Clark County faces tough choices with 2026 budget
Expenses for Clark County government are rising to meet the needs of a growing population, but revenues aren’t, so county councilors expect to make some tough choices as they set the 2026 budget.
Expenses for Clark County government are rising to meet the needs of a growing population, but revenues aren’t, so county councilors expect to make some tough choices as they set the 2026 budget.
Talk to any agency that works with Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership and it’s clear the Portland-based nonprofit, founded 30 years ago, takes the partnership element of its name seriously.
To get a real feel for how a football game went, just ask the one player who touches the ball on every offensive play.
A second proposal to create a Camas-Washougal regional fire authority was narrowly passing in early election results Tuesday night.
WASHOUGAL — Royce Jones is living proof that it’s never too late to find your niche.
In the past week, Clark County residents have donated thousands of pounds of food, and businesses have dished up hundreds of free meals to help neighbors affected by the suspension of a federal food assistance program.
Vancouver-based nonprofit health system PeaceHealth cut 2.5 percent of its 16,000 employees, executives said in an email to employees Tuesday.
Water temperatures in many of Clark County’s rivers and streams, especially in urban areas, continue to rise, according to the county’s most recent stream health report. That was the message Marlena Milosevich Butler of the county’s public works department shared at a water pollution symposium Tuesday.
No sightings of immigration agents have been reported at Clark County postsecondary schools, but protocols are in place just in case.