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Vandal strikes Clark County Democrats’ Vancouver office

May 30, 2023, 2:09pm Clark County News

The Clark County Democrats’ central Vancouver office was vandalized early Sunday morning when someone threw a rock through a window. Read story

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

Debt ceiling bill could hurt early learning providers in Clark County

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

May 28, 2023, 6:07am Clark County News

With national buzz surrounding negotiations between the White House and Republican leaders over a debt ceiling bill to reduce the national deficit continuing, early-learning advocates in Washington outlined how a potential deal may lead to child care program cuts next year. Read story

The Vancouver City Council gave the first of two required approvals to extend a moratorium on new warehouse projects of greater than 250,000 square feet in May.

Vancouver takes first step toward extending warehouse moratorium

The Vancouver City Council gave the first of two required approvals to extend a moratorium on new warehouse projects of greater than 250,000 square feet in May.

May 23, 2023, 2:15pm Business

The Vancouver City Council Monday night took the first of two steps to delay construction of large-scale warehouses within city limits for an additional six months. Read story

Filing week for the August primary in Clark County ended Friday.

Late flurry of candidates closes out filing week for fall Clark County elections

Filing week for the August primary in Clark County ended Friday.

May 19, 2023, 7:17pm Clark County News

Friday marked the final day of filing week for local primary races in Clark County with a flurry of last-second additions to the ballot. As of 5 p.m., 19 more candidates filed for their respective races. Read story

9 more added to Clark County primary ballots as filing week continues

May 18, 2023, 6:03pm Clark County News

Filing week for spots on city councils, school boards and more across Clark County continued Thursday with another 9 candidates added to local ballots by 5 p.m. Read story

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks with people in the crowd before receiving Pacific Northwest Waterways Association's 2022 Legislator of the Year Award. She received the award in 2016 for introducing a grant program that helped reduce congestion at U.S. ports.

Sen. Cantwell’s Recreation for All bill heads to full Senate

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks with people in the crowd before receiving Pacific Northwest Waterways Association's 2022 Legislator of the Year Award. She received the award in 2016 for introducing a grant program that helped reduce congestion at U.S. ports.

May 18, 2023, 3:16pm Clark County News

The U.S. Senate is set to review legislation that aims to boost youth involvement in outdoor recreation after the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources approved it Wednesday. Read story

“I think this is a very positive thing that the Legislature has taken this action. The fact there was such overwhelming bipartisan support I think speaks volumes for the need for this new law,” Clark County Prosecutor Tony Golik said of the Legislature's action in the wake of the Blake decision.

Clark County officials praise Legislature’s passage of new drug law

“I think this is a very positive thing that the Legislature has taken this action. The fact there was such overwhelming bipartisan support I think speaks volumes for the need for this new law,” Clark County Prosecutor Tony Golik said of the Legislature's action in the wake of the Blake decision.

May 18, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

Clark County criminal justice officials were pleased with the Washington Legislature’s passage Tuesday of a new drug-possession law, but they said it will take time to see how enforcement and treatment will look locally. Read story

Candidate filing week continues through Friday.

Filing week continues in Clark County

Candidate filing week continues through Friday.

May 17, 2023, 6:56pm Clark County News

Day three of filing week in Clark County saw more than a dozen new candidates toss their hats into the ring for various city council positions, school board spots and more. By 5 p.m. Wednesday, another 16 names had been added to the ballot. Read story

Filing week for the August primary in Clark County ended Friday.

More Clark County candidates step forward in city, school, other races

Filing week for the August primary in Clark County ended Friday.

May 16, 2023, 3:47pm Clark County News

The second day of filing week for the 2023 election saw nearly a dozen more candidates added to the ballot. By 1 p.m. Tuesday, 11 candidates had filed for city council, school board, fire district and cemetery district races. One candidate also withdrew their name. Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, second from right, joins Dannie Nordsiden of Clark College, right, on a tour of the auto shop as students work nearby on May 5. The Skamania Democrat who ran an auto repair shop until she was elected last year to represent Southwest Washington. Perez has supported two bills that would give consumers and independent repair shops access to the parts, tools and data needed to repair cars at lower costs.

Backed by auto shop co-owner Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, ‘right-to-repair’ bills pick up steam

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, second from right, joins Dannie Nordsiden of Clark College, right, on a tour of the auto shop as students work nearby on May 5. The Skamania Democrat who ran an auto repair shop until she was elected last year to represent Southwest Washington. Perez has supported two bills that would give consumers and independent repair shops access to the parts, tools and data needed to repair cars at lower costs.

May 16, 2023, 6:06am Clark County News

A bipartisan movement advocating Americans’ right to repair their own phones, cars and tractors is gaining momentum in state legislatures across the country — and now in Congress, too. Read story