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Clark County Today Weekly News - July 12, 2024

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• Interstate Bridge Replacement Program Secures Major Funding.

• Vancouver Voters Face Tax Increase for Police Funding.

• Representative Gluesenkamp Perez Urges Biden to Withdraw from 2024 Race.

• Opinion: Supreme Court Empowers Vancouver on Homelessness—Will Action Follow?

• POLL: Should Vancouver increase protections against harassment from the homeless?

• 546,002 Signatures to Repeal Natural Gas Ban

• Clark County Expands Burn Ban

• Amboy Territorial Days: July 12-14

• Real Estate Activity Rises in Southwest Washington

• Vancouver Fire Marshal Issues Burn Ban

• Esther Short Park Water Feature Closed This Summer

• Waterfront Park Water Feature Popular During Heatwave

• Photos: Ridgefield’s Fourth of July Celebrations

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Interstate Bridge Replacement program officials have shared that the program received $1.499 billion through the Federal Highway Administration’s Bridge Investment Program.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/interstate-bridge-replacement-program-awarded-1-499-billion-fhwa-bridge-investment-program-grant/

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The Vancouver City Council will soon vote on putting a tax lid lift on the November ballot to generate funding for police and supporting services.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/vancouver-voters-could-decide-on-205-tax-increase-to-add-36m-to-police-department/

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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-WA, has joined other federal elected officials in the state in calling for President Joe Biden to exit the 2024 presidential race.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/wa-rep-gluesenkamp-perez-calls-for-biden-to-exit-presidential-race/

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Transit ridership dropped sharply with the onset of the COVID pandemic in 2020. The slow rebound in the years that followed has prompted discussion, sometimes in hushed tones, as to whether transit had entered a “death spiral.”

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-has-transit-entered-the-death-spiral/

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Travelers who use northbound Interstate 5 near northern Vancouver and Ridgefield should plan ahead for nighttime delays beginning the evening of Sunday, July 14 and continuing nightly through Thursday, July 25.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/nighttime-delays-on-northbound-i-5-in-vancouver-july-14-25-for-pavement-repairs/

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The Digital Evidence Cybercrime Unit at the Vancouver Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance as it relates to an ongoing criminal investigation.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/vancouver-police-seek-assistance-in-online-child-predator-investigation/

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After more than 12 years of service as president of Clark County Food Bank, Alan Hamilton has announced his intention to leave the Food Bank this fall.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/hamilton-leaving-clark-county-food-bank-following-launch-of-vision-center/

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PeaceHealth and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, announced today that they have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate a new stand-alone, inpatient rehabilitation facility in Vancouver.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/peacehealth-and-lifepoint-rehabilitation-announce-agreement-to-build-new-inpatient-rehabilitation-facility/

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Opinion: How bad is freeway speeding? Target Zero Manager Doug Dahl answers a question about the commonplace of freeway speeding in Washington state.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-how-bad-is-freeway-speeding/

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