So it goes for Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart, who bid farewell to the county Thursday after 10 years in elected office. He’ll leave his position this month to become Ridgefield’s city manager.
But Stuart spoke more of coffee mugs than of doors in his farewell remarks Thursday night. Flanked by his wife, Heather, and in front of dozens of well-wishers, Stuart gripped a severely stained mug — the one he never washes — and spoke of its symbolism.
“Every day, when I don’t wash this mug, it grounds me,” Stuart said. “It reminds me I’m just a guy with a dirty mug.”
The Washington state board reviewing what would be the Northwest’s largest oil-by-rail terminal will undertake a sweeping analysis of the facility’s environmental effects — from the extraction of the oil to its ultimate consumption.
The environmental review for the proposed $110 million Tesoro-Savage oil terminal will consider impacts well beyond its location at the Port of Vancouver, the state’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council unanimously decided Wednesday.
Opponents of the oil terminal said they were heartened by the decision, while the project’s proponents remained unfazed.
Duncan Lou Who may be missing half of his legs, but he has no shortage of spirit — or fans.
The 9-month-old boxer visited the beach for the first time two weeks ago. His humans, Amanda Giese and Gary Walters of Felida, filmed Duncan as he raced across the sand, chased sticks and explored the waves rolling up on the beach.
That two-minute video of little Duncan Lou Who has garnered 3.2 million views, and counting, since it was posted on YouTube on March 22. The video has made headlines across the U.S. — he was on the CNN website homepage Thursday and is scheduled to appear on the “Today” show this morning — and beyond, including Spain, Australia and the U.K.
The construction site of the new Crestline Elementary School was a hub of activity Monday as heavy equipment and dozens of workers swarmed the property.
An all-terrain forklift moved materials into position. Men wearing safety harnesses stood on the roof and prepped the building before installing metal siding. Inside the 60,656 square-foot building, Richard Bergh with Carpentry Plus welded a handrail on the stairwell.
The school that was destroyed by a Feb. 3, 2013, fire is being rebuilt on an accelerated construction schedule and will be ready for teachers to move in by Aug. 1. Evergreen Public Schools plans a grand opening with Governor Jay Inslee the week before Labor Day.
Clark County has landed a new corporate headquarters, a company that plans to bring 600 employees to east Vancouver in late 2015.
Banfield Pet Hospital, which bills itself as the nation’s largest veterinary practice, announced Wednesday it will build a 250,000-square-foot office complex in the Columbia Tech Center development at Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard and 184th Avenue. The 20-acre site just west of Clark College’s satellite building gives the company room to expand, a key factor that influenced its decision to relocate from its Northeast Portland headquarters.
“After an extensive search that included properties on both sides of the river, we found that the Washington location best met our needs for the future,” said Tony Ueber, Banfield Pet Hospital’s president and CEO.
