Ridgefield News

No victor in today's Clark County election is likely to be named among Bill O'Reilly's "Pinheads and Patriots" or excoriated by Keith Olbermann as the "Worst Person in the World." That's because nary a single Republican or Democrat is listed on the ballots .

For Southwest Washingtonians sick and tired of trying to explain to their friends where they live, it's the idea whose time has never come.

After two decades of lobbying, several lawsuits and a presidential visit, the long-sought Columbia River channel deepening project will end with a bang.

More than $1.4 billion in federal stimulus money has been spent in Washington state, and the influx of cash has helped pay for tens of thousands of jobs, officials said Friday.

For Vancouver Sign co-owner Dick Miller, the time couldn't be better for his business to expand.

While Battle Ground school leaders prepare to celebrate the district's centennial in January, dire rumors threaten to kill the party mood.

From the way Dee Metro moves about the dimly-lit sanctuary of the former Ridgefield Community Church, one would think she actually lives here.

Paul Lewis, Ridgefield: Scott Gullickson is committed to quality education, seeks community input and makes decisions based on facts - desirable qualities to serve on the Ridgefield School Board.

Vancouver's mayoral race is the county's marquee political event this November, but a look at the number of registered voters by government agency suggests more people's lives would be affected by a Clark Public Utilities commissioner.

Two large fire departments that have grown in size due to mergers are asking voters to give them five-member boards of commissioners, to allow better representation and greater flexibility between meetings.

A Vancouver man with convictions in 2005 and 2007 for possessing methamphetamine could face 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Monday, October 12, 2009 Contact: Marian Lahav, 487-7949 E-mail: Battle Ground, Camas, Clark County, La Center, Ridgefield, Vancouver, Washougal, and Yacolt are cooperating in updating their Shoreline Master Programs.

The Birdfest & Bluegrass Festival celebrates birds and the natural beauty of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

One hundred years after covering its first chicken dinner, Battle Ground's Reflector newspaper is still independent and still anything but neutral.

Bob Ford, an official at American Legion Post 44 in Ridgefield, has been trained as a service officer who can help veterans work their way through the VA system.

The Battle Ground school district will also use bond proceeds to upgrade video monitoring at 18 locations, improve several fire alarms and reconfigure a Prairie High parking lot for better safety.

REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE! The MLB44 Search and Rescue Motor Life Boat has been in service with the USCG since the early 1960's. This particular MLB44 has been acquired by her owner and was pulled out of the saltwater in 2002 for a full and complete restoration which was completed in 2008 when she returned to the water.

Fallout from the Wall Street meltdown last year is blowing a bigger hole in the state pension system, and the state now must double its yearly payments to keep its oldest plans solvent.

Vancouver police say Michelle L. "Shelly" Zabroski stole $12,000 from an elderly cerebral palsy victim the state paid her to care for - and allowed her client to live in filthy conditions.

Lead singer Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs during a concert at the Clark County Amphitheater Saturday September 26, 2009.