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Vancouver council will vote on increasing AMR response times
Ambulance firm would be able to make staffing changes, save money
The Vancouver City Council on Monday agreed to put a contract amendment giving American Medical Response two extra minutes to reach emergency calls to a vote later this month.
Off Beat: Namesake city has no place for USS Vancouver
It’s a notion that gets floated from time to time, and now it has resurfaced.
Not the Final Bow for Slocum House Theatre Company
Troupe looks to future at end of stay at historic site
Despite the cheesecakes, bon bons and chocolate cake laid out for visitors, the mood at Saturday night’s final gala for the Slocum House Theatre Company at its home of 46 years was bittersweet.
Three arrested in Salmon Creek armed robbery
All three reside in Woodland
Vancouver Fire Department adds twin engines
New, ‘utilitarian’ rigs will replace pair of 19-year-old models
If the sirens and cherry red paint job weren’t enough to catch your attention, the Vancouver Fire Department’s two newest engines have one more thing that might do the trick -- super bright LED lights.
Vancouver explores taxing district for parks
Council members want more information before possibly going to voters
A new Metropolitan Parks District in the city of Vancouver could raise as much as $10 million a year to prop up city parks and recreation centers.
Firefighters union will give $30,000 to charities
Donations a result of changes made to health care provider
The Vancouver Firefighters Union is donating $30,000 to the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington and to Loaves and Fishes, as a result of the changes it made to its health care provider last year.
Slocum House Theatre to close March 11
Struggling theater company says it hopes to reorganize and return in a different form
Who will vote on light rail? Find out in July
C-Tran board will decide whether to include everyone or subdistrict
Debate over light rail rages on, but it may be July before Clark County residents know just who can vote on it.
Herrera Beutler may try to block CRC light rail
She’ll try to change project if local voters say ‘no’ to funding
Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler wants one thing to be clear: As goes the C-Tran vote on light rail, so goes she.
