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City Manager update: May 2025
Economic Development Strategy provides clear direction Vancouver is in the midst of a continuing transformation into an economic driver of the bi-state greater Portland region and is experiencing sustained population and job growth. And while the economic activity is positive, the recent population boom has also increased the cost of living. This places more pressure…
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Busy pavement season ahead on Vancouver streets
The City of Vancouver is preparing to pave and preserve streets across 20 neighborhoods this summer. Vancouver has more than 1,900 lane miles of paved streets. Each year, surface conditions are evaluated to select streets for the City’s Pavement Management Program, find cost-effective methods to extend pavement life and provide better traveling conditions. The program…
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Join the Get There SW Washington Bike Month Challenge
May is National Bike Month and Get There partners in the Southwest Washington region are excited to announce the 2025 Bike Month Challenge. Hosted by the City of Vancouver, the Clark County Commute Trip Reduction program and community partners, the month-long challenge is open to anyone living and working in Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counties.…
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Vancouver Police Arrest Child Sex Abuser
On May 2, 2025, the Vancouver FBI relayed information to the Vancouver Police Department Digital Evidence Cybercrime Unit (DECU) that their law enforcement partners in Utah had served a search warrant on a subject running an online server chat room. This chat was geared at attracting people involved in sexually abusing kids with the specific…
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Vancouver Police Investigate Homicide
*** Update 1 *** Detectives are confirming that the victim of the homicide was shot. The official report from the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office is still pending, which will include the identity of the victim. Shortly before the homicide occurred, police were called to the report of an auto prowl in the 8500…
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Vancouver Police Investigate Stabbing
This afternoon at around 3:15 p.m., Vancouver Police responded to the 3100 block of NE Andresen Rd. Witnesses reported that multiple males were fighting and someone had a knife. Police located a male who had left the scene who had cuts and knife wounds. He was transported to an area hospital for evaluation of his…
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Vancouver selected for National Million Coaches challenge
Vancouver Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services has been selected as one of just 52 recreation agencies nationwide to participate in the prestigious Million Coaches Challenge, an initiative that aims to equip one million coaches with essential youth development training in 2025. As a participant in the initiative, recreation staff and youth sports volunteers will receive…
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Vancouver Police investigate multiple vehicle crash
On Saturday April 19 at around 11:15 a.m., Vancouver Police responded to a multiple vehicle crash in the area of NE 162nd Avenue/NE 7th Street. The driver of a Subaru Impreza was traveling northbound on NE 164th Ave. when he lost control of the vehicle due to speed. His vehicle skidded sideways for approximately 200…
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City Manager update: April 2025
Winter shelter program provided warmth, safety to 200+ As the City continues to tackle homelessness, we are always looking for ways to make measurable progress. Over the winter months, we opened two city-owned buildings for the first time as temporary overnight shelters to better shield our unhoused residents from the freezing temperatures. From December to…
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Vancouver police make arrest in Blanford Drive homicide
Since Nov. 1, 2024, Vancouver Police Department Major Crimes Unit (MCU) detectives have continued the homicide investigation into the killing of Courtney Clinton. Investigative leads sent VPD MCU detectives to Montgomery County Kentucky where Dariel Nunez Montero was currently in custody on unrelated charges. Based on facts and information obtained during this investigation, and in coordination…
