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Three students injured when SUV crashes into Evergreen schools bus in east Vancouver

An SUV crashed into a school bus Wednesday morning in the Image neighborhood, injuring four people. Two students and the driver of the SUV were taken to area hospitals in ambulances, and another student’s parents drove them to the hospital.

January 24, 2024, 2:29pm Clark County News

Three students and a fourth person suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning when an SUV reportedly ran a red light and crashed into a school bus in east Vancouver. Read story

The walk-behind trencher a 16-year-old boy was using to dig a channel for fence posts while working for a Vancouver construction company over the summer. He was dragged under the blade of the machine, and his injuries required both of his legs to be amputated.

Vancouver construction company fined for teenager’s injuries that resulted in amputation of his legs

January 23, 2024, 7:31pm Business

Labor officials have fined a Vancouver construction company more than $150,000 after a 16-year-old boy’s legs were amputated following an injury last summer while working on a site in La Center. Read story

Vancouver sinkhole that swallowed SUV wasn’t caused by weather

January 22, 2024, 3:59pm Clark County News

The Washington Street sinkhole that partially swallowed an SUV early Saturday wasn’t connected to last week’s weather, according to the city of Vancouver’s Public Works department. Read story

The Hood River-White Salmon Bridge crosses the Columbia River about 60 miles east of Vancouver.

‘This bridge is a lifeline’: Hood River bridge replacement gets $200M from feds

January 22, 2024, 1:06pm Clark County News

The Hood River-White Salmon Bridge replacement project received a $200 million federal grant, federal and local officials announced Monday. Read story

A Clark County Fire District 6 truck responds to a call Thursday afternoon in Hazel Dell. Fire trucks were equipped with chains on tires to navigate icy neighborhood streets after freezing rain turned lingering snow slick.

Clark County’s first responders keep their cool in face of icy conditions

January 19, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

The chains on the tires of Clark County sheriff’s Deputy Slav Pavlenko’s patrol SUV clanked against the pavement Thursday afternoon as he drove down Highway 99. Read story

A Vancouver Fire Department truck that police say a man stole Monday night from the scene of a medical call near downtown Vancouver. Linn County, Ore., sheriff’s deputies found the truck Tuesday morning in Albany, Ore., and arrested a man who was found in a nearby house.

Man arrested in Oregon in theft of Vancouver Fire Department vehicle

January 16, 2024, 4:22pm Clark County News

Deputies in Oregon arrested a man who investigators say stole a Vancouver Fire Department truck Monday night from the scene of a medical call near downtown Vancouver. Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Jan.

Donald Trump will be on Clark County’s GOP primary ballot, but his votes may not count

January 16, 2024, 1:58pm Clark County News

Clark County voters will see Donald Trump’s name on the March 12 GOP presidential primary ballot regardless of the outcome of any legal challenges to the former president’s eligibility. Read story

Vancouver's Seton Catholic Prep is set to shift to a four-day instructional week in the 2024-25 school year, a significant overhaul to the private school's bell schedule.

Seton Catholic Prep set to shift to 4-day school week

January 16, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

Vancouver’s Seton Catholic Prep is set to shift to a four-day instructional week in the 2024-25 school year, a significant overhaul to the private school’s bell schedule. Read story

Woodland East Mobile Home Park resident Jim Schulze looks over the various rent increase notices he has received Wednesday in Woodland.

Rents have skyrocketed at Woodland East Mobile Home Park; now residents want to buy their park but are running out of time

January 13, 2024, 6:14am Business

Helplessness washed over Woodland East Mobile Home Park residents last fall as they watched the eviction of their neighbor, a woman in her mid-70s. Read story

Clark County sheriff’s Deputy Drew Kennison poses in front of his new patrol SUV on Friday before returning to his first patrol shift Saturday morning since a snow-heavy tree crushed his previous vehicle. The incident caused Kennison’s left leg to be amputated above the knee, but he immediately sought to return to work.

Clark County sheriff’s Deputy Drew Kennison stands tall after losing part of left leg when tree crushed patrol vehicle

January 10, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Saturday marked Clark County sheriff’s Deputy Drew Kennison’s return to patrol — less than a year after a snow-heavy tree branch fell onto his SUV, causing his left leg to be amputated above the knee. Read story

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