In a timely two-step decision, the Vancouver City Council approved a four-year collective bargaining agreement with the Vancouver firefighters’ union Tuesday night, then immediately elected to spend a two-year, $2.3 million federal SAFER grant to reopen and staff Fire Station #6, located at 3216 NE 112th. The labor agreement between ...
Parents’ response to fights can nurture weakness or aggression. Situation: When kids are fighting a parent’s response can nurture the wrong behavior. Parent Talk Tip: Family counselor Diane Moore tells a typical example of a parent that “gets on” the mean one and “huggin’ up” the victim. She says parents ...
The Vancouver City Council has until Sept. 1 to utilize a two-year, $2.3 million Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant to reopen the Burton Fire House at 3216 NE 112th Ave. The city closed the station on Jan. 1, 2011 due to budget cuts. The City Council ...
It doesn’t take long to stroll from one end of the Camas Farmers Market to the other. There are larger, more established markets in Clark County you could visit, but before you make big plans for the larger Saturday markets, think about a Wednesday night adventure. This small east county ...
If Clark County gives the green light, more than just baseball fans could end up paying for the construction of a $23 million, 6,000–seat stadium at Vancouver’s Clark College. An admissions tax could charge moviegoers, golfers, motocross fans, and concertgoers five percent per ticket in an effort to cover most ...
Back in 1961, when retired Vancouver high school teacher Michael Harding was on the Columbia River High School swim team, he and his teammates practiced in a small, frigid swimming pool in the basement of what is now old city hall. “It was terrible, but we came to find out ...
Situation: Homeschooling mom is exhausted because kids are fighting. Parent Talk tip: Have a homeschool class on fighting. Teach the kids how to fight. In the business world, it’s called negotiating or communicating. For a parent, it’s part of discretion – learning what works, what doesn’t and doing things that ...
The Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project carries a $10 billion* price tag. To date, how the project will be funded has not been ascertained and is referred to as a “debt bomb” by Chris Girard in his preface to the Cortright Report. Despite the heavy price tag, the CRC ...
Buying locally grown and raised food directly from the farmer is a national movement that is gaining momentum in Clark County. One of the most popular places to experience that is at the Vancouver Farmers Market. Located near Esther Short Park in the heart of downtown Vancouver, the weekly Vancouver ...
The Vancouver Police Department will have to “rethink, redesign, and retool” in order to best use its limited resources, said Police Chief Clifford Cook during an hour-long update before the Vancouver City Council on Aug. 15. Cook listed many of the significant cutbacks the department has had to make since ...
For most children it’s an everyday occurrence to spend time in front of a television or game screen. What happens when their parents’ values and belief systems clash with those offered up by the entertainment industry? Parents who struggle with this clash of cultures can turn to family life counselor ...
Former Spokane resident Nathaniel Stafford, who was featured in a major anti-malaria publicity campaign in New York City earlier this year, visited COUV.COM recently while in Vancouver visiting relatives. The Boy Scout came to the public’s attention in 2009 when he completed a 100-mile road hike near his hometown of ...
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