Month: March 2021
Stimulus could help county’s long-term needs
The most recent federal stimulus package appears to offer Clark County more financial wiggle room than it previously had in its response to COVID-19, and it might offer more than […]
Sen. Rivers uses R-word slur in public hearing
Sen. Ann Rivers, R-La Center, used a slur that denigrates people with mental disabilities during a public hearing in the Senate Health and Long Term Care Committee on Wednesday. “There’s no […]
Clark County Council to weigh in on housing study
The Clark County Council will soon begin its contribution to an ongoing study of housing needs in the county’s largest urban area. The study is examining needs in the Vancouver Urban […]
Congressional candidate weighs in on Dr. Seuss, pancake mix and Hitler
On Wednesday, congressional candidate Heidi St. John posted a video to her Facebook page captioned “The WOKE crisis...” in which she asked her followers if they’d watched the Grammy Awards […]
Clark County’s strangest Friday the 13th
Clark County might have experienced the wildest Friday the 13th in its history last year. On March 13, 2020, the county council declared its first emergency proclamation due to COVID-19. Clark […]
Herrera Beutler called ‘undaunted’ in New York Times profile
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler was profiled by The New York Times on Friday in a piece that described the Republican congresswoman from Battle Ground as “undaunted” in its headline. The article […]
Lentz joins state Affordable Housing Advisory Board
Clark County Councilor Temple Lentz is joining the state Affordable Housing Advisory Board. Gov. Jay Inslee recently appointed Lentz to the board as a representative of Washington Association of Counties-Western Washington, […]
Trump calls out Herrera Beutler by name in CPAC speech
Republicans’ ire with Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler apparently goes all the way to the top, at least in the faction of the party that remains aligned with former President Donald […]