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 ...
How Clark County’s economic climate will fare over the next 20 years was the billion-dollar question hanging in the air during a special day-long session the Washington State Transportation Commission held on Nov. 14 at the Port of Vancouver. The seven-member commission sets tolls for state roadways, bridges, and ferries ...
Bill Leigh, owner of the Kiggins Theatre building, was approached by several people encouraging him to put the Kiggins, located at 1011 Main St., on the National Register of Historic Places, but he felt the designation presented “too many restrictions and not enough benefits.” During discussions with the City of ...
Situation: A father has found that his 2-year-old son doesn’t want to play with his 4-year-old brother with Down syndrome. Parent Talk Tip: The character trait of tolerance helps children realize that everyone is at different stages of development. To develop tolerance, Diane Moore suggests the parent and younger son ...
In April, Washington State had 47,026 unemployed workers who had exhausted their unemployment benefits. Regular unemployment benefits last 26 weeks. In today's jobless situation, extensions and emergency compensation could be accessed giving the job seeker up to 99 weeks of benefits...
C-Tran is seeking public input regarding the proposed $78 million Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line stretching along Fourth Plain Boulevard from Westfield Mall to downtown Vancouver. The agency is hosting two public design workshops on Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Clark College’s Gaiser Student Center; and ...
The first Veterans Day celebration occurred on Nov. 11, 1919 to honor the end of fighting in World War I. Known as Armistice Day, warring countries agreed to a cease-fire “on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour.” Europe and the British Commonwealth still encourage its ...
Even with the passage of Prop. 1 all but confirmed, the debate between local forensic accountant Tiffany Couch and C-Tran remains unresolved over whether the agency truthfully needed the 0.2 percent sales tax hike to avoid service cuts. Last week, Couch issued an independent financial report in which she argued ...
COUV.COM, an issue-based, community storyteller tumbled through its first eight months of business and leapt full force into the 2011 Clark County election coverage. As a newbie to the marketplace, it created some innovative concepts, grabbed at the brass ring, and surprisingly, in the final four weeks before the election, ...
There’s the road you travel, there’s the “road not taken,” as so eloquently written about by poet Robert Frost, and in Clark County there is also the road that takes you straight into the dirt. It’s the new Roots to Road program. The pilot program, developed by Partners in Careers, in collaboration with ...
For three veterans, a garden gave them a reason to wake up in the morning. The pilot program Roots to Road, created by Partners in Careers and Clark County, taught three local veterans as much about themselves as about gardening. Their six-month experience fed their spirits and nourished their bodies. ...
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