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One injured in Highway 99 crash
One man was sent to the hospital Tuesday morning after a three-car crash on Highway 99.
State officials to consider gillnet fishery on Wednesday
The Columbia River Compact plans a 1 p.m. conference call to review test fishing results and decide whether to set a commercial season
It's Election Day for 85,000 of us
Voters decide school measures in Evergreen, other districts
For more than 85,000 Clark County voters, today is Election Day, with several school measures on the ballot.
Mielke approves Lifeline loan
With Mielke's support, the loan's contract will be modified
Biden greets Chinese VP for official visit
Vice President Joe Biden has welcomed China's future leader to the White House, telling him the two powers should work together despite their differences.
In Our View: Expensive Listening
County should seek efficienciesin costly advisory boards system
Clark County commissioners are correct to explore consolidation and elimination of advisory boards in hopes of reducing the $1.4 million spent annually to accommodate such groups. We just wish the commissioners were more aggressive and more expeditious than to just approve a pilot program to achieve such efficiencies. Under any circumstances, a million and a half bucks is a huge amount in a county this size, and the magnitude of the money becomes even greater when you consider the county budget has been cut by $62 million in recent years and 270 positions were eliminated.As Stephanie Rice reported in a Sunday Columbian story, county employees are recommending that the commissioners consider reducing the 50-plus task forces that exist in just five departments: Environmental Services, Community Development, Community Planning, Community Services and Public Works. Although advisory board members are volunteers, the bulk of the expense to taxpayers is the number of county employees required to attend the meetings: an estimated 28,000 hours of staff time, and many of those hours are overtime. The meetings usually are attended by three staff members.
Community Sports Calendar, Feb. 14
The Community Sports Calendar on Columbian.com is updated each Tuesday. Submit items for the calendar by sending an e-mail to paul.danzer@columbian.com, or call 360-735-4521.
Community notebook: Vancouver team plays for Oregon high school hockey title
A team of players from Southwest Washington will skate for the Oregon High School Hockey League championship at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain View Ice Arena in Vancouver.
Sowell: Romney not a shoo-in for Republican nomination
A funny thing happened to Mitt Romney on the way to his coronation as the “inevitable” Republican candidate for president of the United States. Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado happened. Rick Santorum beat him in all three states on the same day -- and beat him by huge margins in two of those states, as well as upsetting him in Colorado, where the Mormon vote was expected to give Romney a victory.
Evergreen school district will interview to fill vacancy on board
The four remaining members of the Evergreen school board will meet Tuesday to interview candidates for an open spot on the board.
Local girls soccer teams win Cup titles
Salmon Creek, WSA bring home Founders Cup championships
Two girls soccer teams from Southwest Washington won championships on Sunday as the Washington Youth Soccer Founders Cup tournament that concluded in Tukwila.
Food and wine calendar
Send information to food@columbian.com.
Washington View: To keep Social Security alive, we must look at benefits
As Congress continues to struggle with our nation’s massive $15 trillion debt, another looming crisis has slipped off the radar screen: Social Security.
Vital statistics
Births and marriage licenses.
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