The Interstate 5 North Fork Lewis River Bridge, perhaps the region’s most problematic highway bridge, is undergoing two months of bridge deck repairs. Read more… …
Posts published in “Community Funded Journalism”
For people in Clark County experiencing homelessness, health care can be out of reach
By The Citizen on September 16, 2023
A numbness washed over Martha Petifer as she packed up her belongings after being evicted from her apartment. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Clark Asks: What’s being done about trash in Clark County homeless camps?
By The Citizen on September 14, 2023
At the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail camp — one of the largest homeless camps in Vancouver — a single, modest-size trash can spills over with…
Once homeless, Vancouver couple find comfort, stability in tiny-home community
By The Citizen on September 7, 2023
It’s always Christmastime at Sabrina and James Thayer’s tiny house in Vancouver. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Cowlitz Complex fires grow over holiday weekend
By The Citizen on September 5, 2023
Personnel have contained 8 percent of the Cowlitz Complex Fires, dozens of blazes that encompass 697 acres within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Read more… …
Miss Betty lends a hand: 94-year-old volunteer at Vancouver nonprofit Friends of the Carpenter
By The Citizen on September 4, 2023
With a flat corner of sandpaper in her hand, Betty Eves, 94, smooths the jagged edges of a piece of wood — it’s a part…
Fighting fire with Firewise: Columbia River Gorge towns push for more wildfire safety practices
By The Citizen on September 2, 2023
UNDERWOOD — For Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area residents, each hot and dry season their community isn’t touched by fire seems lucky. Read more… …
Wildfire mitigation begins at home; how to get prepared
By The Citizen on September 2, 2023
Wildfire mitigation doesn’t begin when suppression crews battle flames racing through a community. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Cowlitz Complex fire burns 589 acres; rain just not enough to help
By The Citizen on September 1, 2023
Wet conditions settled over the region and provided relief for personnel addressing the Cowlitz Complex Fire, but it wasn’t enough to extinguish any of its…
Clark Asks: How can you help someone who’s experiencing homelessness in Clark County?
By The Citizen on August 31, 2023
People pass by residents experiencing homelessness every day in Clark County, where at least 672 people live outside, according to the county’s 2023 Point-in-Time Count.…