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‘I stand tall now’: Clark County’s Community Court celebrates participants’ success

April 18, 2025, 4:36pm Clark County News

The scene during Friday afternoon’s second anniversary celebration for Clark County’s Community Court was far from a typical day at court. Participants, service providers and county officials shared laughs, tears… Read story

Sen. Cleveland votes no on rent cap measure; Measure passes in Senate, moves back to the House

April 11, 2025, 2:49pm Clark County News

Sen. Annette Cleveland of Vancouver was the only Democrat to vote against a bill capping rent increases that passed through the Washington Senate on Thursday evening. Read story

Brooklyn Miller of Battle Ground, from left, packs up her family’s kitchen supplies with her daughter, Athena, 5, and her husband, Steven. The family is worried their home could be seized by the federal government.

Battle Ground families fear homelessness after their landlord is arrested on murder and tax charges

Brooklyn Miller of Battle Ground, from left, packs up her family’s kitchen supplies with her daughter, Athena, 5, and her husband, Steven. The family is worried their home could be seized by the federal government.

April 5, 2025, 6:12am Clark County News

Steven Miller, 35, was shocked when he clicked on The Columbian’s website in February. Beneath the headline, “Vancouver man suspected of attempted murder held on $1.5 million bail,” was a photo of his landlord. Read story

Homelessness continues to be a growing problem in Clark County schools, as well as across the nation.

Student homelessness is growing in Clark County and across the state

Homelessness continues to be a growing problem in Clark County schools, as well as across the nation.

April 4, 2025, 1:41pm Clark County News

Homelessness among students continues to increase across Clark County and the state, reaching record highs, according to a Seattle nonprofit. Read story

Outsiders Inn program lead Corey Seymour walks through a mostly cleaned out winter shelter Tuesday at Vancouver’s Arts Hub. The city opened the shelters after a winter storm left shelters overwhelmed last winter.

City of Vancouver’s seasonal overnight homeless shelters are closed; will they reopen in winter?

Outsiders Inn program lead Corey Seymour walks through a mostly cleaned out winter shelter Tuesday at Vancouver’s Arts Hub. The city opened the shelters after a winter storm left shelters overwhelmed last winter.

April 2, 2025, 2:37pm Clark County News

On Tuesday morning, adults and children trickled out the doors of the city of Vancouver’s winter shelters for the last time this season. Read story

R.J. Piercey walks around the van she lives in at the Evergreen Safe Parking Zone on Sept. 1, 2022. The city’s Safe Park recently switched hands from Thrive2Survive to Live Love Outreach.

Vancouver fires Thrive2Survive as operator of Safe Park at Evergreen Transit Center

R.J. Piercey walks around the van she lives in at the Evergreen Safe Parking Zone on Sept. 1, 2022. The city’s Safe Park recently switched hands from Thrive2Survive to Live Love Outreach.

March 31, 2025, 6:05am Business

The city of Vancouver fired the operator of its Safe Park, where people can legally live in their vehicles, for allegedly ignoring drug deals and overbilling the city by $72,000. Read story

City workers pull materials out of a homeless camp Wednesday, March 5, 2025, along the Mill Plain sound wall. The city cleared the homeless camp after a year of escalating complaints from neighbors.

Washington’s successful homeless encampment removal program could see cuts

City workers pull materials out of a homeless camp Wednesday, March 5, 2025, along the Mill Plain sound wall. The city cleared the homeless camp after a year of escalating complaints from neighbors.

March 30, 2025, 2:55pm Latest News

The Legislature has proposed budgets that would cut $30 million from the state’s signature homelessness program, which would largely halt work to remove encampments on state property next to highways. Advocates say that’s just one of many cuts homelessness programs could be facing. Read story

Pedestrians cross Mill Plain Boulevard on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The homeless camp that existed along the sound wall was cleared weeks ago, with residents scattering elsewhere into Vancouver.

‘There is this cloud that’s lifted’: Hough neighborhood residents thankful sound wall homeless camp cleared

Pedestrians cross Mill Plain Boulevard on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The homeless camp that existed along the sound wall was cleared weeks ago, with residents scattering elsewhere into Vancouver.

March 28, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

Three weeks after the city cleared a homeless camp along the sound wall on West Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver, nearby residents say they haven’t noticed people return, as feared. Read story

Dan Brown, left, and Dax Imber of Bikers Outreach Organization give food and hygiene packs to a passing motorist on Sunday.

Bikers Outreach Organization brings ‘comfort to the uncomfortable’ in Clark County with help for those who need it

Dan Brown, left, and Dax Imber of Bikers Outreach Organization give food and hygiene packs to a passing motorist on Sunday.

March 27, 2025, 6:07am Clark County News

As light rain drizzled, Dax Imber rode his motorcycle by the Burnt Bridge Creek homeless encampment in central Vancouver. He called out to a few people lingering by their tents to let them know that food and clothing were available just across the road. Read story

Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle delivers the State of the City address on Monday at Firstenburg Community Center.

Mayor details Vancouver’s growth, priorities and future in State of the City address

Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle delivers the State of the City address on Monday at Firstenburg Community Center.

March 25, 2025, 12:52pm Clark County News

Changes and ambiguity on the federal level will not keep the city of Vancouver from pursuing improvements in safety, housing and homelessness, and economic development, Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle said in her State of the City speech Monday evening. Read story