Vancouver resident Bob Zak questions who authorized the costly Vine Bus station expansion along HWY99, NE 78th St., and Mill Plain, citing low ridership on existing C-TRAN routes and ongoing road disruptions tied to ADA compliance work. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-where-did-the-idea-of-expansion-to-the-vine-buses-come-from/ #CTran #TheVine #PublicTransit #Vancouver #ClarkCounty #Transportation #Opinion

Vancouver Fire Department and Clark County Fire District 6 deployed 56 firefighters to a two-alarm blaze at Furniture World SW's warehouse on NE St. John's Road Friday evening. Crews battled fires in four simultaneous areas, including a dumpster, grass, a railroad car, and the building itself, bringing all under control in roughly 40 minutes. No injuries were reported. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/vancouver-firefighters-battle-two-alarm-warehouse-fire/ #VancouverFire #ClarkCounty #WarehouseFire #PublicSafety #Vancouver #WashingtonState

Elizabeth New (Hovde) of the Washington Policy Center examines a federal warning to Washington's Employment Security Department: enforce work-search rules for striking workers or risk losing federal funding and employer tax credits under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. More than half a million dollars have already gone to striking workers since January. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-striking-workers-are-now-expected-to-seek-work-like-others/ #Opinion #UnemploymentInsurance #WashingtonState #LaborPolicy #StrikingWorkers #SB5041 #WorkerRights #ClarkCounty #WashingtonPolicyCenter #Politics

A six-week utility project on 92nd Avenue in Battle Ground has stretched nearly a year after city inspectors found problems along the entire length of the newly installed sewer line, forcing the contractor to remove and replace the pipe. Battle Ground City Engineer Ryan Jeynes explains what went wrong and what comes next before the road can be paved and reopened. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/sewer-line-problems-to-blame-for-extended-92nd-avenue-construction-in-battle-ground/ #BattleGround #ClarkCounty #SewerLine #RoadClosure #WashingtonState #Construction #Transportation #LocalNews

Christine Myers brings more than five years of community engagement, event management, and wellness programming experience to the Downtown Camas Association, where she begins as Event and Project Manager on Sept. 1. The hire also comes as the DCA navigates a leadership transition, with Leah Nichelson stepping into the executive director role following Carrie Schulstad's retirement in November. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/downtown-camas-association-welcomes-christine-myers-as-new-event-project-manager/ #DowntownCamas #CamasWA #ClarkCounty #CommunityEvents #MainStreet #LocalBusiness #WellnessCommunity #EventManagement #ClarkCountyToday

Clark County Community Services has scheduled four public forums in October 2026 to gather public feedback on its low-income community needs survey. The results will shape which programs receive Community Service Block Grant funding countywide. Forums are set for Battle Ground, Vancouver, Camas, and online via Zoom. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/county-schedules-public-forums-on-community-needs-assessment-2/ #ClarkCounty #CommunityNeeds #PublicForum #Vancouver #BattleGround #Camas #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyToday

Clark County is hosting a public information session Sept. 14 on proposals to add a manufactured home park overlay zone in unincorporated urban growth areas. The county's moratorium on MHP redevelopment runs through February 2027, aimed at preserving affordable housing and reducing resident displacement. URLHERE #ClarkCounty #AffordableHousing #ManufacturedHomes #HousingPolicy #Vancouver #WashingtonState #CommunityPlanning #MHP

Bill Gaines of the Alliance of Western Energy Consumers says Washington's Climate Commitment Act and Clean Energy Transformation Act are the primary drivers behind Puget Sound Energy's proposed 20 percent natural gas and 30 percent electricity rate increases. He argues the CCA cost-cap rules are broken, timelines are unrealistic, and $4.5 billion collected over 3.5 years has largely missed its carbon-reduction targets. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-in-support-of-honest-accountable-affordable-energy-policy/ #EnergyPolicy #WashingtonState #ClimateCommitmentAct #CETA #PugetSoundEnergy #UtilityRates #NaturalGas #CleanEnergy #Opinion #ClarkCounty

Before World War II, Japanese farming families were central to Ridgefield's agricultural community, running strawberry operations that hired around 1,000 workers. A new collaborative exhibit at the Greely Building tells their stories through maps, census records, photographs, and family histories, including the Kawamoto family's 1925 legal victory in Toledo, Oregon. The exhibit runs through Sept. 5. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/ridgefield-exhibit-explores-untold-history-of-japanese-farming-families/ #Ridgefield #JapaneseAmericanHistory #ClarkCounty #WWIIInternment #RidgefieldMulticulturalInitiative #LocalHistory #PacificNorthwest #WashingtonState

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Vancouver's council voted 6-1 to raise the sales tax for criminal justice, a wildfire forced Level 3 evacuations in North Clark County, and Governor Ferguson is pushing a statewide all-day school cellphone ban. Clark County Today's weekly newsletter covers it all. https://mailchi.mp/clarkcountytoday/this-weeks-top-news_august_28_2026 #ClarkCounty #Vancouver #Wildfire #CellphoneBan #ClarkCountyToday #Newsletter #PublicSafety #Washington