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In case you missed it, here are some of the top stories of the week:
Mark McCauley can officially drop a word from his county title.
With a 3-1 vote Tuesday night, the Clark County Council granted McCauley an 18-month contract to be the county manager. McCauley, who has held the position on an interim basis since 2014, received a 3.9 percent raise, increasing his pay from $163,100 to $169,460 per year.
Speaking after the short but heated debate over his contract, McCauley said he was grateful for the opportunity to continue serving the county.
Read more about the contract.
Bingo came to work in high spirits last week. No doubt he’s heard his company is moving to a pretty swell new headquarters in Vancouver, and a lot of his needs were considered. This is the world’s largest veterinary practice, after all, and Bingo is a black Lab mix.
“We’re very excited,” said Vincent Bradley, Bingo’s owner and the CEO of Banfield Pet Hospital.
Banfield moves into its new corporate digs in east Vancouver starting Monday, bringing 650 employees and, yes, more than 175 of their dogs across the river from Portland to a cutting-edge campus with a three-level dog ramp, a dog park, abundant open and enclosed gathering spaces and no offices.
Learn more about Banfield’s new headquarters.
Clark College is experiencing a crisis in declining enrollment, President Bob Knight said.
Enrollment decreased 9.8 percent from 2014 to 2015. That’s the equivalent of more than 700 full-time students. But even more sobering is the 32.6 percent enrollment decrease since the 2010-2011 school year, the middle of the Great Recession.
Learn about the reasons for the decline.
Starting at 5 a.m. Saturday, drivers planning to exit southbound Interstate 205 onto Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard will have to look for their exit much earlier than before.
Washington Department of Transportation spokeswoman Tamara Greenwell said that construction crews will close the current off- ramp location of I-205 Friday night and open a new ramp about a mile up the freeway Saturday morning.
Read more about the closures and construction plans.
WASHOUGAL — Twenty years ago, Kori York says she was homeless, helpless, hopeless and drunk. She was far removed from the life she’s now carved out for herself — a life that includes sobriety and homeownership.
“I would’ve never believed in a million years that I could buy a house,” said York, 56. She cried when she learned she was mortgage-ready.
Learn more about the Proud Ground program.
The Columbian announced Wednesday that it will reduce its staff over the next few days as it continues to grapple with declining revenue in the newspaper business.
Publisher Scott Campbell said the plan is to reduce expenses, including payroll, by approximately 10 percent. The cuts will be shared across all of the company’s departments. The Columbian employs 219, including full- and part-time positions. Affected employees will receive a severance package.
Read more about the layoffs.
