Laurel Fraught, a 74-year-old grandmother of 23, lived with a leaking roof and unreliable temperatures in her Vancouver mobile home for years. Read more… Source:…
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Post-prison housing, especially for sex offenders, is rare in Clark County and often run-down
By The Citizen on August 9, 2025
Surrounding Vancouver’s largest homeless camp sit seven shabby houses built about a century ago. The paint is peeling. The lawn is dead. Windows are damaged.…
Californians flock to Clark County, the second most popular location in WA for transplants
By The Citizen on August 9, 2025
In 2024, nearly 240,000 Californians left the state — and a decent chunk flocked to Clark County. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Extreme heat watch starts Sunday in Clark County, Southwest Washington
By The Citizen on August 8, 2025
Clark County and Southwest Washington will be under an extreme heat watch starting Sunday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Portland. Read more… …
Clark County-based property company to pay $2,000 for violating WA rent-increase rules
By The Citizen on August 7, 2025
A Clark County-based property company, Deer Point Meadows Investments, will pay $2,000 to the Washington Attorney General’s Office after sending rent-increase notices to tenants at…
Has surge of overdose deaths subsided? Fatal opioid overdoses fall in WA, Clark County
By The Citizen on August 6, 2025
Clark County’s overdose death rate is gradually declining, according to the Washington State Department of Health. Read more… Source: The Columbian
New push to stem domestic violence deaths pairs Clark County Sheriff’s Office with YWCA
By The Citizen on August 5, 2025
For years, a pamphlet was sometimes the only connection survivors had to resources when the Clark County Sheriff’s Office responded to domestic violence incidents. Read…
Former Salmon Creek child care worker gets 14 years in child molestation case
By The Citizen on August 4, 2025
A former Salmon Creek child care worker was sentenced Monday to about 14 years in prison for child molestation and child sexual abuse imagery charges.…
Clark County Council weighs how to address Vancouver Lake issues after state pulls $330,000
By The Citizen on August 1, 2025
Clark County will have to decide how — or whether — to fund ongoing efforts to improve water quality and reduce toxic algae at Vancouver…
After delays, Madrona Recovery will open in former Daybreak Youth Services building in September
By The Citizen on July 31, 2025
The doors to the long-planned 54-bed recovery and mental health center at the former Daybreak Youth Services building in Brush Prairie will finally open in…