Six weeks ago, the Vancouver City Council enacted an emergency six-month moratorium on new industrial development within a 16-block light industrial district downtown. Now the public will be able to weigh in on the decision during tonight’s City Council meeting, beginning at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The moratorium was ...
A friendly competition between City of Vancouver and Clark County employees has raised more than $54,000 for the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette (UWCW). City employees contributed $40,779, while county employees brought in $14,038. The UWCW is a Portland-based nonprofit organization that works to address education, income, and health issues ...
Puffing on a cigarette or not cleaning up after Fido in a city park could lead to steeper penalties if the Vancouver City Council approves proposed updates to the city’s municipal park code. On Nov. 28, the council reviewed a number of park code revisions recommended by Vancouver-Clark Parks and ...
There still may be a minor league baseball team in Clark County’s future, but it won't be the Class A Yakima Bears. The team’s bid to move to Vancouver was scuttled Tuesday when the Board of County Commissioners voted 2 to 1 to reject a proposed 5 percent tax
Situation: This audio excerpt continues a conversation with the father of two sons. The older son has Down syndrome and the the younger son, a 2-year-old, is reluctant to play with him. Parent Talk Tip: Diane Moore reassures the father that kids don’t innately know how to be a brother or ...
Earlier this year, a Google search produced a list of what was being written about the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project (CRC). The links were posted here: CRC: What other publications, blogs are saying. Today, the update continues as we continue to see strong opposition to the project. As ...
If the latest employment figures are any indication, Clark County’s economy is stuck in a hole and going nowhere fast. That sobering news comes from state economist Scott Bailey, who spoke before the Washington State Transportation Commission on Nov. 14 at the Port of Vancouver. Bailey is the regional economist ...
Kime worked in the library at her high school and later in the library at Coulee Dam, but her love of libraries started when she was a preschooler. Every Saturday, she held her sister’s hand and walked to the public library. As the sister read out-loud, her index finger traced the words on the page. Kime followed along and soon discovered that she had learned how to read.
Vancouver police officer Rey Reynolds sang “Amazing Grace” at the 2011 Annual Clark County Mayors’ and Civic Leaders’ Prayer Breakfast. Here’s Reynolds rendition of this beautiful hymn. Amazing Grace, oh how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me I once was lost, oh but now, now I’m ...
It’s one thing to see a drawing of the proposed $10 billion* Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project. It’s quite another to stand on the north end of the Interstate Bridge and imagine the massive concrete structure stretching across the Columbia River and touching down on Vancouver’s waterfront. That was ...
In March, local fast-food chain Burgerville announced the closing of its downtown Vancouver location. Response on Burgerville’s Facebook fan page was immediate and emotional. Posts such as, “Noooo,” and “Dislike,” and “This is AWFUL!!!” tore through the online community. Six-months later, the walk-up restaurant officially closed and the wrecking ball ...
If political blogger Lew Waters ever ran for office, he’d be up for some good old-fashioned mudslinging. Until then, Waters is content to use his blog, the “Clark County Conservative,” to take aim at the liberal bias he believes runs rampant among local government officials, unions, newspaper publishers, transit agencies ...
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