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‘I just didn’t realize how complicated the process is’: La Center University ‘graduates’ its first class

May 6, 2025, 2:12pm Clark County News

On the first Monday of the past five months, 30 to 50 La Center residents filed into City Hall for a two-hour meeting. While it usually takes a proposed development… Read story

Clark County Council flip-flops on resource lands study again but deadlines will be tight

April 29, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

The Clark County Council has reversed course — again — on a resource lands study needed to consider proposed urban growth boundary expansions from Ridgefield, La Center and Battle Ground. Read story

Left lane of I-5 south to close for bridge inspection Sunday near Woodland

May 14, 2025, 5:11pm Clark County News

Travelers on southbound Interstate 5 in Cowlitz County should expect delays and longer-than-usual travel times Sunday, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. Read story

Auditions for “Pistols for Two”

May 2, 2025, 1:37pm Clark County Life Free

Love Street Playhouse, 126 Loves Ave., Woodland, will hold auditions for “Pistols for Two,” based on the short stories by Georgette Heyer, at 6:30 p.m. May 12. Read story

Audience members stand to show their support for testimony defending the La Center School District Board of Directors Tuesday, April 22, 2025, during a La Center School District board meeting at La Center High School. Public comment at the meeting focused on the controversy surrounding the district’s policy on gender identity and preferred pronoun usage, which the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction found discriminated against students and staff. The district has appealed the ruling.

Pronoun policy supporters, opponents flock to La Center school board meeting

Audience members stand to show their support for testimony defending the La Center School District Board of Directors Tuesday, April 22, 2025, during a La Center School District board meeting at La Center High School. Public comment at the meeting focused on the controversy surrounding the district’s policy on gender identity and preferred pronoun usage, which the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction found discriminated against students and staff. The district has appealed the ruling.

April 22, 2025, 10:21pm Clark County News

More than 100 people attended the La Center school board meeting Tuesday, an unusually large crowd for the small school district that has recently made national headlines for its policy on pronouns. Read story

A barge sits docked at an industrial facility next to Columbia Riverfront RV Park in Woodland. The Port of Woodland recently purchased the RV park.

Woodland port rejects tax plan used to build Vancouver port waterfront

A barge sits docked at an industrial facility next to Columbia Riverfront RV Park in Woodland. The Port of Woodland recently purchased the RV park.

April 22, 2025, 9:39am Business

The Port of Woodland’s three commissioners last week voted unanimously to reject a controversial pro-development tax plan known as tax increment financing, or TIF. Read story

Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership ecologist Kari Dupler, left, and restoration program lead Chris Collins talk about the East Fork Lewis River restoration project Thursday, April 17, 2025, near the site in Battle Ground. Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership’s floodplain restoration project for the river begins this year.

Habitat restoration project on East Fork Lewis River breaks ground

Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership ecologist Kari Dupler, left, and restoration program lead Chris Collins talk about the East Fork Lewis River restoration project Thursday, April 17, 2025, near the site in Battle Ground. Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership’s floodplain restoration project for the river begins this year.

April 22, 2025, 6:09am Clark County News

After a decade in the making, crews broke ground last week on Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership’s major habitat restoration project on the East Fork Lewis River. Read story

Nate Brinton sits outside Vancouver Community Library, where he spends a lot of time now that he’s homeless. Brinton thought he had found the solution to his housing problem in Lake Merwin Campers Hideaway, but that didn’t work out.

Legal complexities in alternative housing: A cautionary tale from Clark County

Nate Brinton sits outside Vancouver Community Library, where he spends a lot of time now that he’s homeless. Brinton thought he had found the solution to his housing problem in Lake Merwin Campers Hideaway, but that didn’t work out.

April 12, 2025, 6:15am Clark County News

When Vancouver resident Nate Brinton began looking for a place to live last year, he quickly realized Clark County’s skyrocketing home prices and high interest rates had put traditional homebuying beyond his modest budget. Read story

La Center softball coach Randy Martinez, right, instructs players going through a drill during practice on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at La Center High School.

Randy Martinez brings familiarity to La Center softball team in second stint as head coach

La Center softball coach Randy Martinez, right, instructs players going through a drill during practice on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at La Center High School.

April 3, 2025, 7:05am Latest News

Seemingly every member of the La Center softball team has a personal connection to coach Randy Martinez. 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