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Making a difference: Rick Steele
Carolyn Schultz-Rathbun For ClarkCountyToday.com VANCOUVER — Vancouver Fire Department Battalion Chief Rick Steele says firefighting hasn’t changed much over the years. “You put the wet stuff on th…
Woodland Chamber of Commerce to hold 62nd annual Installation Banquet
WOODLAND – The Woodland Chamber of Commerce will hold its 62nd Annual Installation Banquet on Sat., Jan. 21, at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver. The social hour will begin at 5 p.m., with dinner at…
Vancouver welcomes new development review manager, Jason Nortz
VANCOUVER — The city of Vancouver has hired a new development review division manager. Jason Nortz, a former director of development services for the city of Asheville, North Carolina, and planning…
Vancouver seeks public’s input on new Affordable Housing Fund
VANCOUVER — Two months after voters said yes to preserving and creating low-income housing and preventing homelessness in the city of Vancouver, city leaders are seeking public input on how those f…
Clark County Arts Commission gives Lifetime Achievement Award to Battle Ground artist Jim Demetro
BATTLE GROUND — About 25 years ago at the age of 49, Battle Ground resident Jim Demetro made the decision to quit his engineering career and become a full-time artist, having no idea at the time wh…
County preps roads before expected arrival of Saturday snow-ice storm
VANCOUVER – With Saturday’s forecast calling for snow followed by freezing rain, road crews were busy Friday spraying anti-icer on thoroughfares in preparation for the storm. The National Weather S…
Living Hope Church offers overnight warming center through Live Love Ministry
VANCOUVER — When Neal Curtiss, ministries pastor at Living Hope Church in Vancouver, talks about the feedback he’s received from people in the community regarding the warming shelter that the Live…
Prairie hitting full stride at season’s midway point
BRUSH PRAIRIE — The Prairie Falcons are just halfway through the 2016-2017 basketball regular season but they appear to already be hearing postseason form. Prairie opened up a 27-point first half l…
Former vice presidential candidate Rosa Clemente to speak at Clark College’s Jan. 18 event honoring legacy, teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
VANCOUVER — Rosa Clemente, the Green Party’s 2008 vice presidential candidate and a leading scholar on the modern political struggles facing Black and Latinx people, will deliver a keynote speech W…
CASEE students place first at annual forestry competition
BATTLE GROUND — In mid-December, high school students from Battle Ground Public Schools’ Center for Agriculture, Science and Environmental Education (CASEE) program placed first at a Future Farmers…
Area residents asked to help Clark County Parks celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
VANCOUVER – Clark County Parks is seeking volunteers to assist with a project at Whipple Creek Regional Park in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Participants will remove plant protector…
Welcome to La Center? Welcome to the Cowlitz Indian Reservation? Tribe, city council debate roundabout signage
LA CENTER — “We want the materials and the landscape to say, ‘Welcome, you’re home.’” That’s what Mike Meyers, a principal landscape architect with the Newport, Calif.-based Lifescapes Internationa…