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Vancouver City Hall in downtown Vancouver.

Vancouver to add $140.2M to 2023-24 budget

Vancouver City Hall in downtown Vancouver.

May 4, 2023, 6:01am Clark County News

The city of Vancouver is working to increase its 2023-24 budget by $140.2 million. Read story

Banners hang in the gymnasium at the Washington School for the Deaf on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The school will receive nearly $15.4 million from the recently approved state capital budget for additional construction costs for a physical education building and other improvement projects.

What’s in state budget for Clark County?

Banners hang in the gymnasium at the Washington School for the Deaf on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The school will receive nearly $15.4 million from the recently approved state capital budget for additional construction costs for a physical education building and other improvement projects.

April 29, 2023, 6:06am Clark County News

Before the Washington Legislature adjourned on Sunday, lawmakers scrambled to reach consensus on the biennium operating, capital and transportation budgets. Read story

Woodland High School  (Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian)

Woodland schools measure still too close to call

Woodland High School  (Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian)

April 28, 2023, 3:00pm Clark County News

Woodland Public Schools’ replacement levy appears to still be failing by the slimmest of margins, now behind by just 32 votes, 1,990 to 2,022. The measure requires a simple majority to pass. Read story

La Center City Council names Strobehn new mayor

April 28, 2023, 6:01am Clark County News

The city of La Center has a new mayor. Read story

Woodland Public Schools office.

Woodland schools measure still trailing by just dozens of votes

Woodland Public Schools office.

April 27, 2023, 6:13pm Clark County News

The Woodland Public Schools community continued to hold its breath Thursday afternoon, as another round of ballots shows that a critical funding measure still trails, now by just 34 votes. Read story

Megan Whetsell, left, and Erek Watson, both of Vancouver, chat with Jeanne Bennett of Columbia Play Project, dressed as "Doug the Slug," as she hands out flyers during Give More24! at The Waterfront Vancouver in September. Columbia Play Project has received a grant to help develop a children's museum in Clark County.

Sen. Annette Cleveland secures $515K to help Columbia Play Project kick-start children’s museum in Clark County

Megan Whetsell, left, and Erek Watson, both of Vancouver, chat with Jeanne Bennett of Columbia Play Project, dressed as "Doug the Slug," as she hands out flyers during Give More24! at The Waterfront Vancouver in September. Columbia Play Project has received a grant to help develop a children's museum in Clark County.

April 27, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News

The creation of a new children’s museum in Clark County took a step forward this week after state Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, secured $515,000 in funding for Columbia Play Project. The funding comes from the state’s local and community funds budget. Read story

FedEx and UPS trucks sit at loading bays at an Aurora Logistics warehouse in Vancouver. The city enacted a moratorium on large new warehouses at the end of last year.

Vancouver distinguishes between warehouses, industrial buildings in face of moratorium

FedEx and UPS trucks sit at loading bays at an Aurora Logistics warehouse in Vancouver. The city enacted a moratorium on large new warehouses at the end of last year.

April 27, 2023, 6:02am Business

Late last year, the Vancouver City Council put the kibosh on large new warehouses within the city. And yet, with the hot industrial real estate market in Vancouver and beyond, developers are still planning new industrial buildings. Read story

17th District lawmakers to host virtual town hall

April 27, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News

Eastern Clark County and Skamania County legislators state Sen. Lynda Wilson, R-Vancouver, and Reps. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver, and Kevin Waters, R-Stevenson, will host a virtual town hall meeting from 6-7 p.m., May 3. Read story

The Washougal School District Administrative Offices.

Washougal School District measures pass, Woodland Public Schools’ still uncertain

The Washougal School District Administrative Offices.

April 26, 2023, 4:21pm Clark County News

Two critical replacement funding measures for the Washougal School District have passed with resounding support in Wednesday afternoon’s election update. Read story

The Washougal School District predicted big cuts to programs from athletics to arts if its operations and capital facilities and technology levies failed for a second time in 2023. Both passed in the April special election.

Schools measures passing in Washougal, trailing in Woodland

The Washougal School District predicted big cuts to programs from athletics to arts if its operations and capital facilities and technology levies failed for a second time in 2023. Both passed in the April special election.

April 25, 2023, 9:06pm Clark County News

Funding measures for two small districts in Southwest Washington saw a mixed bag of results Tuesday, with two levies in the Washougal School District strongly leading in initial returns and a measure in Woodland Public Schools trailing by 37 votes. Read story