Last week I wrote about a YMCA benefit basketball game that included pro players as well as people who don’t get paid to play ball, such as Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt. In that blog I mistakenly reported that he lost…
Last week I wrote about a YMCA benefit basketball game that included pro players as well as people who don’t get paid to play ball, such as Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt. In that blog I mistakenly reported that he lost…
Employees who report to the Clark County Commissioners are getting complimentary blood pressure checks Wednesday. Not because their bosses have them researching how to levy a litter fee against The Columbian. And not because they had to suffer through a…
A May 12 celebrity basketball game raised $20,000 for Clark County Family YMCA, said executive director Eddie White. The game featured players from the Vancouver Volcanoes and Dan Dickau and Derek Raivio, who were standouts at Prairie High School and…
In anticipation of the change to requiring registration through Facebook in order to post a comment, every reporter has been asked to create a “fan” page. Yes, we are all mortified at having to ask people to “like” us. But…
Vancouver resident Carolyn Crain came to talk to county commissioners on Tuesday about how she feels betrayed. She feels betrayed that Commissioner Steve Stuart promised a districtwide C-Tran vote, but then he and Commissioners Marc Boldt and Tom Mielke “didn’t…
As someone who has endured plenty of meetings, including contentious ones — oh yeah, I was there in ’97, when Prune Hill residents stormed the Camas City Council chambers to successfully protest a proposal to allow manufactured housing on the…
Vancouver City Councilor Pat Campbell is 66. But that doesn’t mean he’s too old to have an elder put him in his (at least chronological) place. Resident Ralph Peabody, who is in his late 70s and frequently comments about different…
U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, had her town hall meeting this week at Skyview High School, as The Columbian’s Kathie Durbin reported. The meeting was also written up by Tom Curry, national affairs writer for msnbc.com. In his article,…
Maybe today’s article about the estimated annual revenue from an admissions tax left you wanting more. Since the revenue would be used to pay off bonds for a baseball stadium, you want details on how the county came up with…
Update, Thursday 3:30 p.m.: Leavitt responded to Madore’s apology, telling Madore his mockery of him on live radio was “irresponsible and disrespectful, not only to me as the Mayor, but to the Office of the Mayor of Vancouver and the…
