According to a report released by Clark County earlier this week, food assistance is a top need for residents, outpacing housing and mental health support.…
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Vancouver’s Couve Collective helps people get clean and get clean laundry as it expands it mission
By The Citizen on December 18, 2024
Felicia Hubach moved wet clothes from the washing machine to the dryer as Couve Collective members chuckled in the background while watching the movie “Uncle…
Vancouver defense attorney Josephine Townsend charged with two counts of forgery
By The Citizen on December 18, 2024
A Vancouver defense attorney is facing forgery charges for allegedly altering documents related to a civil protection order against her client. Read more… Source: The…
Woodland Public Schools receives $4.25 million in grant funds for electric buses
By The Citizen on December 18, 2024
Woodland Public Schools is beginning to swap diesel school buses for electric ones. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Vancouver to pay more than $6M for former Naydenov building that will house 150-bed homeless shelter
By The Citizen on December 17, 2024
The Vancouver City Council on Monday agreed to pay philanthropist Michael Lynch more than $6.29 million for 3 acres in the Van Mall neighborhood where…
Vancouver issues emergency order to keep two Safe Stays open
By The Citizen on December 17, 2024
The city of Vancouver issued an emergency order to keep the city’s first two Safe Stays, shelter communities made up of 20 hutlike structures for…
Bob Knight, former Clark College president and U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, dies at 67
By The Citizen on December 16, 2024
Friends of former Clark College President Robert “Bob” Kennedy Knight say he dedicated his life to serving his community and country. He died early Saturday…
Save Our Streets has enough signatures for Vancouver initiative that would require a vote on lane removals
By The Citizen on December 16, 2024
Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey has certified a ballot initiative that would require voter approval to remove traffic lanes on streets in Vancouver. Read more… …
69-year-old Vancouver man ID’d as person killed in Dec. 6 house fire
By The Citizen on December 16, 2024
A 69-year-old Vancouver man has been identified as the person killed in a Dec. 6 house fire in northeast Vancouver, according to a Monday statement…
33 affordable apartments in Vancouver could end up in the path of a new I-5 bridge; residents fear the worst
By The Citizen on December 14, 2024
Valerie Eliason’s pulse quickened as she stared at the front page of The Columbian. Read more… Source: The Columbian