May 10, 2022, 10:50am Clark County Life
A smaller, fireworks-free event at Fort Vancouver will replace the Independence Day fireworks extravaganza this summer after two years of cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read story
March 2, 2022, 6:04am Business
Applications are now being accepted for the Clark County Fire Marshal’s lottery for three retail fireworks permits. The permit lottery will be held April 4. Fireworks cannot be sold in… Read story
August 13, 2021, 10:21am Clark County News
The Clark County Fire Marshal's Office is offering a reward for information identifying the person the agency believes started the July 5 fire at the Old Cherry Grove Church in Battle Ground that also destroyed the house attached and the yard full of collectables — including hundreds of mannequins. Read story
July 8, 2021, 3:56pm Clark County News Free
The Vancouver Fire Marshal’s Office issued seven citations to people who were caught lighting fireworks for the Fourth of July, despite a running fireworks ban in city limits. Read story
July 6, 2021, 4:18pm Clark County News
The night of the Fourth of July was slower than usual for some fire agencies in Clark County with almost all of the county under a fireworks ban. Read story
July 5, 2021, 6:06pm Clark County News Free
An old church and the house next door burned down in an early morning fire in Battle Ground that officials say could've been sparked by fireworks. Read story
July 3, 2021, 6:21pm Clark County News
With firework sales outlawed everywhere else in Clark County, many made the trip to the town of Yacolt to stock up on the colorful explosives for the Fourth of July weekend. Read story
July 2, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News Free
A number of nonprofit organizations have started to feel the repercussions of the ban on fireworks in Clark County. Read story
June 29, 2021, 10:19am Clark County News Free
Clark County has banned the sale and use of fireworks in unincorporated areas through midnight July 4, the end of the fireworks season. In doing so, the county joins almost all other local jurisdictions. Read story
June 27, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive
Fireworks laws in unincorporated Clark County will likely remain unchanged for at least the next couple of years, following political and electoral jostling over the past several months. Read story