This week in Clark County history, Oct. 2, 2026
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100 years ago
Clark County’s first yacht club secured moorage just up the Columbia River from the recently finished steel railroad bridge, touted at the time as the longest in the world. The Apr...
100 years ago
Before the entertainment world offered CinemaScope and IMAX, it offered other big-view theatrical presentations, the panorama and the cyclorama. Up to 50 feet tall and 400 feet lon...
The land west of today’s reconstructed Fort Vancouver, including Esther Short Park, changed ownership three times. The deaths of two men in 1850 over the land resulted in confusion...
Clark County Historical Museum Executive Director Brad Richardson stood inside the 178-year-old Covington House, one of Vancouver’s most historic landmarks, on a chilly, overcast F...
In 1924, gold miners appeared at the Cougar Ranger Station with an unbelievable tale. They’d been terrified by a band of 7-foot-tall hairy apes lobbing stones at their cabin. The a...
Before the Civil War, Dr. Joseph K. Barnes served as post surgeon at Fort Vancouver. He later became the only physician to attend two dying presidents.
“A nation of drunkards” isn’t most people’s preferred view of our proud American forefathers, but that’s what amateur historian and Clark County Historical Museum volunteer Sam Bus...
Clark County Business Briefing for Oct. 3, 2026
Among the Heritage Trees in Clark County, two survived a blight in the early 20th century, when the species went nearly extinct. The pair of American chestnut trees still flank the...
With one last-minute change, the Clark County Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an updated plan that will guide the county’s growth for the next two decades.
Clark County seeks equalization board applicants
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office cracked the oldest cold case in the county’s history, the 64-year-old homicide of two Battle Ground men, the agency announced Tuesday.
Clark County is looking for volunteers to fill up to five seats on the 15-member Railroad Advisory Board. The board advises the county on matters relating to the county-owned Chela...
Clark County voters Nov. 3 will decide on nine county charter amendments.
Clark County seeks volunteers for animal control board
The Historic Trust welcomes new partner for annual veterans parade
The Clark County School District turns 70 years old this month, as dynamic, complex and as crucial to the Las Vegas area as it was in 1956. Something else that hasn’t changed...
Homebuilder Jon Girod is the recipient of the 2026 First Citizen Award, the Greater Vancouver Chamber announced Monday.
This past week has drawn national attention to our community.
Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad filed suit Sept. 3 in federal court against Clark County, claiming it — not the rail operator — is responsible for stormwater runoff violations...
Clark County is seeking two volunteers to fill open positions on the county’s Ethics Review Commission. Each position is for a three-year term beginning immediately and ends Oct. 3...
Clark County has narrowed its search for a new north county waste transfer station to four potential sites near Ridgefield.
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