Vancouver WA

C-Tran’s board on Tuesday agreed to alter its structure after resisting an edict from the Washington State Department of Transportation for nine months. The board will switch to the state’s preferred “4-3-2” composition with four directors representing the city of Vancouver, three representing unincorporated Clark...

Two unrelated stabbing incidents occurred recently, one in Portland near Lincoln High School and the second in Vancouver at Heritage High School. On February 17, a disturbance on a TriMet MAX train “spilled into the sidewalk” and escalated into an attack, according to The Oregonian. Just before 10:30 a.m., TriMet...

A lawsuit filed by Clark County Councilor Michelle Belkot claiming her constitutional rights were violated by other members of the county council was dismissed Wednesday. In the decision, a federal judge ruled in favor of Clark County, dismissing all four claims in the case. The case stems from a March...

“We’re going to build this bridge,” said Washington Governor Bob Ferguson at a March 17 press conference in Vancouver. Or as he put it put it a few minutes later, “We’re building this damn bridge.”. The bridge is the replacement for the double-span I-5 bridge over...

Thousands of Portland-area patients are caught in the middle as Regence BlueCross BlueShield and Legacy Health hash out a contract showdown that could hit wallets as early as next month. If the two sides do not reach a new agreement, many Legacy-employed physicians, clinics and outpatient services could be treated as...

Walking into this Oregon restaurant, I immediately understood why locals rave about it. The chicken pot pies aren’t just food – they’re little golden pockets of pure happiness. I may have made a suspiciously loud “wow” noise the moment I broke through the flaky crust.

Simmering tensions over the removal of concrete planters on a popular neighborhood greenway in Southeast Portland have reached a low boil. After months of discussions between cycling advocates and transportation bureau staff, the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) is demanding the planters be re-installed or...

Early Tuesday in southeast Vancouver, a late-night scene at a gas station reportedly turned terrifying when a 54-year-old man in a Batman mask chased a Black man with a pitchfork, shouted racial slurs and threatened to kill him, according to court documents. Police arrested the suspect, identified as Matthew...

Drivers in Estacada Thursday, March 19, enjoyed an impromptu car wash after a water main broke at 750 N.E. Highway 224, shooting water about 50 feet into the air. The road remained open, if a little wet, while public works crews fixed the main. It was secured about two hours after the break. No damaged to the roadway...

Attorneys claimed doctors had Cox wait nearly 17 hours instead of treating him more promptly before his paralysis progressed.