Happy Thursday, Vancouver!

If you thought picking what to make for dinner is hard, just wait until you try to choose what to do in Vancouver this weekend. Seriously…there’s so much happening that your calendar is going to need a calendar?! On top of that, we’ve got some exciting updates about a local park and a few other pieces of news to keep you on top of what’s been happening in Vancouver as of late.

Anyways, here's what to expect in today's edition of The PNW Report (Vancouver):

📰 Local News
☁️ Weather
🎉 Events & Things To Do
🤔 Lateral Thinking Puzzle

Let’s get started!

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LOCAL NEWS

🛝 Jaggy Road Park is Jiggying Up to a New Upgrade!

Jaggy Road Neighborhood Park on NE 72nd Ave is finally getting a much-needed upgrade! An updated playground, fresh benches, and some shaded features will be added. Construction will start in March 2026 and is expected to wrap up by June 2026. No more snark about this park!

✏️ Vancouver Public Schools Strike Averted…For Now

Vancouver Public Schools and their support staff reached a tentative agreement Monday, giving students, parents, and teachers a collective sigh of relief. Union members now have until Oct. 1 to vote, which means school will stay in session…for now!

🏈 Foul Play Off the Clark County Youth Football Field

Clark County Youth Football parents are outraged after discovering coach Joshua Gene Warbis (fired Friday) is a registered high-risk sex offender. This information was verified by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and local law enforcement. Within two hours of this information being found out, Warbis was fired from the program. The Clark County Youth Football team has already begun drafting up new safety and background check protocols to prevent something like this from happening again.

WEATHER [9/19 - 9/21]

82, 80, then 72 and rainy… Mother Nature’s version of a mic drop.

Friday, 9/19: 82/55 🌤️ Mostly Sunny
Saturday, 9/20: 80/58 🌤️ Mostly Sunny
Sunday, 9/21: 72/54 🌧️ AM Rain

EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO [9/19 - 9/21]

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? You’re in the right place! 🎉

Stay tuned for Monday morning’s newsletter, where we’ll give the lowdown on all the cool upcoming weekday events for next week!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th

🌱 Plant & Seed Swap @ Kindred | 10AM – 2PM (FREE)
For everyone who has way too many spider plant babies or zucchini seeds…this one’s for you. Bring your extras and swap them for something new!

🏠 Marshall House Tour @ Officer’s Row | 10AM (FREE)
Step inside the Marshall House, where Queen Anne elegance meets military history. Once home to General George C. Marshall, this turreted treasure features stained glass, intricate woodwork, and a peek into the past with period furnishings and a recreated study. Walk-in tours available Wed–Fri, 10–2, and select Saturdays, 11–3.

🍺 Elktoberfest @ Vancouver Elks Lodge | 4PM ($10)
Oktoberfest is fun, but have you tried Elktoberfest? This is the Vancouver Elks’ rendition of Oktoberfest. Music, beer, and brats. Name a more un-beer-lievable Friday night…we’ll wait.

🚣‍♀️ Dragon Boat Community Paddles @ Ridgefield Boat Launch | 6:30PM (FREE)
Ever wanted to commandeer a dragon boat? We have an oar-some opportunity for you. On summer Friday evenings, come to the Ridgefield Boat Launch to get your paddle on for free. No equipment or experience required!

👻 Haunted Walking Tour @ Clark County Historical Museum | 7PM ($20)
Think Vancouver’s nightlife is dead? You’re not wrong…the Clark County Historical Museum’s Haunted Tours dig up all the juicy ghost gossip lurking along Main Street from local historian Pat Jollota’s Darkness Next Door. How spooktacular!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th 

🏁 Felida Cars and Coffee @ Creed Coffee Company | 8AM - 10AM (FREE)
Start your engines and your caffeine buzz at this classy cars + coffee combo! Bonus: if you attend, you get 10% off your coffee order. Wins all around!

🛒 Vancouver Farmers Market @ Esther Short Park | 9AM - 3PM (FREE)
Your weekly reminder that vegetables can be aesthetic and bread is always the answer. Stock up, stroll around, and try not to spend all your money on honey and hot sauce. But, if you do, at least you’re spending local?!

🛒 Lucky 7 Flea Market @ Dandelion Teahouse | 9AM – 4PM (FREE)
Feeling lucky? Come manifest good thrift finds at this monthly market hosted by the Vancouver Downtown Association, Dandelion Teahouse, and Eras Vintage Market. May the odds ever be in your favor!

🪴 How to Grow a Crevice Garden @ Pacific Park Demonstration Garden | 10AM (FREE)
Learn how to grow plants in tight, rocky spaces formally known as crevice gardens (yes, we know, we had never heard of them either). This free workshop is put together in partnership with the Clark County Public Works Green Neighbors Program; participants are asked to volunteer for at least 45 minutes in the garden immediately following the workshop.

🎉 CouveCon @ Vancouver Mall | 10AM – 7PM ($10 - $25)
Move over, Comic-Con…it’s time for CouveCon! The fourth year of Vancouver’s CouveCon features cosplay, geeky vendors, special celebrity guest appearances, and panels. (Special insider tip: the Hello Kitty truck will be making an appearance!)

🥗 Composting Methods Workshop @ CASEE Center | 10AM ($15)
This workshop hosted by NatureScaping of SW Washington will teach you the fine art of turning your food scraps into compost. Learn the difference between worm bins, hot piles, and other composting buzzwords?!

🛠️ Repair Event @ Vancouver UCC | 10AM – 1PM (FREE)
Why buy new when you can fix what you’ve already got? Bring in your busted gadgets, appliances, or other items, and watch volunteers from Repair Clark County work their magic.

🐶 All Paws on Deck @ Downtown Camas | 10AM – 2PM (FREE)
All Paws on Deck, the annual fundraiser for the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society, is back and more paw-some than ever! There will be vendors, games, crafts, food, and enough wagging tails to make this the ulti-mutt community event…oh, and the chance to vote on Dog Mayor (how cute is that?!)

🎃 Harvest Celebration Farm Tour @ Assorted Farms | 10AM – 3PM (FREE)
It’s time to put the culture back in agriculture! The Harvest Celebration is your once-a-year chance to roam Clark County’s cutest farms. No tickets, no registration…just show up and get your boots a little muddy. Just think of it as speed dating with farms?

🥁 Drum Day @ O.O. Howard House | 11AM (FREE)
Want to have a snare-iously good time?! Head over to Drum Day and enjoy all sorts of drumming (e.g. Haitian folklore drumming, a community drum circle, and Cowlitz Tribe drumming). No better way to have an upbeat Saturday!

💍 Lord of the Rings Fan Gathering @ Vancouver Lake Park | 12PM (FREE)
One event to rule them all! Join fellow hobbits, elves, and (Orcs?!) at this LOTR fan gathering hosted by Center Stage Clothiers celebrating Frodo and Bilbo’s birthdays. Pack a Hobbit-themed picnic, and bring your best Shire-worthy instruments for impromptu Shire jams.

🛻 Summer Fest Cruise-In @ Cascadia Tech Academy | 12PM – 3PM (FREE)
Rev up your Saturday at one of Vancouver’s hottest single-day car shows. There will be hot rods and cruisers as well as live music, lunch cooked by the CTA’s culinary students, and tours of Cascadia Technical Academy. All proceeds help high school students gear up for careers in the trades!

🎨 Artist Talk @ Art at the Cave | 1PM (FREE)
Ever wonder what goes on inside an artist’s head? (Spoiler: it’s not all paint fumes and existential dread.) Hear from the artist behind this month’s exhibit.

🐝 Mason Bees Unwrapped @ Cascade Park Library | 1PM (FREE)
Let’s get buzz-y! Join WSU Master Gardener Anne Bulger for a bee-lightful crash course on how to keep the mason bees in your backyard winged wonders happy, healthy, and hard at work.

🎵 Music on the Plaza @ Clark County Public Service Building | 2PM (FREE)
Because what every public service building needs is a soundtrack, eh?! Hosted by the Clark County Arts Commission, Music on the Plaza brings you fresh air and live tunes from acts like Last Cawl, Takin’ The Fifth, Ottomatics, and Mila B.

📖 Robert Michael Pyle and James Dott @ Vintage Books | 2PM (FREE)
Get lit(erary) with an afternoon of poetry and prose featuring Robert Michael Pyle and James Dott. Pyle will share from Swimming with Snakes (yes, he’s that brave) while Dott brings selections from Touch Wood. Stick around for a Q&A and book signing!

🍺 Oktoberfest @ Cloverlane Events Center | 2PM – 10PM ($5–$10)
Dust off your lederhosen! Cloverlane’s Oktoberfest is bringing all the Bavarian vibes: pretzels, bratwursts, apple streudel, and of course, beer.

⭐️ Star Trek Happy Hour @ Don’t Die Cafe | 2PM (FREE)
To boldly sip where no one has sipped before. If you got that, you really should consider coming to this Star Trek Happy Hour to meet up with your fellow Trekkies. After all, who else will indulge your theory that the Borg Queen is a prisoner?!

💰 Women and Money @ Vancouver Library | 4:30PM (FREE)
Are you a woman who is interested in all things money? Financial Advisor Ida West will cover practical tips, strategies, and ways to wrangle your finances in this free talk hosted by the Association of Financial Educators.

🌺 Aloha in Da Couve @ Marshall Elementary | 6PM ($30)
Aloha, Vancouver! Koa Puna Motorcycle Club and Anavai O Te Ora are hosting a fundraiser luau that’s dinner and a show. Time to get coconutty!

👻 Haunted Walking Tour @ Clark County Historical Museum | 7PM ($20)
Think Vancouver’s nightlife is dead? You’re not wrong…the Clark County Historical Museum’s Haunted Tours dig up all the juicy ghost gossip lurking along Main Street from local historian Pat Jollota’s Darkness Next Door. How spooktacular!