When Kayla Susick was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2024, her focus wasn’t on the deteriorating deck or unsafe fence that surrounded her Clark…
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‘A unique and powerful story’: Despite cuts, Mount St. Helens Institute committed to providing educational resources to visitors
By The Citizen on May 17, 2025
Since 1996, scientists, researchers, staff and volunteers at Mount St. Helens Institute have been working to educate students and visitors about the mountain’s unique volcanic…
‘Built with love’: Vancouver welcomes Laurel Manor, an affordable housing complex for low-income seniors
By The Citizen on May 16, 2025
Vancouver now has another affordable housing building where older adults can age comfortably in place. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Battle Ground’s Wolf Industries wants to help California wildfire victims by providing modular homes
By The Citizen on May 16, 2025
BATTLE GROUND —Despite being roughly 1,000 miles away from Southern California, Battle Ground-based Wolf Industries Inc. is extending a helping hand to those impacted by…
Council for the Homeless: 717 people kept out of winter weather
By The Citizen on May 15, 2025
Council for the Homeless says 717 people were connected to emergency shelters and housing support over the winter, thanks to the multiagency winter shelter program.…
With state funding cuts, dangerous homeless camps along Clark County highways could remain in place longer
By The Citizen on May 14, 2025
The Washington State Department of Transportation may have less funding for clearing homeless camps along state highways in Clark County starting in July. Read more… …
Vancouver allocates millions to create, preserve affordable housing units
By The Citizen on May 14, 2025
Although the White House has proposed eliminating some federal funds for housing, Vancouver city staff aren’t worried about the well running dry — this year,…
Environmentalists worry changes to Endangered Species Act will hurt more wildlife than the spotted owl
By The Citizen on May 13, 2025
A proposed change to the Endangered Species Act has local environmental groups worried. Read more… Source: The Columbian
‘This isn’t what I do. This is who I am’: PeaceHealth employee Cliff Marble retires after 49 years of service
By The Citizen on May 9, 2025
What began as a summer job working in the cafeteria at St. Joseph Hospital grew into a career that spanned nearly five decades for Cliff…
WA bill capping rent increases doesn’t ease tenants’ fears in Clark County
By The Citizen on May 9, 2025
Duana Ricks-Johnson, a 54-year-old veteran and single mother, returned from advocating for rent stabilization in Olympia last year to find a 14-day pay-or-vacate notice on…