When Matt Thierfelder began his career as a Vancouver firefighter in 1994, the weight of unspoken rules hung over him: Don’t show weakness and don’t be vulnerable.

Abnormally high inventory and lagging sales have placed buyers in the best position to snag a house in Clark County since 2020, real estate agents say.

The owner of Uptown Village’s Thirsty Sasquatch and 3 Howls Remedy House, Brandon Rush, is opening his third restaurant, a pinball machine bar, in downtown Vancouver.

The city of Vancouver on Tuesday released a document outlining the environmental effects of three potential approaches to handling the next 20 years of growth.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to restore erosion-control barriers needed to maintain a navigable channel near Cottonwood Island in the Columbia River just south of Longview.

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The crack of the bat against the baseball is a sweet sound to any professional player. It likely sounds even sweeter to a mediocre player.

One of the city of Vancouver’s annual summer events is Friday Night Movies in the Park. On the first four Fridays in August, the city will host a different family movie, each in a different park.

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If you feel like shopping at brick-and-mortar thrift shops has gotten expensive, you’re not alone. People across the Seattle area say stores are pricing secondhand items higher than ever. Meanwhile, t ...