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McEnerny-Ogle made history a year ago when she was elected Vancouver’s first female mayor.
In the aftermath, she’s thrown herself into the job during one of the most turbulent times in the city’s history. As Vancouver faces affordable housing shortages, rapid development and tough conversations about replacing the Interstate 5 Bridge, McEnerny-Ogle has prioritized relationships, showing a public face and, occasionally, diplomacy by baked goods.
In spite of the long hours, she said it’s just part of the job.
“I would have a problem doing less,” McEnerny-Ogle said as she sat in her living room on a recent weekday. The notion drew a knowing glance and a smile from her husband, who sat beside her.
In the city of Vancouver, being mayor is a part-time job. But for McEnerny-Ogle, it’s her life.
Read the full story: Nonstop mayor: Anne McEnerny-Ogle powers through first year
Like any self-respecting Pacific Northwest city, Vancouver loves coffee. But according to a recent story from the website Apartmentguide, Vancouver isn’t your average coffee city — not even by Pacific Northwest standards.
In fact, it’s at the top of the Pacific Northwest pack, and the No. 2 coffee city in the country overall.
The Apartmentguide post calculates the top 50 coffee cities in the United States based on the ratio between their populations and their number of coffee businesses, including coffee shops, cafes and coffee and tea rooms.
The West Coast overall does very well in terms of coffee shops per capita, as 10 of the top 50 cities are in Washington or Oregon, and another 10 are from California. Seattle, Portland, Everett and Vancouver are all in the top 10.
Read the full story: Vancouver No. 2 ‘coffee city’ in U.S.
Vancouver is among the Washington cities where residents see the greatest health risks due to environmental quality, according to a new ranking and mapping tool from the state charting health risks at the neighborhood level.
Using state and national data, researchers combined 19 environmental, population and socioeconomic data points to score neighborhoods at the census tract level, and map the results.
Much of Vancouver earned a high score, with some of the riskiest neighborhoods between and around state Highway 500 and Fourth Plain Boulevard in central Vancouver or along Interstate 205.
The scoring is relative, according to researchers, and reflects the risk a given community faces based on that combination of environmental and social factors. It does not, the designers caution, measure any specific health burden or pollution levels, or how those factors are reflected in actual illnesses or injuries.
Read the full story: Vancouver ranks high for health risks due to environmental quality
The Humane Society for Southwest Washington wrapped up a banner year in 2018, as the organization tallies up a record year for adoption numbers and looks toward the future with a new vision for animal welfare.
The shelter saw its best year for adoptions in its 123-year history — 5,202 animals found homes in 2018. The previous record had been set the year prior with 5,144.
The big mover? Surprisingly, it was adult cats. Clark County residents took home 200 more cats last year than they did in 2017.
The shelter population looks vastly different than it did a decade ago, or even a few years ago.
Read the full story: Humane Society sees record adoptions, a few furry tales
