In April 2020, just one month into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vancouver Fire Department replaced one of its aging fire engines with a new rig that cost $614,000. Today, that same fire engine, built by the same manufacturer to the same specifications, will cost Vancouver taxpayers $972,000 and take twice as long to arrive.
Officials from the Washington Department of Natural Resources had the rare opportunity last week to see how well strategies to minimize wildfire damage held up to an actual fire.
Leaders at Vancouver Clinic want to revive a midwife-led group program to ensure mothers across Southwest Washington have access to adequate prenatal care.
The hot, dry summers Clark County and much of the Pacific Northwest have experienced in recent years are harming some native tree species. Forestry experts and environmental groups say western hemlock, western red cedar and bigleaf maple are dying off due to the changing climate.
A week after being shut out, the Camas Papermakers offense came to life in a span of 3 minutes and 16 seconds of the fourth quarter.
On Christmas Day of 2022, Aaron Lutz received word from one of his regular customers that the family had lost water service at their house due to freezing weather. Lutz didn’t hesitate to act, temporarily pausing his own holiday festivities to save somebody else’s.
The last time Jon Eagle stood on a sideline opposite the Camas Papermakers was Oct. 29, 1988.
The city of Camas has named Scott Collins as its next public works director.
Clark County vaccination rates for respiratory illnesses continue to lag behind state averages, according to the most recent data from the county’s health department.
Following a meeting with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey and a tour of the recently remodeled and expanded Clark County Elections Office last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, said she is a firm believer in Washington’s vote-by-mail system and that she will fight to protect it while in Washington, D.C.
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