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Teacher Tamara Harris playfully cautions Head Start students to stay quiet at Evergreen High School in 2022.

House funding bill would cut Head Start services for 1,400 kids in Washington

Teacher Tamara Harris playfully cautions Head Start students to stay quiet at Evergreen High School in 2022.

November 15, 2023, 4:27pm Clark County News

The U.S. House of Representatives is weighing a funding bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education that may cut key early learning services to over a thousand children in Washington next year. Read story

Clark County is considering establishing a public defenders office rather than contracting with local attorneys to provide for indigent defense. At left, Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Golik appears in Clark County Superior court in 2022.

Clark County Council approves $3 million in ARPA funds to start public defenders office

Clark County is considering establishing a public defenders office rather than contracting with local attorneys to provide for indigent defense. At left, Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Golik appears in Clark County Superior court in 2022.

November 15, 2023, 6:07am Clark County News

After many starts and stops and years of input from attorneys and court and county officials, Clark County is getting a public defense office. Read story

(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Latest Clark County election results show no change in outcomes

(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

November 13, 2023, 6:11pm Clark County News

The latest round of election results from the Nov. 7 general election posted on Monday showed no change in race outcomes. Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, speaks to a crowd May 29 during a Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. She is sixth on a list by Roll Call of most vulnerable House members.

Gluesenkamp Perez among House members whose seat is seen at risk

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, speaks to a crowd May 29 during a Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. She is sixth on a list by Roll Call of most vulnerable House members.

November 11, 2023, 6:34am Clark County Politics

New York Rep. George Santos survived a recent expulsion vote, but the events that led his home-state colleagues to push for that vote make him Roll Call’s most vulnerable House incumbent once again with a year to go until Election Day 2024. Read story

Woodland City Council race only one to see changes in latest Clark County election results

November 9, 2023, 7:54pm Clark County News

The latest round of results from Clark County’s Tuesday election show candidates who were leading on election night remained in the lead, except for a shake-up in one race. Read story

Clark County Elections Office.

Clark County election update yields minimal change

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November 8, 2023, 6:43pm Clark County News

A second round of general election ballots released by Clark County Elections Wednesday afternoon provided little change from Tuesday night’s initial results. Read story

Members of the Clark County Council are pictured after new councilors took the oath of office at the Clark County Public Service Center on Jan. 3, 2023. Councilors are Glen Yung, from left, Michelle Belkot, Karen Bowerman, on screen, Gary Medvigy and Sue Marshall.

Clark County Council delays action on climate plan, saying more public involvement needed

Members of the Clark County Council are pictured after new councilors took the oath of office at the Clark County Public Service Center on Jan. 3, 2023. Councilors are Glen Yung, from left, Michelle Belkot, Karen Bowerman, on screen, Gary Medvigy and Sue Marshall.

November 8, 2023, 6:08am Clark County News

The Clark County Council unanimously agreed on Tuesday to push the passage of its public participation plan to late November, delaying a key element for shaping climate action in its comprehensive growth management plan. Read story

A homeless camp spreads out in a wooded area in Hazel Dell in 2019.

Clark County Council OKs camping ordinance that makes homeless eligible for Community Court

A homeless camp spreads out in a wooded area in Hazel Dell in 2019.

November 8, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

The Clark County Council adopted an unlawful camping ordinance Tuesday after a public hearing, motivated by increased levels of unsheltered homelessness across the county. Read story

(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Incumbents, EMS levy faring well in initial Clark County election returns

(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

November 7, 2023, 9:00pm Clark County News

Incumbents generally fared well in Tuesday’s general election, with all but four leading their challengers in early election returns from Clark County Elections. An EMS levy in Washougal was passing handily, receiving 80.02 percent of the vote. Read story

Construction continues at the third Safe Stay community in downtown Vancouver on Tuesday morning, Nov. 7, 2023. The city approved emergency declaration for homelessness on Monday night.

New emergency homelessness orders will allow Vancouver to restrict more camping, move faster on solutionsvideo icon

Construction continues at the third Safe Stay community in downtown Vancouver on Tuesday morning, Nov. 7, 2023. The city approved emergency declaration for homelessness on Monday night.

November 7, 2023, 11:17am Clark County News

The Vancouver City Council ratified three emergency orders Monday regarding homelessness, allowing the city to access emergency reserve funds, forgo some processes for accessing resources and designate up to 48 acres of public property and rights-of-way closed to camping. Read story