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Clark County

‘What we’re trying to do is heal a community’: NAMI program helps businesses learn to deal with people in crisis

April 18, 2025, 6:10am Clark County Health

Communicate. Assess. Listen. Mediate. Read story

‘We don’t know what’s going to happen’: YWCA Clark County tells Murray federal funding cuts will hurt survivors of domestic violence

April 17, 2025, 6:33pm Clark County News Updated 10 hours ago

YWCA Clark County staffers told U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Thursday they fear federal funding cuts will curtail services they provide to survivors of domestic violence. Read story

Highway maintenance worker Bethany Blankenship was hit by an alleged drunk driver in January 2024 while working on a road’s shoulder. She said the experience changed her life forever, and she urged drivers to stay vigilant.

‘We all want to go home at the end of the day’: Clark County is 4th in Washington for work zone crashes

Highway maintenance worker Bethany Blankenship was hit by an alleged drunk driver in January 2024 while working on a road’s shoulder. She said the experience changed her life forever, and she urged drivers to stay vigilant.

April 17, 2025, 1:48pm Business Updated 1 day ago

It took less than 90 seconds for Bethany Blankenship’s life to change. Read story

C-Tran’s board of directors postponed a change in bylaws that would affect the transit agency’s involvement in light rail on a planned Interstate 5 Bridge replacement.

C-Tran board postpones changes to its role in planning and paying for light rail on a new I-5 Bridge

C-Tran’s board of directors postponed a change in bylaws that would affect the transit agency’s involvement in light rail on a planned Interstate 5 Bridge replacement.

April 17, 2025, 1:36pm Clark County News Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 1 day ago

The C-Tran board of directors decided this week to postpone any change in bylaws governing the transit agency’s involvement in planning, cost analysis and negotiations for light rail on the planned Interstate 5 Bridge replacement. Read story

Union High School senior and student advocate Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, 17, speaks to the Evergreen school board Feb. 11. He taught himself Spanish his freshman year. By his sophomore year, he said his teachers started asking him to translate for multilingual learners.

‘Do I step in?’: In Evergreen and Vancouver districts, students are asked to translate for ‘multilingual learner’ classmates

Union High School senior and student advocate Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, 17, speaks to the Evergreen school board Feb. 11. He taught himself Spanish his freshman year. By his sophomore year, he said his teachers started asking him to translate for multilingual learners.

April 17, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News Updated 11 hours ago

During his freshman year, Union High School student Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, a native English speaker, asked his Spanish-speaking family members to help him learn that language, too. By his sophomore year, his teachers started asking him to translate for fellow students, he said. Read story

Driver Natalya McAleer looks over the inside of a Tesla Plaid, which is an electric vehicle, in Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon. McAleer is part of the roughly 20 percent of new car buyers switching to electric or plug-in hybrid electric cars.

Washington wants 35% of new vehicles to be electric by 2026; the state and Clark County have a way to go

Driver Natalya McAleer looks over the inside of a Tesla Plaid, which is an electric vehicle, in Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon. McAleer is part of the roughly 20 percent of new car buyers switching to electric or plug-in hybrid electric cars.

April 17, 2025, 6:07am Business Updated 5 hours ago

As enthusiastic as electric car owners are about their vehicles, Washington still has a long way to go to meet its requirement that 35 percent of new passenger vehicle sales be electric by 2026. Read story

Hannah Matson 4, from Brush Prairie gets a face full of lilac at the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens on May 6, 2007.

Try This: Lilac Days, ‘Water for Life’ and Puzzle Palooza Jigsaw Puzzle Competition

Hannah Matson 4, from Brush Prairie gets a face full of lilac at the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens on May 6, 2007.

April 17, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

Five things to do this week Read story

The east end of Vancouver Plaza, shown June 15, 2011, is busy with anchor store Target. Target is among those companies closing this year for Easter.

What’s open in Clark County on Easter? Many retailers closed but grocery stores operate normal hours

The east end of Vancouver Plaza, shown June 15, 2011, is busy with anchor store Target. Target is among those companies closing this year for Easter.

April 16, 2025, 2:07pm Business Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 11 hours ago

Many small businesses and some larger retailers will be closed Sunday for Easter, although most area grocery stores will remain open. Read story

Kafiex co-founder and head roaster Matthew Selivanow wets the filter for a pour-over brew of coffee Monday at Kafiex Roasters Coffee Lab in Vancouver. Tariffs may drive up already high coffee prices. “It’s going to be a slow, gradual increase,” Selivanow said.

Clark County coffee drinkers likely to see higher prices as tariffs and drought take a toll

Kafiex co-founder and head roaster Matthew Selivanow wets the filter for a pour-over brew of coffee Monday at Kafiex Roasters Coffee Lab in Vancouver. Tariffs may drive up already high coffee prices. “It’s going to be a slow, gradual increase,” Selivanow said.

April 16, 2025, 6:10am Business Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 4 hours ago

A cup of Joe costs more than it used to. And with federal tariffs in place on coffee exporting countries, that price will likely get even higher. Read story

Fish a la Grecque is from The Columbian’s employee cookbook, circa 1993. The contributor, Deborah Willoughby, credits the recipe to the famed New York Moosewood Restaurant.

Quite a catch: This elegant, easy fish recipe came from 1993 Columbian employee cookbook

Fish a la Grecque is from The Columbian’s employee cookbook, circa 1993. The contributor, Deborah Willoughby, credits the recipe to the famed New York Moosewood Restaurant.

April 16, 2025, 6:01am Clark County Life

Earlier this year, The Columbian’s co-owner and editor, Will Campbell, lent me a precious relic: a Columbian employee cookbook from 1993. As the brainchild of The Columbian’s Wellness Committee, it was full of health tips like how to cut fat from your diet. A few pages later, hungry readers will… Read story