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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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.

Oprah Winfrey has chosen a novel with a timely theme for her latest book club pick. Bruce Holsinger’s “Culpability” is a ...

Vice President Kamala Harris had a better rapport with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and saw him as a preferable fit to be her No. 2 — but she wrestled with whether Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro would be t ...

If you’re using ChatGPT but getting mediocre results, don’t blame the chatbot. Instead, try sharpening up your prompts.

When Chelsey Charles learned whooping cough cases were surging in Washington, like many other parents, she worried for her family’s health.

Despite a court victory, city of Vancouver officials should use a controversy over street planning as a learning opportunity. Prevailing in the legal realm is not a license to ignore the public or the ...