September 8, 2021, 1:53pm Clark County News
A nearby stretch of the Columbia River may soon join a list of sites slated for a federal toxic cleanup program, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday. Read story
August 8, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive
Last summer’s weeklong “smoke storm” was a game-changer for residents of Western Washington and Oregon. A thick layer of hazardous smog blanketed the region, and Portland briefly laid claim to… Read story
August 3, 2021, 6:01am Business Subscriber Exclusive
The late June heat wave pushed temperatures in Clark County to record-breaking highs, and it generated a corresponding spike in regional electricity consumption as residents hunkered down at home and cranked up their air conditioning. Read story
July 11, 2021, 5:35am Community
CLARK COUNTY — The Stormwater Partners of Southwest Washington recently announced the winners of its first Student Video Contest, which 87 Clark County middle and high school students entered. Read story
June 17, 2021, 12:04pm Clark County Life
If you are piling up plastic grocery bags, ratty clothes and burnt-out lightbulbs that you can’t bring yourself to throw into the garbage bin because you’re just sure there must be a better way to dispose of them, well, you’re right. Read story
May 7, 2021, 6:04am Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive
When Karen Morrison envisions a memorial, she thinks about the permanence of plants and trees, and how nature can outlive humans. Read story
April 17, 2021, 6:03am Business
The Port of Vancouver has spent the past few years positioning itself as a major import destination for wind energy components, touting its massive harbor cranes and large storage areas for turbine blades and tower segments. Read story
January 19, 2021, 12:59pm Business
LONGVIEW — The state Department of Ecology Tuesday denied a key permit for the $2.3 billion proposed Kalama methanol plant, citing a "significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions and inconsistencies with the Shoreline Management Act," as principal reasons. Read story
April 28, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life
Jim Toomey’s nautical comic strip, “Sherman’s Lagoon,” is set somewhere in the South Pacific, but in recent days the titular, clueless shark and his buddies dove into a controversy about our own mighty waterway. Read story
March 24, 2020, 6:00am Life Free
LOS ANGELES — The global struggle to slow the spread of the coronavirus has brought with it canceled flights, closed businesses and a quickly escalating economic slowdown that could be devastating to millions. It is also certain to shrink greenhouse gas emissions this year, according to climate scientists. Read story