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Check It Out: The Good, Bad and Ugly of family-focused fiction
Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries senior collection development librarian Beth Wood reflects on fiction centered on families, opening with Leo Tolstoy’s observation that happy families are alike while unhappy families…
Weather Eye: Rain to continue; be wary of ocean swells if heading to beach
A series of Pacific storms is expected to bring continued rain to the Pacific Northwest, while their strongest winds remain mostly offshore. Clark County residents are seeing less impact from the winds, but people…
Washington teen Elexis Robinson suffers severe brain injury after being thrown from car sunroof
Elexis Robinson, 17, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury after she was thrown from a moving car in a Vancouver, Washington, shopping-center parking lot on Nov. 3. She had been standing through the sunroof when the…
High School Scoreboard, results for Friday, Nov. 13
High school volleyball and girls swimming results from Friday, Nov. 13, were reported alongside Saturday’s Washington football playoff schedule. The listed games include Glacier Peak against Skyview in the 4A state…
Vancouver City Council votes to fire City Manager Lon Pluckhahn
Vancouver City Council voted unanimously to begin terminating City Manager Lon Pluckhahn’s employment agreement. Pluckhahn is suspended with pay while the council prepares a final vote scheduled for Dec. 14. The city…
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Falcons volleyball has all the tools to soar
Prairie High School’s volleyball team is preparing for the 3A state tournament after a resilient district campaign. Senior Lexi Whedon was unavailable for the team’s semifinal against Shelton after being involved in a…
Prep Football 2026: State first-round preview capsules with livestream links and predictions
Five local teams are set to play in Washington’s state high school football first round this week: Skyview, Kelso, Woodland, Seton Catholic and La Center. The preview includes livestream information and predictions for…
Clark County Health inspections for Nov. 2-7, 2026
Clark County Public Health released restaurant inspection results for Nov. 2–7, 2026. The county scores establishments based on violations, with lower scores indicating better compliance; zero is a perfect score, while…
Clark College sees slight enrollment increase, WSU Vancouver holds steady in fall 2026 enrollment numbers
Clark College enrolled 9,893 students for fall 2026, a slight increase from the previous year, while Washington State University Vancouver’s enrollment remained relatively steady. Clark College’s enrollment has risen…
High School Scoreboard, results from Thursday, Nov. 12
High school girls soccer and volleyball results from Thursday, Nov. 12, were reported, with Washington’s 2A volleyball state first-round matches scheduled for Friday at the Yakima SunDome. Prosser is set to face…
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Vancouver to host 12th annual Korey’s Joy Drive, seeking donations
Vancouver’s 12th annual Korey’s Joy Drive is collecting new, unwrapped toys and winter clothing through Dec. 9. Donations began Nov. 11 and will support seven local charities, including organizations serving families in…
Elderly Vancouver man accused of punching, pushing mother with baby in Walmart parking lot
An elderly man in Vancouver is accused of punching and pushing a mother who was with her baby in a Walmart parking lot. The allegation concerns an assault in a public parking area. No further details about the…
Vancouver man, 77, accused of assaulting woman in Walmart parking lot
Clark County deputies arrested 77-year-old Timothy Coe at his Vancouver home on Nov. 11 in connection with an alleged assault in a Walmart parking lot. Investigators say he punched a woman and pushed her to the ground…
Vancouver City Council poised to fire City Manager Lon Pluckhahn
Vancouver City Council members plan to meet Friday to vote on a resolution terminating City Manager Lon Pluckhahn’s employment agreement on December 16. The proposal would name Deputy City Manager Lisa Brandl as acting…
No cause cited as Vancouver City Council calls special meeting to remove city manager
Vancouver City Council has scheduled a special meeting for Friday, Nov. 13, to remove City Manager Lon Pluckhahn from his position. The city has not publicly explained the reason for the proposed removal, despite…
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Varsity360 podcast: Looking ahead to an exciting slate of state first round football games
Micah Rice and Meg Wochnick preview the opening round of Washington’s state high school football playoffs, focusing on teams from Southwest Washington. The Varsity360 podcast considers which squads could advance to the…
Weather Eye: Repeated rounds of rainfall, breezy conditions on way
Repeated rounds of rain and occasional gusty winds are expected across the Pacific Northwest after an unusually mild stretch. The region is set to return to a more typical November pattern of cloudy, wet weather, with…
Seton Catholic girls soccer team leans on its defense in a 1-0 win over Annie Wright
Seton Catholic defeated Annie Wright 1-0 in a Class 1A girls’ soccer state round-of-16 match at Seton Catholic High School on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Lilah Chase scored in the 28th minute, and the Cougars’ defense held the…
Columbia River opens 2A girls soccer state playoffs with 5-0 shutout of Othello
Top-seeded Columbia River opened Washington’s Class 2A girls soccer state playoffs with a 5-0 win over Othello on Wednesday. The Rapids, who have earned a top-three state finish in each of their past nine tournament…
High School Scoreboard, results from Wednesday, Nov. 11
High school girls soccer and volleyball results from Wednesday, Nov. 11, were reported for the local prep sports scene. The scoreboard also lists Thursday’s schedule, including 3A district volleyball semifinals at…
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Former GCHS cross country star Jackson Crume qualifies for NAIA Cross Country Nat'l Championships
Jackson Crume, a junior at Union Commonwealth University and former Grayson County High School runner, qualified for the 2026 NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championships. He is the first athlete from the…
C-TRAN warns it could cut a quarter of bus service if sales tax stays the same
C-TRAN staff warned that the agency could cut about a quarter of its regular bus service by the early 2030s if its sales tax rate does not rise. The reductions could mean longer waits, fewer service days and eliminated…
Southwest Washington data shows vaccine divide amid nationwide measles surge
MMR vaccination rates are falling in Clark and Cowlitz counties in southwest Washington as measles cases across the United States reach a 35-year high. The local decline comes amid a nationwide surge in the highly…
Martinez: Wyatt Nitzschke of Columbia River rebounds after run-in with car ends cross country season
Columbia River High School senior Wyatt Nitzschke is recovering after being hit by a car while warming up for a cross-country race, an injury that ended his season. The Columbian reports that he is trying to focus on…
Portland’s retro Old Town arcade bar is expanding into Vancouver
A retro arcade bar from Portland’s Old Town is expanding across the Columbia River into Vancouver, Washington. The move will bring its mix of classic games and bar offerings to a new location, extending the business…
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High School Scoreboard, results from Tuesday, Nov. 10
The Columbian reports on the latest high school sports results, focusing on the upcoming 4A Bi-District volleyball tournament schedule. Matches are set to take place at Bethel High School, featuring key matchups…
Links to the 2026 fall all-league teams for Southwest Washington leagues
The Columbian has released a collection of links for the 2026 fall all-league teams across the 4A, 3A, 2A Greater St. Helens Leagues and the 1A Trico League. The publication notes that these rosters are being updated as…
Driver killed in fiery Vancouver crash identified
Authorities have identified the driver who died in a fiery crash in Vancouver. The identification provides an update in the fatal incident, though the available report does not give further details about the driver or…
Vancouver man identified as driver killed when car crashes into pole on Padden Parkway
The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Sergey Shlyakhtich, 39, of Vancouver, as the driver killed in a crash Friday on Northeast Padden Parkway. He was driving east in a Mercedes when the vehicle left the…