Month: March 2011

The county commissioners had a lively board time on Wednesday. Here's five observations: State Sen. Don Benton must really love fireworks. Commissioner Steve Stuart said he was approached by, as he […]

Washougal City Councilman Jon Russell is taking a cue from celebrities like Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan. And while he’s not claiming to have “tiger blood,” Russell is taking to […]

Food carts and fireworks are not usually mentioned in the same breath, with good reason. "Here's your fireworks on a bun" doesn't sound too appetizing. But Battle Ground council member Paul […]

You only had to look at the agenda of Tuesday’s county commissioners meeting for proof of waste in government: Bid Award 2557: Annual Portable Toilet Cleaning Service. Well, $26,864 to handle public […]

Vancouver City Councilor Jeanne Stewart sent an email Monday saying the council violated city policy on Sept. 13 by making decisions on how it would ask C-Tran board members to […]

Yes, mistakes do slip by copy editors and make it into the newspaper. (And we welcome it when people point out our mistakes.) But copy editors catch plenty of mistakes, too, […]

Normally we always ask the other side to respond, but we are going to go out on a limb here and say we're pretty sure Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler does […]

Normally we always ask the other side to respond, but we are going to go out on a limb here and say we're pretty sure Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler does […]

By now, we’ve all heard about the odd behavior of Oregon Rep. David Wu in recent months. Nothing garnered as much attention as this Halloween photo of the congressman in a […]

President Obama picked Kansas to win the men's NCAA tourney. This guy argues that letting employees engage in a little March Madness is no harm, no foul. So we thought we'd […]