Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a move that sparked promises of a referendum from opponents. Last week the bill was passed by a vote of 55 to 43 in the Washington State House of Representatives, according to a story in The Olympia ...
Clark County voters will be asked to cast their ballots Tuesday on upwards of $1 billion in property tax levies earmarked for five school districts – one of which had more than $800,000 embezzled over a 10-year period. Measures on the table range from $47 million in Ridgefield to $400,000 ...
Flying in the face of a $10 billion* price tag that planners have put on the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project is an Oregon Department of Transportation report that the two Interstate Bridges are good for another 60 years – and when their time ends a replacement bridge could ...
Jane Austen’s romantic classic “Sense and Sensibility” kicks off the 10th season for Magenta Theater just in time for Valentine’s Day. “The 2010 production of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ clearly demonstrated the Vancouver/Portland audiences’ love for all things Austen, so it was a natural move to start the very important 10th ...
The SW Washington Regional Transportation Council board of directors amended a transportation plan Tuesday in order to allow the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project another $28 million in federal and state funds. The amount includes $24.25 million in federal National Highway System funds and $3.83 million from the Washington State Department of Transportation...
Beefed-up fire and police presences, along with fare enforcement, would be provided by C-Tran for light rail trains and stations when the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project is built, according to a report presented to the Vancouver City Council...
Some of those who participated work in our building. Some are friends, and all are people we admire – they visit our website, after all! In the spirit of inclusiveness, we decided to enter everyone’s name in a hat and have someone from outside COUV.COM draw a winner. (The only ...
Lew Waters, whose blog "Clark County Conservative" tackles local political issues in the county and beyond, has been honored by Stateside Associates. Waters was named one of the three best local political bloggers in Washington, along with Politics Northwest in Seattle and Political Buzz in Tacoma...
Social media outreach is a key component to a successful business, but many small-business owners don’t have the time or the tools to research this field on their own. The SMO Books team presents a series of classes geared toward helping small-business owners in Vancouver create customized social media plans. ...
U.S. Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler went down swinging Thursday as the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee denied her attempt to make federal transit funding for major projects like the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project contingent upon local referendums. Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, brought her amendment during debate over the American ...
Want to exercise your pre-game creativity? Tell us what you think the caption should be on this cartoon. The winning entry gets two free tickets to a movie at the Kiggins Theatre...
Opponents of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project aren’t ready to give up the fight just yet – not by a long shot. Members of the newly formed Smarter Bridge Committee hosted a tour Saturday to highlight alternatives they say are more affordable and sensible than the mammoth $3.1 ...
UPDATE: Senate Bill 6239 to make Washington the seventh state to allow same-sex couples to wed passed the Senate tonight on a 28-21 vote around 8:00 p.m. The measure now moves to the House of Representatives. If the bill is succesful Gov. Christine Gregoire has declared she will sign it. ...
US Digital is a Vancouver-based manufacturer of precision motion control components. Building blocks include absolute and incremental optical encoders, inclinometers, interfaces, drives and more. US Digital’s products can be found in applications such as motors, solar and renewable energy, medical, robotics, and other automation applications requiring position feedback. Contrary to ...
Five different Clark County school districts are asking voters to approve property tax levies in a special election Feb. 14, with requests ranging from $47 million in Ridgefield to $400,000 in Green Mountain...
In light of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “record of decision” approving the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project, COUV.COM revisits a Clark County Today interview with world-renowned designer and architect Kevin Peterson. This edited four-minute version of a six-part, 70-minute interview from ...
A coalition of opponents to the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project (CRC) hosted a five-hour meeting and tour Saturday to promote a number of alternatives to the current $10 billion* mega project. Members of the new Smarter Bridge Committee believe CRC planners dismissed more affordable options before fully vetting ...
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