Photo illustration by Linda Lutes/The Columbian At a meeting Friday attended by the same 10 people who attend every meeting on such matters, Columbia River Crossing Director Nancy Boyd shocked attendees by announcing that Portland’s MAX line really is the…
Since all Facebook pages had to switch to the timeline format today, we thought we’d use this opportunity to shamelessly plug our pages. The big dilemma: What banner photo should stretch across the top of your page? We were also…
My dear fellow residents of unincorporated Clark County within the Vancouver Urban Growth Area, I apologize for taking so long to write, but I have some news I think you should know. I did not attend a March 14 work…
As an amended code established last year, it’s legal to carry your gun in a park. Beer, however, remains a no-no. Clark County commissioners on Wednesday reviewed proposed park code changes — most of the codes were written in 1976…
The kiddos keep giving us the best blog fodder. Our latest laugh came courtesy Keagan Potter, who visited the Vancouver City Council’s citizen’s forum Monday night. He tagged along with his dad, Brian Potter, who works in the city’s Parks…
“Dilbert” came to mind Wednesday during a county commissioner work session with the Development and Engineering Advisory Board, a group put together to give technical advice on the Retooling Our Code project. (In guv-speak, that would be “the deeb has…
We don’t make it to many planning commission meetings, but they seem like a pretty friendly bunch. So we were surprised to learn Monday that while they’ve put the latest open seat on the seven-member board out for advertisement three…
Who knew that the innocuous-sounding workshop topic of “Title 11 Update Project: Use of Public Rights-of-Way” would be the start of some of the more spirited Vancouver City Council talk I’ve heard in a while? You see, Fill the Boot…
OK. You don’t have to guess. It’s me!!! My boss unknowingly handed me the invite Wednesday morning. It arrived in a plain-looking envelope. However, when I flipped it over, the significance of its contents became apparent. The words “STUD PARTY”…
While a proposed Clark County casino first has to get federal court approval the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has at least restructured its debt. That move backs up what CEO Mitchell Etess told The Columbian in February, that “there’s absolutely…
