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Clark County

Clark County Open Studios Tour seeks artists

April 4, 2025, 10:40am Clark County News Free

Applications are now open for Artstra’s Clark County Open Studios tour, Nov. 1-2. Visual artists and artisans working in all media within Clark County are invited to apply by May 31. The self-guided tour is a juried event in which artists open their studios to the public to show and… Read story

Battle Ground Public Schools will go out for a second levy this year after a levy attempt in February failed by 60 votes. The Hockinson district will also have a levy on the ballot.

Battle Ground, Hockinson school districts try again for levies at ballot box

Battle Ground Public Schools will go out for a second levy this year after a levy attempt in February failed by 60 votes. The Hockinson district will also have a levy on the ballot.

April 3, 2025, 2:19pm Clark County News

Two Clark County school districts are returning to voters April 22 to seek approval for levies that failed in February. Read story

Trudy Whitenack of Brush Prairie, left, joins her daughter, Tammie Eckert, while shopping at Joann Fabric and Crafts in Orchards on Friday morning. The store is among the large brands that are closing many, if not all, of their stores around the country.

More national chains close, but Clark County’s retail vacancy rate remains low

Trudy Whitenack of Brush Prairie, left, joins her daughter, Tammie Eckert, while shopping at Joann Fabric and Crafts in Orchards on Friday morning. The store is among the large brands that are closing many, if not all, of their stores around the country.

April 3, 2025, 6:10am Business

Although more national brands continue to close their doors, Clark County’s retail vacancy rate remains low. Read story

Magenta Theater on Main Street in downtown Vancouver.

Try this: Food Waste Trivia Night, ‘Tiny Beautiful Things,’ George Strait tribute

Magenta Theater on Main Street in downtown Vancouver.

April 3, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

Things to do this week Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Enjoy lull in weather before April’s feistiness returns

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

April 3, 2025, 6:05am Clark County News

April’s arrival has given us the cold shoulder so far with chilly temperatures, blustery winds, scattered showers and hail. Let’s not forget more snow in the mountains, too. As we plead for a couple of warm and sunny days, April smiles and agrees to a timeout in the active weather… Read story

Josh Iwata, center, joins other protestors Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at the Tesla dealership at the intersection of Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard and Andresen Road in Vancouver.

‘What’s happening now is unprecedented’: Political activism, protests in Vancouver accelerate

Josh Iwata, center, joins other protestors Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at the Tesla dealership at the intersection of Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard and Andresen Road in Vancouver.

April 2, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

Vancouver native Josh Iwata used to dream of driving a fancy new Tesla electric car away from the local showroom. Read story

Clark County staffer Paul Herkert, left, works with Jackie Faley of Washougal as she helps her grandson, not pictured, sign up for the county’s property tax relief program at Camas City Hall on Friday afternoon.

Program cuts property taxes for thousands of older Clark County residents on limited incomes

Clark County staffer Paul Herkert, left, works with Jackie Faley of Washougal as she helps her grandson, not pictured, sign up for the county’s property tax relief program at Camas City Hall on Friday afternoon.

April 2, 2025, 6:05am Clark County News

Clark County staffers are on a mission to spread the word about a decades-old tax exemption program that can help limited-income adults age 61 and older and residents with disabilities save money on property taxes. Read story

Cody J. Slot, 40, appears Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on charges of attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault. He's accused of stabbing another man a dozen times and causing him to undergo multiple surgeries for his injuries.

Washougal man gets nearly 11 years in stabbing of man at former girlfriend’s home

Cody J. Slot, 40, appears Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on charges of attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault. He's accused of stabbing another man a dozen times and causing him to undergo multiple surgeries for his injuries.

April 1, 2025, 5:36pm Clark County News

A judge on Tuesday sentenced a Washougal man to nearly 11 years in prison for stabbing another man at his former girlfriend’s Washougal home. Read story

Battle Ground police investigate a crash on 20th Avenue that killed one person and injured a second March 19 in Battle Ground.

Amboy woman identified as person killed in March 19 crash in Battle Ground

Battle Ground police investigate a crash on 20th Avenue that killed one person and injured a second March 19 in Battle Ground.

April 1, 2025, 2:18pm Clark County News

A 69-year-old Amboy woman was identified as the person killed in a March 19 crash near Main Street in Battle Ground, the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office said Tuesday. Read story

Students playing the baritone saxophone with the Clark College jazz band at the Clark College 57th annual Jazz Festival in 2019. Members of the jazz band were supposed to leave for Cuba on March 26 but were denied permission by the State Department a day before they were supposed to leave.

Clark College Jazz Band trip to Cuba halted by feds right before students were to leave

Students playing the baritone saxophone with the Clark College jazz band at the Clark College 57th annual Jazz Festival in 2019. Members of the jazz band were supposed to leave for Cuba on March 26 but were denied permission by the State Department a day before they were supposed to leave.

April 1, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

The federal government denied Clark College’s Jazz Ensemble permission to travel to Cuba one day before the group was scheduled to leave. Read story