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The walk-behind trencher a 16-year-old boy was using to dig a channel for fence posts while working for a Vancouver construction company over the summer. He was dragged under the blade of the machine, and his injuries required both of his legs to be amputated.

Vancouver construction company fined for teenager’s injuries that resulted in amputation of his legs

The walk-behind trencher a 16-year-old boy was using to dig a channel for fence posts while working for a Vancouver construction company over the summer. He was dragged under the blade of the machine, and his injuries required both of his legs to be amputated.

January 23, 2024, 7:31pm Business

Labor officials have fined a Vancouver construction company more than $150,000 after a 16-year-old boy’s legs were amputated following an injury last summer while working on a site in La Center. Read story

Guardrail work in Clark County could cause traffic delays

January 18, 2024, 5:56am Clark County News

Construction to replace guardrails on Northwest 36th Avenue, Northeast 10th Avenue and Northeast Boutelle Road is expected to start Monday and end in February, although exact dates are weather-dependent. Read story

La Center City Hall (The Columbian files)

La Center, Cowlitz Indian Tribe fail to reach deal for police services inside city limits

La Center City Hall (The Columbian files)

January 8, 2024, 6:59pm Clark County News

Contract negotiations have failed between the city of La Center and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, where tribal officers would have provided police services inside city limits. Read story

Valerie Alexander, owner of Coyote Ridge Ranch, walks through one of the gardens on her property while joined by family dog Kelo, 15, near La Center.

Farm cultivates history: Owner of Coyote Ridge Ranch near La Center takes pride in its harvest, longtime connection to surrounding community

Valerie Alexander, owner of Coyote Ridge Ranch, walks through one of the gardens on her property while joined by family dog Kelo, 15, near La Center.

December 27, 2023, 6:08am Business

Photographs are the first items Val Alexander, 85, grabs when wildfire approaches her farm. It’s something she’s done before, living among the brush and towering trees atop a hill. Read story

Crews lay down gravel on a new road being built by Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad to service future mining activity in the Chelatchie Bluff mineral lands. Residents in the area are concerned about the impacts the road work and mining will have on the environment.

Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad ordered to cease road-building, expansion

Crews lay down gravel on a new road being built by Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad to service future mining activity in the Chelatchie Bluff mineral lands. Residents in the area are concerned about the impacts the road work and mining will have on the environment.

December 20, 2023, 6:36pm Business

Federal authorities have ordered Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad to cease its road-building and rail-yard-expansion efforts in Chelatchie following a Nov. 16 visit to the site by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Marines Fisheries Service and Environmental Protection Agency. Read story

Clark County health inspections, reported Dec. 4-9

December 15, 2023, 6:02am Business

Clark County health inspections, reported Dec. 4-9 Read story

La Center City Hall (The Columbian files)

La Center City Council approves 2024 budget

La Center City Hall (The Columbian files)

December 1, 2023, 7:09pm Clark County News

Despite continuing declines in cardroom revenues, La Center’s economic and financial prospects remain healthy, according to Mayor Tom Strobehn. Read story

Allen Morseman, residential recycle route driver for Waste Connections of Washington, makes the rounds in Hazel Dell every Tuesday morning. Dates for pickups, as well as rates and services for garbage and recycling, can vary depending on where in the county you live.

Cost of Waste Connections’ garbage, recycling services vary around Clark County; here’s why

Allen Morseman, residential recycle route driver for Waste Connections of Washington, makes the rounds in Hazel Dell every Tuesday morning. Dates for pickups, as well as rates and services for garbage and recycling, can vary depending on where in the county you live.

November 27, 2023, 7:42pm Business

Depending on where you live in Clark County, your garbage and recycling might be collected from your curb every week on Tuesdays. Or it might be picked up once a week on Wednesdays with recycling pickup every other week. Or recycling might not be picked up at all. Read story

The North Clark Historical Museum and Mt.

North Clark Historical Museum celebrates veterans

The North Clark Historical Museum and Mt.

November 25, 2023, 5:38am Community

The North Clark Historical Museum and Mt. Valley Grange #79 recently hosted a community celebration honoring local veterans. Read story

Kalama chemical manufacturer underreports pollution, issued fine

November 21, 2023, 5:55am Business

A Kalama chemical manufacturer must pay $112,500 after underreporting its air pollution for four years. Read story