond to a fatal house fire at 1:36 a.m. Dec. 7 in the 3200 block of Northeast May Street. Officials identified a 71-year-old Vancouver man as the person found dead inside.

January 8, 2025, 1:09pm Clark County News

Officials on Wednesday identified 71-year-old Bruce David Weiser of Vancouver as the man firefighters found dead after a Dec. 7 house fire in Minnehaha. Read story

Mount St. Helens Institute sees new leaders

January 8, 2025, 1:03pm Clark County News

Mount St. Helens Institute recently announced that Abi Groskopf and Alyssa Hoyt began serving as co-executive directors Jan. 1. Read story

Officials plan to work with the Vancouver Housing Authority to convert a brick apartment building on Hazelwood Drive to housing for people exiting prison.

Prison-to-homelessness pipeline: Clark County’s housing costs push those leaving prison onto the streets, increasing recidivism

Officials plan to work with the Vancouver Housing Authority to convert a brick apartment building on Hazelwood Drive to housing for people exiting prison.

January 8, 2025, 6:09am Clark County News

The Washington Department of Corrections rarely releases people directly into homelessness. But that hasn’t halted the prison-to-homelessness pipeline, especially in Clark County where housing costs are high and landlords have their pick of tenants. Read story

Vancouver defense attorney Josephine Townsend walks into a courtroom Tuesday at the Clark County Courthouse for her first appearance on two counts of forgery. Townsend is accused of altering documents related to a civil protection order against her client.

Judge denies Vancouver defense attorney Josephine Townsend’s request to postpone hearing in forgery case

Vancouver defense attorney Josephine Townsend walks into a courtroom Tuesday at the Clark County Courthouse for her first appearance on two counts of forgery. Townsend is accused of altering documents related to a civil protection order against her client.

January 7, 2025, 5:03pm Clark County News

Attorneys for Vancouver defense attorney Josephine Townsend are asking a judge to dismiss the forgery case against her. Read story

Clark County’s newest council members, Wil Fuentes, left, and Matt Little, take their seats following the swearing-in ceremony Tuesday at the Public Service Center in Vancouver.

New Clark County councilors Little, Fuentes sworn in

Clark County’s newest council members, Wil Fuentes, left, and Matt Little, take their seats following the swearing-in ceremony Tuesday at the Public Service Center in Vancouver.

January 7, 2025, 4:58pm Clark County News

Clark County’s newest county councilors were sworn in Tuesday, just ahead of the council’s first meeting of the year. Read story

Ecology fines Camas-area man $71,800 for damage to wetlands on his property

January 7, 2025, 3:29pm Clark County News

Washington’s Department of Ecology fined Chad Williams of Camas $71,800 for damaging wetlands on his property and failing to comply with a 2022 agreement to restore them, according to a Tuesday news release from the agency. Read story

Meeting attendees hold signs Monday during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The meeting was packed with community members for and against a recent initiative that would require any traffic lane removals go to a public vote.

Save Vancouver Streets initiative declared legally invalid at packed Vancouver City Council meeting

Meeting attendees hold signs Monday during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The meeting was packed with community members for and against a recent initiative that would require any traffic lane removals go to a public vote.

January 7, 2025, 2:29pm Clark County News

In front of a room packed with more than 100 people Monday night, Vancouver officials declared an initiative that would require voter approval to remove traffic lanes from city streets to be legally invalid and ineligible for placement on a future ballot. Read story

Bad Company and Lynyrd Skynyrd fans pack the lawn seating at the amphitheater in Ridgefield in 2013. The concert venue is now called the Cascades Amphitheater.

Amphitheater in Ridgefield gets yet another a new name

Bad Company and Lynyrd Skynyrd fans pack the lawn seating at the amphitheater in Ridgefield in 2013. The concert venue is now called the Cascades Amphitheater.

January 7, 2025, 1:38pm Clark County News Free

The amphitheater in Ridgefield has been renamed the Cascades Amphitheater. Read story

Memorial services scheduled for former Clark College President Bob Knight

January 7, 2025, 1:22pm Clark County News Free

Former Clark College President and U.S. Army veteran Robert “Bob” Kennedy Knight will remembered with two memorial services. Read story