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...
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 ...
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 ...
Responding to unease among Oregon lawmakers over the $10 billion* price tag of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project, planners have proposed spending an initial $2.45 billion to build a replacement bridge and light rail, and postpone other highway improvements until more funding is secured. The announcement came during ...
Should Congress thwart Internet piracy even if it results in censorship?
Lawmakers in Washington D.C. are facing this question as they consider two bills intended to clamp down on the piracy of copyrighted material...
It’s fitting that the Vancouver City Council held an informal town hall meeting at Clark College at Columbia Tech Center Tuesday, because the event looked more like class registration day than an official City Council meeting. But that was the goal, as the council – unable to meet at its ...
Oregon Republican Party Chairman and potential 2014 Oregon gubernatorial candidate Allen Alley used to support the $10 billion* Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project (CRC) – that is until he started looking at the details. Now he describes the CRC as the ultimate “talking frog” – kind of cool, but ...
After some hemming and hawing, the C-Tran board approved a $330,000 contract Tuesday night to hire engineering firm BergerABAM to assist in the preparation of a vote on high capacity transit financing for Fall 2012...
More than 800 high school students and adult volunteers representing 38 teams from Clark County and Portland packed the house at Evergreen High School Jan. 7 to celebrate the kickoff of the 2012 FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST, an acronym meaning “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology,” is an ...
Maintaining current levels of emergency medical services in Clark County will require a much more efficient, system-wide way of doing business. That was the message Vancouver Fire Chief Joe Molina presented to the Vancouver City Council during a workshop Monday concerning a pending agreement between Emergency Medical Service (EMS) District ...
Post updated Jan. 9, 2012 An angry email exchange last week between Vancouver City Council member Jeanne Stewart and Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt has revealed simmering tensions on the council heading into key discussions about committee assignments. This is the time of year that the City Council decides which of ...
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