According to Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, the only decision Clark County taxpayers will ever have on light rail is whether a sales tax is the right way to pay to run it. If they say no, he will find the money some other way. Leavitt made this point clear during ...
Emotions ran high in Battle Ground at a community meeting about placement of a new electrical transmission line the Bonneville Power Administration wants to build in Cowlitz and Clark Counties. The message at last week’s meeting was clear and was even delivered in a song: Go away, BPA. At issue ...
In this five-part podcast, family life counselor Diane Moore shares helpful tips for families to survive the holidays. Parents have a real conflict at Christmas; it’s a time for peace on earth, good will toward men. Remember, the angels came to the shepherds and said, “peace on earth.” The problem ...
An often testy crowd of nearly 300 packed the Battle Ground Community Center last Thursday to oppose the Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) plan to construct a 70-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission line through Clark County. The project has been a source of controversy ever since it was announced to the public in ...
Vancouver author Carolyn J. Rose’s life is a broad stroke across the continent. She grew up in New York's Catskill Mountains and moved to Little Rock, Ark. to work as a VISTA volunteer. She extended her Arkansas adventure ...
When you ask Clark County kids what they like best about playing outside you hear a variety of responses from ladybugs, snails and worms, to a quick dash down a playground slide for pure pleasure. Occasionally, imagination takes over and they speak of adventures with dinosaurs and turkeys and pretending ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a record of decision approving the environmental phase of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project, allowing the project to move forward with land acquisition and pursuit of final funding. The $10 billion* plan will replace the current Interstate Bridges with a wider ...
After nearly two hours of debate Monday, the Vancouver City Council unanimously approved a controversial ban on all tobacco use in public parks, effective Jan. 9, 2012. The decision was part of the council’s approval of comprehensive changes to the Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation codes, which include bans on the ...
Up until yesterday, Washougal and Woodland voters still waited for the final outcome of the Nov. 8 general election. Monday, the ballots cast for Caryn Plinski and Rodney P. Morris, for the City of Washougal, Council Position No. 2, were manually recounted by the Clark County elections department. In the ...
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 ...
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