Clark County Today News

With the arrival of summer and warmer temperatures, properly watering your trees is a great way to keep them healthy and stress-free.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/keep-your-trees-hydrated-and-healthy-this-summer/

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Battle Ground’s 2023 Citizen of the Year, Ken Steinke, will be honored with an Honorary Rose Planting ceremony on July 20 at 8:30 a.m. before the Harvest Days Parade in Central Park.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/rose-ceremony-to-honor-battle-ground-citizen-of-the-year/

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Vancouver Police investigate stabbing. On Sunday (July 7) at about 7:45 p.m., Vancouver Police were dispatched to a disturbance in the 1000 block of SE 160th Avenue.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/vancouver-police-investigate-stabbing-4/

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Furry Friends is hosting its annual fall in-person dinner and auction fundraiser on Sat., Sept. 21 from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Royal Oaks Country Club, located at 8917 NE Fourth Plain Blvd, Vancouver.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/save-the-date-for-the-furry-friends-annual-dinner-and-auction/

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Taxpayers are not only funding the border crisis, but they are also paying for numerous free services illegal foreign nationals receive, according to a new report.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/house-judiciary-taxpayers-funding-border-crisis-services-to-illegal-foreign-nationals/

#TheCenterSquare #taxpayers #bordercrisis #freeservices #illegalforeignnationals #HouseJudiciary #Congress #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #SubcommitteeonImmigrationIntegritySecurityandEnforcement #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Whether faith-based groups are allowed to solely hire people that agree with their faith is a question again before the courts. Youth 71Five Ministries in Oregon is appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals after state funding was revoked due to its requirement that employees sign a statement of faith, arguing the decision violates First Amendment rights and referencing a 2017 Supreme Court precedent.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/state-revokes-funding-for-christian-group-fighting-gang-violence-due-to-hiring-practices

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The city of Battle Ground will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday (July 8), for several much-anticipated improvements to Kiwanis Park.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/battle-ground-to-hold-groundbreaking-for-kiwanis-park-improvements

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Just after 3:30 p.m. Friday (July 5), East County Fire and Rescue (ECFR) was dispatched to a report of a column of smoke near NE Bradford Road and NE 53rd Street in Camas.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/east-county-home-destroyed-by-fast-moving-fire/

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According to weather experts, Saturday is just the middle of this heatwave, and the next three days are calling for even hotter temperatures, so Clark County residents are finding places to cool off, including the water feature at Vancouver’s Waterfront Park.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/water-feature-at-waterfront-park-the-place-to-be-during-heatwave

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In just seven weeks, 546,002 voter signatures were collected to repeal Washington state's natural gas ban putting I-2066 on the November ballot along with six other initiatives aimed at reversing recent legislative laws.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/546002-signatures-submitted-to-repeal-natural-gas-ban

#Let’sGoWashington #BrianHeywood #GregLane #BuildingIndustryAssociationofWashington #I-2066 #NaturalGasBan #CitizenInitiatives #WashingtonLegislature #VoteYesPayLess #ClimateCommitmentAct #Olympia #GovernmentOverreach #ToddMyers #WashingtonPolicyCenter