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Amber Rodriguez, a resident at the 415 West Safe Stay community, straightens up her unit in downtown Vancouver. Rodriguez was living in a homeless camp and addicted to fentanyl, which she used to help her sleep through the night in the rowdy camp. Now, she’s one of several Safe Stay residents pleading with the city of Vancouver for permanent funding for the pallet shelter communities.

Should Safe Stays stay? Vancouver officials, advocates for the homeless debate whether communities should be permanent

Vancouver’s system of temporary shelters may become a permanent part of the city’s plan to address homelessness.
Clark County Politics
Washougal residents Ann and Grant Gilson are working to bring a teen center to east Clark County.

Camas residents committed to creating teen center ‘because it’s such a needed thing’

Grant and Ann Gilson launched the Turf Teen Center nonprofit organization in 2023 with the goal of opening a facility in east Clark County for local teenagers where they could…
Clark County News
Anglers with large boats often launch elsewhere and pull into the quiet backwaters of Silver Lake to fish. They do quite well by fishing the popular jig and bobber combo.

Silver Lake winter crappie offer a tasty challenge

The bite had slowed. A few other fishers were still doing well, but my luck had stopped.
Outdoors
An aerial photo shows the Steigerwald Commerce Center, an industrial park owned by the Port of Camas-Washougal, east of downtown Washougal. The area has been designated as an Opportunity Zone, creating a new investment tool for developers interested in moving into the area’s remaining vacant lots.

Unforeseen issues add $200,000 to Port of Camas-Washougal’s 41st Street project

The Port of Camas-Washougal’s effort to build a new street in the Steigerwald Commerce Center industrial park has hit a speed bump that will add about $200,000 to the project’s…
Clark County Business

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Trekking on the Pacific Crest Trail in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest is a great way for hikers to find peace and solitude. The forest is one of 17 national forests included in the U.S. Forest Service’s Northwest Forest Plan. Public comment on proposed changes to the plan are due by Monday.

Northwest Forest Plan less effective in the face of climate change, says Forest Service, proposing changes

Time is running out for those wanting to offer feedback on proposed changes to the U.S. Forest Service’s Northwest Forest Plan. The public comment period…

Business

Cody Draper, CEO of Mountain Modular, stands near steel framing used to construct the housing unit behind him.

Could you get a house delivered like a pizza? This Boise company thinks so. What to know

Cody Draper stood outside his Boise Bench warehouse on a cold February afternoon and watched as a crane truck, flooding the area with the smell…

Northwest

Surveillance video from Sgt. Jian Zhao’s office at Joint Base Lewis-McChord allegedly shows him taking photos of restricted military documents on Oct. 27, 2024, that he sold to an individual in China for $4,500. (U.S.

How alleged conspiracy to sell U.S. military secrets involving 2 JBLM soldiers unfolded

In November 2021, Capt. Li Tian, an officer stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Lakewood, allegedly began emailing back and forth with a foreign national…

Sports

Oleksandr Shvachka prepares to put on a prosthetic leg after a lesson with Oregon Adaptive Sports on the three track skiing method at Hoodoo Ski Area in central Oregon on Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Ukrainian war veteran amputees learn adaptive skiing in Oregon

Ukrainian war veteran Oleksandr Shvachka lost his left leg to Russian tank fire outside Kyiv. Three years on, the latest step in his physical and…

Politics

FILE - President Donald Trump signs a document in the Oval Office at the White House, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

Trump signs bill funding government for 6 months

President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown and…

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A student walking toward the Vancouver Public Schools administrative services building.

Vancouver Public Schools is the only district in the Clark County to get a financial warning from state for 2023-24 school year

Vancouver Public Schools is the only Clark County district to receive a financial warning from the state for the 2023-24 school year.

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Tim Gehling hugs his child, Clover Bull-Gehling, 9, in the kitchen of a friendǃÙs house where they are staying after losing their home in the Eaton fire, on Feb. 12, 2025, in Los Angeles. The two Bull-Gehling children are dealing with trauma and loss.

Meltdowns, nightmares and regressions: The LA fires are taking a traumatic toll on kids

By the time the Fortier family heard the insistent pounding on the front door, the electric power at their Altadena home had been out for…

Life

Iliza Shlesinger attends Jhpiego Laughter is the Best Medicine Gala at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 2, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California.

‘I’m not the only woman who does stand-up’: Iliza Shlesinger on ‘digestible feminism’ and mom brain

Comedian Iliza Shlesinger takes the word “special” very seriously, and not just because she’s done a lot of them (seven, to be exact). It’s because…

Nation / World

This image taken from video shows an aircraft launching from a carrier Saturday in an undisclosed location before airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. (U.S.

Rebels in Yemen vow escalation after U.S. launches airstrikes

The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the U.S. launched airstrikes to deter the rebels from attacking military…

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March 15: COVID Anniversary

Editorial Cartoons for Week of March 10, 2025

In Our View: Clark County Council must amend its bylaws

Jayne: We’ll sure miss you, Kentucky

Gonzales: Reconsider regressive road usage tax

Leubsdorf: Falling into familiar pattern

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