After directing last year’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for Christian Community Theater, J. Scott Lapp is excited to be returning to Vancouver this summer to direct Footloose. Lapp has been working in the theatre business for over 24 years, performing in over 100 shows in and around his ...
Amidst very tough economic times an Orchards restaurant is thriving by serving up comfort food with a little southern flavor stashed in the spices. With its beginnings on the side of the road as a food stand, Charlie and his wife Goldie now operate Goldies BBQ at 15640 NE Fourth ...
The Building Industry Group is hosting its second annual Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt Legislative Review Luncheon on Friday, Apr. 27 at Club Green Meadows. The event will be held upstairs at the club house located at 7703 NE 72nd Ave. in Vancouver. The doors open at 11:30 a.m. We are ...
World renowned transportation architect Kevin Peterson says the manual for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is well written and well respected around the nation, but he has difficulty understanding why it was not followed to create the design for the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project. Kevin ...
Situation: How do you stop being simply reactive to bad behavior? Parent Talk Tip: Diane Moore says that if you’re just trying to stop bad behavior all the time by making it go away, you’re missing a great opportunity. Every problem is an opportunity to think a little deeper ...
Two years ago the GOP Convention met at Prairie High School. In 2012 it was a packed ballroom at the Vancouver Hilton with overflow into adjacent rooms and spillways. The influx of first timers with seasoned conventioneers bogged down check-in, added to confusion, and the convention started almost an hour later than promoted, but once rolling it was difficult to stop.
The Washington state legislative special session that pitched itself into the midnight hours has ended. A little after 6:00 a.m. this morning an agreement on the budget was reached and ended the session. The budget passed the house by a 64-34 margin and passed the senate by a 44-2 vote. ...
Vancouver is pushing the same policies that have driven more than 1.6 million people out of California since the year 2000. The radical push for new hyper-density development in narrowly confined corridors is done all in the name of saving the planet, even though increasing density and congestion worsens pollution ...
The Vancouver Neighborhood Alliance meets at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, Apr 11 at the East Police Precinct located at 520 SE 155th Ave off Mill Plain Blvd. Attorneys Jessica W. Dimitrov and Chris Babich will speak along with Dianna Kretzschmar, Elder Justice Center Program Coordinator from the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, ...
COUV.COM has earned another distinction in the 33rd annual Telly Awards. The second winning video earned a Silver Telly, their highest honor. The production was donated by COUV.COM to the Vancouver Rotary Foundation to aid their fund raising efforts to enhance Marshall Community Park. After the video debuted at the ...
Situation: Parents communicate grace to their children when they stay in control during misbehavior. Parent Talk Tip: Diane Moore says that when kids get the wrong messages form parents it’s usually during a period of bad behavior, while the times that unconditional love and grace are shown may not be ...
Vancouver Business Journal announced finalists for their 2011 Business Growth Awards, presented by Riverview Community Bank. All finalists were chosen by a panel of experts from SCORE. The finalists will be showcased at a reception and awards ceremony on Thursday, Apr. 26, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the ...
The almost ONE BILLION DOLLAR question is: Who initiated the Columbia River Crossing, and when was light-rail included in the plans? Light-rail history from author Randal O’Toole’s book, The Best Laid Plans (pg. 151), states that Mayor Neil Goldschmidt cancelled construction of a planned freeway, then funneled the funds into ...
Secretary of State candidates Jim Kastama (D-Puyallup) and Kim Wyman (R-Olympia) faced off last night in Vancouver at a forum hosted by the Freedom Foundation and COUV.COM. The event was moderated by radio talk show host Victoria Taft of KPAM AM 860 radio. The candidates were asked a range of ...
COUV.COM is celebrating its first anniversary with the introduction of new features to the website. There is now a community calendar located via a link on the top right hand corner of each page, a new mobile site, and a way to receive an email every time a new COUV.COM ...
As the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project (CRC) moves from its initial development stages into acquisition of permits and construction financing, public opposition to the proposed construction project shows absolutely no signs of abating. The Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC) began its Mar. 23 workshop on the ...
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