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Camas High School choir teacher Ethan Chessin, center, leads a mixed choir Thursday. Chessin was nominated for a 2025 Grammy in the music educator category.

Camas High School choir teacher Ethan Chessin nominated for a Grammy Award

Camas High School choir teacher Ethan Chessin, center, leads a mixed choir Thursday. Chessin was nominated for a 2025 Grammy in the music educator category.

January 13, 2025, 11:18am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Over his 14 years teaching at Camas High School, Ethan Chessin has transformed the school’s choir. That work has garnered him a 2025 Grammy nomination in the music educator category. Read story

Holy Apostles Orthodox Christian Church in Rose Village is for sale, standing as an example of the area’s robust church real estate market.

Holy Apostles Orthodox Christian Church expands to bigger location, puts building up for sale at $650,000

Holy Apostles Orthodox Christian Church in Rose Village is for sale, standing as an example of the area’s robust church real estate market.

January 13, 2025, 6:08am Business Subscriber Exclusive

For just $650,000, buyers can get their hands on a circa 1900, 2,400-square-foot building with a beautiful interior in a quiet residential neighborhood. But they better like a church vibe because this gem sure has one. Read story

KCSARC Director of Communications and Public Policy Laurel Redden speaks with Andy Sampson a client and volunteer with the Center, Feb. 3, 2025.

Federal cuts threaten Washington crime victims’ advocacy programs

KCSARC Director of Communications and Public Policy Laurel Redden speaks with Andy Sampson a client and volunteer with the Center, Feb. 3, 2025.

January 13, 2025, 6:05am Courts & Crime

Advocates and agencies are asking lawmakers in Olympia to provide stable funding for crime victims’ support services after several years of declining federal funding. Read story

Ken Westphal, center, an officer with the Lacey Police Dept. and an instructor at the Washington state Criminal Justice Training Commission, works with cadets LeAnne Cone, of the Vancouver Police Dept., and Kevin Burton-Crow, right, of the Thurston Co. Sheriff's Dept., during a training exercise Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Burien. (AP Photo/Ted S.

WA cop shortage persists statewide as lawmakers gear up in Olympia

Ken Westphal, center, an officer with the Lacey Police Dept. and an instructor at the Washington state Criminal Justice Training Commission, works with cadets LeAnne Cone, of the Vancouver Police Dept., and Kevin Burton-Crow, right, of the Thurston Co. Sheriff's Dept., during a training exercise Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Burien. (AP Photo/Ted S.

January 13, 2025, 6:05am Courts & Crime

Governor-elect Bob Ferguson wants an extra $100 million in the state’s upcoming biennial 2025-2027 budget to hire more local police officers throughout a state that has the lowest cop-to-citizen ratio in the nation. Read story

Law enforcement officers investigate Dec. 5 after Vancouver police shot and killed a man there the night before. It was the seventh police shooting in Clark County in 2024.

‘It’s alarming’: Police shootings in Clark County hit a 30-year high

Law enforcement officers investigate Dec. 5 after Vancouver police shot and killed a man there the night before. It was the seventh police shooting in Clark County in 2024.

January 11, 2025, 6:14am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Law enforcement officers in Clark County fatally shot six people in 2024 and wounded one other, the highest number for a single year in three decades. Read story

These clients of Marvin’s Guide Service caught there two keepers immediately after the baits hit the river bottom. Guide Henkel had his boat limited out by 8:15.

Anglers angry after crowds force quick sturgeon closure at Bonneville Pool fishery

These clients of Marvin’s Guide Service caught there two keepers immediately after the baits hit the river bottom. Guide Henkel had his boat limited out by 8:15.

January 11, 2025, 6:12am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

While some guides and anglers were not surprised by a quick sturgeon fishery closure last week, they are not happy about how this fishery has been managed in recent years. Read story

Nancy Benway of Vancouver, from left, joins her dog, Gigi, 8, as well as Leif Johnson, 5, Rebeca Johnson and Leo Johnson, also 5, as they listen to Andi Johnson, 9, read a story during the Read to the Dogs event at Vancouver Community Library on Wednesday.

Vancouver library unleashes a love of reading on kids at Read to the Dogs eventsvideo icon

Nancy Benway of Vancouver, from left, joins her dog, Gigi, 8, as well as Leif Johnson, 5, Rebeca Johnson and Leo Johnson, also 5, as they listen to Andi Johnson, 9, read a story during the Read to the Dogs event at Vancouver Community Library on Wednesday.

January 11, 2025, 6:12am Clark County Life

A little boy sat on his mom’s lap as he read a book to a poodle and sounded out words during the Vancouver Community Library’s Read to the Dogs event Wednesday. Read story

In this photo provided by The Raptor Center, a bald eagle receives care in a special quarantine area the center set up for possible avian flu cases in St. Paul, Minn., March 29, 2022.

Washington reports 14 cases of bird flu in humans; what should Clark County know about avian flu?

In this photo provided by The Raptor Center, a bald eagle receives care in a special quarantine area the center set up for possible avian flu cases in St. Paul, Minn., March 29, 2022.

January 11, 2025, 6:12am Clark County Health Free

There have been 14 recorded cases of avian influenza among humans in Washington, but none in Clark County. Local health officials still consider the risk to the general public to be low. Read story

Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files Camas City councilors approved a property purchase to replace the current Camas Public Works Operations Center, 1620 S.E. Eighth Ave., which the city has outgrown.

Camas City Council votes to spend $6.17M on land for future public works center

Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files Camas City councilors approved a property purchase to replace the current Camas Public Works Operations Center, 1620 S.E. Eighth Ave., which the city has outgrown.

January 11, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

Camas City Council members on Monday narrowly approved a $6.17 million property purchase that will eventually house the city’s public works operations center. Read story

Washougal School District Interim Superintendent Aaron Hansen stands at the west end of a 31-acre property in north Washougal on Jan. 2. The district is reconsidering its intentions to purchase the property for a new school site.

Washougal schools put plan to buy 31-acre property on hold

Washougal School District Interim Superintendent Aaron Hansen stands at the west end of a 31-acre property in north Washougal on Jan. 2. The district is reconsidering its intentions to purchase the property for a new school site.

January 11, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

The Washougal School District is reconsidering its plans to acquire a 31-acre property for a future school site after neighbors raised concerns. Read story