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Construction has begun on C-Tran’s Mill Plain Vine project.

A strategy to strengthen an aging commercial district in central Vancouver will move to a second hearing and public hearing, the Vancouver City Council decided Monday.

January food articles typically focus on fulfilling New Year’s resolutions like going vegan or giving up alcohol. This year feels different. As we continue to cope with the lingering pandemic, eating more breakfast burritos might be the best way to start 2022.

Everyone deserves a Thanksgiving dinner, but for some, a meal can be hard to come by. Every year, groups in Clark County work to ensure that all can enjoy a holiday feast.

The Rev. Ryan Sidhom dislikes the idea of a church looking better and better while the neighborhood around it looks worse and worse, he said.

A crash on Interstate 5 southbound near Fourth Plain Boulevard in Vancouver had morning commute traffic stopped as far north as Hazel Dell, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.

There’s an old saying in newsrooms that journalists can’t do math. Maybe that’s true, but I like to look at numbers as part of my job. I thought you might be interested in some numbers, too, so I went looking for these. Unless stated otherwise, these are for the week ended Oct. 23:

Cheers: To a giving community. The annual Give More 24! fundraiser attracted a record $3.3 million this week for nonprofits in Clark, Cowlitz and Skamania counties. The 24-hour online marathon, organized by the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington, drew donations from about 6,600 people and surpassed last year’s total of $2.9 million.

C-Tran’s second bus rapid transit line is officially on the way.

Judge reduces sentence of Vancouver man convicted of gang-related murder Published: July 1, 2021, 5:26pm Share: Orlin A. Campos-Cerna waits for closing arguments in Clark County Superior Court Oct. 23, 2008. Columbian files A Vancouver man serving 55 years in prison for fatally shooting a rival gang member in 2007 had his sentenced reduced Thursday, due to changes in the law concerning his youth at the time of the crime. Clark County Superior Court Judge Suzan Clark resentenced Orlin Camp...