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Customers at Creative Interiors and Design walk right into a robust showroom floor with curated displays of furniture, lighting and home decor that reflects the company’s full-service interior design approach.
Creative Interiors and Design reflects on 20-plus years of service, relationship building
What started as a small artificial floral business operated out of a home has grown into one of Clark County’s longtime interior design destinations. For more than two decades, Heidi and Ryan … more
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Aaron Brown answers questions from Woodland City Council members during a candidate appointment interview on Monday, May 18. Brown was unanimously appointed to fill the vacant Position 6 seat on the council.
Woodland appoints new councilor as another announces resignation
The Woodland City Council voted unanimously on Monday, May 18, to appoint Aaron Brown to the vacant Position 6 seat, shortly after Councilmember Douglas Freimarck announced his resignation from … more
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Railroad Avenue in Yacolt is adorned with red, white and blue road striping on Friday, May 22. But a complaint to the town may cause the centerline striping to be painted over with standard yellow.
One complaint threatens Yacolt’s patriotic road display
A patriotic road striping project in the town of Yacolt, intended to celebrate America’s upcoming 250th birthday, has now sparked controversy from one complaint. During a May 11 meeting, town … more
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Four newly striped pickleball courts sit beside the basketball court at Heritage Park on Thursday, May 21, ahead of the facility’s opening. La Center officially opened the courts Friday, May 22, after completing fencing, landscaping and final striping work.
La Center pickleball courts now open at Heritage Park
La Center’s four new pickleball courts at Heritage Park opened Friday, May 22, following months of weather delays, landscaping work and final striping, meeting the city’s goal of opening before … more
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A picnic shelter stands at Lewisville Regional Park, one of Clark County’s 10 regional parks. Clark County officials say regional parks are struggling with increasing maintenance backlogs and staffing shortages. Leaders are now considering long-term funding solutions, a topic discussed at a May 20 council workshop.
‘33% of our assigned daily tasks go uncompleted’: Clark County weighs long-term parks funding solutions
Clark County officials say the region’s parks system is falling behind as staffing shortages, deferred maintenance and population growth continue to strain available funding. During a … more
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A recreational vehicle sits parked in front of the building line in Battle Ground on Friday, Feb. 6. The Battle Ground City Council voted in April to relax restrictions on RV, trailer and boat parking, but on May 18, council members discussed revisiting the ordinance after Fire Marshal Chris Drone raised concerns about fire safety and setback requirements.
Battle Ground council to revisit RV parking ordinance over fire safety concerns
The Battle Ground City Council will reconsider its RV parking ordinance following concerns about fire safety raised by local officials. On Monday, May 18, the council unanimously approved a … more
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A neighborhood in Ridgefield off of North 10th Street is surrounded by agricultural land.
Friends of Clark County criticizes status of comprehensive plan update
As Clark County races toward a court-ordered July deadline for its comprehensive plan update, conservation advocates say late-stage development proposals and political divisions have thrown the … more
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Brook Trang, left, executive director of Read Northwest, and Daybreak Middle School counselor Rebecca Olson received Learn Here Hero Awards from Identity Clark County.
Local educators, volunteers honored with Learn Here Hero Awards
Several educators, school staff members and volunteers who support students across north Clark County were recognized this year with Learn Here Hero Awards presented by the nonprofit Identity Clark … more
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Anna Hartley, a suspect in a Clark County child sex abuse case, appeared with a black eye and pleaded not guilty during her Monday, May 18, arraignment in Clark County Superior Court.
Anna Hartley pleads not guilty in ongoing child exploitation case
Anna May Hartley, the wife of another suspect in a Clark County child sex abuse case, appeared with a black eye and pleaded not guilty during her Monday, May 18, arraignment in Clark County Superior … more
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Nathalie Pineda-Mancia, right, smiles while Battle Ground Police Chief Dennis Flynn talks about her stopping a home intruder during the Battle Ground Police Department awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 20.
BGPD honors teen who subdued home intruder
The attendees of the annual Battle Ground Police Department awards ceremony rose to their feet as 16-year-old Nathalie Pineda-Mancia walked to the podium, receiving a standing ovation for actions … more
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Clark County Council Chair Sue Marshall delivers the annual State of the County address on Tuesday, May 19, at the Clark County Council Chambers. Marshall discussed the county’s comprehensive plan update and budget challenges during the event.Clark County Council Chair Sue Marshall delivers the annual State of the County address on Tuesday, May 19, at the Clark County Council Chambers. Marshall discussed the county’s comprehensive plan update and budget challenges during the event.
Chair highlights growth planning, budget pressures in State of the County address
Clark County Council Chair Sue Marshall outlined the county’s long-term planning challenges, budget concerns and public safety investments during the evening’s annual State of the County address … more
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Battle Ground Mayor Eric Overholser’s National Day of Prayer proclamation and Councilor Victoria Ferrer’s request to discuss invocation at council meetings led to a packed room and lengthy public comment period on Monday, May 18, with most who spoke supporting both initiatives.
Battle Ground council meeting draws packed crowd supporting prayer as councilors consider invocation
A proposal by Councilor Victoria Ferrer to add invocation, or prayer, to Battle Ground City Council meetings drew a packed room and passionate public comment during a Monday, May 18, council meeting, … more
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Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read speaks to reporters at a press conference on the day of the primary election on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (Oregon Legislative Information System)
Voting in Oregon is safe and secure, officials say as clock ticks to return primary ballots
As Oregonians turn in their ballots Tuesday, the state’s top elections and legal officers are reasserting confidence in the state’s election system.  Oregon’s elections are safe and … more
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People gather near Pushpum, a site sacred to Columbia River tribes near Goldendale, Wash. on Friday, May 8, 2026. Leaders from the Yakama Nation, as well as nonprofit environmental groups, are hoping to stop the development of a pumped storage energy project which they say will threaten the site, the seeds and roots tribal members harvest from it as well as wetlands, groundwater and wildlife in the area. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle)
‘Going green now for who?’ Yakama protest clean energy project on sacred site to power data center
GOLDENDALE, Wash. – High up on the Washington side of the Columbia River near the John Day hydroelectric dam, members of the Yakama Nation gathered to protest a clean energy storage project slated … more
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A man gets a checkup at the Saint Agnes Mobile Health Unit mobile clinic parked at the City Heritage Park in Parlier, Calif., on May 16, 2025. California is one of at least five states plus the District of Columbia that have scaled back state-funded healthcare coverage in response to federal Medicaid cuts and the expiration of Obamacare subsidies.
States that cover healthcare for immigrants scale back
Budget constraints are forcing liberal-leaning states that spend their own money on healthcare for noncitizens to scale back that aid, as they grapple with federal Medicaid cuts and the expiration of … more
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State Rep. Tarra Simmons, D-Bremerton, sought to have an ethics complaint dismissed this week. The Legislative Ethics Board denied her request and will hold a public hearing on the allegations next month. (Photo courtesy of Legislative Support Services)
Washington lawmaker’s attempt to get ethics charges dismissed is rejected
A state ethics board has declined to dismiss an ethics complaint against Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons, setting the stage for the wide-ranging allegations to be contested in a public hearing … more
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House Finance Chair April Berg, D-Mill Creek, during a Jan. 22, 2026 committee hearing on House Bill 2100 to levy a payroll tax on larger companies with highly paid employees. (Photo by Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard)
The brewing battle to be Washington’s next House speaker
The leader of the powerful Washington state House committee that oversees tax policy is mounting a challenge to Speaker Laurie Jinkins for leadership of the majority Democratic caucus. Rep. … more
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Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, listens during a House floor debate on SB 6346 on Tuesday, March 10, in Olympia.
Christian foster parents win major First Amendment settlement in case against DCYF
Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families has agreed to a permanent injunction that will bar state officials from forcing foster families to embrace gender ideology for children in … more
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Longview Public Schools Superintendent Karen Cloninger.
Longview school superintendent arrested, jailed in connection to district’s handling of abuse allegations
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Lower Columbia Currents, which reports news and opinion about Southwest Washington. It is published, reported and written by award-winning journalist … more
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A designated electric vehicle parking spot is pictured at the new Mineral Mobility Hub on Friday, May 8, behind the Mineral Lake Market.
Washington public EV bus operators say they face ‘Wild West’ environment with industry
A major challenge facing the public sector transportation sector’s transition from gasoline to electric is what one local transit manager describes as a “Wild West” environment for the … more
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