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Save Vancouver Streets initiative member Justin Wood speaks Jan. 6 during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The meeting was packed with community members for and against a recent initiative that would require any traffic lane removals go to a public vote.

Save Vancouver Streets files suit against city, council for declaring its initiative invalid

Save Vancouver Streets initiative member Justin Wood speaks Jan. 6 during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The meeting was packed with community members for and against a recent initiative that would require any traffic lane removals go to a public vote.

January 23, 2025, 3:39pm Clark County News

Save Vancouver Streets has taken the city of Vancouver to court for declaring its initiative to require voter approval to remove city traffic lanes legally invalid. Read story

Clark County Council members Glen Yung, from left, Michelle Belkot, Wil Fuentes, Matt Little and Sue Marshall are pictured at the Public Service Center on Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, 2025.

Clark County Council weighs giving $2 million to Vancouver’s planned homeless shelter

Clark County Council members Glen Yung, from left, Michelle Belkot, Wil Fuentes, Matt Little and Sue Marshall are pictured at the Public Service Center on Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, 2025.

January 23, 2025, 1:21pm Clark County News

Clark County may yet help the city of Vancouver pay for a planned homeless shelter in the Van Mall neighborhood. Read story

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Vulnerable people quietly kicked out of Clark County’s adult family homes and assisted living facilities

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January 18, 2025, 6:14am Business

The state of Washington prohibits nursing homes from kicking out residents without letting anyone know. Read story

Columbia River Mental Health Services, 6926 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd., offers mental health and addiction treatment. It will launch the first mobile addiction treatment clinic in Southwest Washington.

Columbia River Mental Health Services aims to have a new mobile clinic up and running later this year

Columbia River Mental Health Services, 6926 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd., offers mental health and addiction treatment. It will launch the first mobile addiction treatment clinic in Southwest Washington.

January 18, 2025, 6:12am Clark County Health

People living in homeless camps struggle to access drug treatment in Clark County, contributing to a wave of overdose deaths. A new program seeks to fix that. Read story

Two Vancouver business owners fined $116,000 over violating asbestos rules

January 15, 2025, 11:59am Business

Two Vancouver business owners are facing a combined $116,000 in fines for ignoring rules to protect people and the environment from asbestos at a home-flipping site. Read story

Workers make way for new construction in east Vancouver in August. The Vancouver City Council on Monday approved a construction sales tax deferral for developers building affordable housing in parking lots.

Vancouver City Council approves construction sales tax deferral to boost affordable housing in parking lots

Workers make way for new construction in east Vancouver in August. The Vancouver City Council on Monday approved a construction sales tax deferral for developers building affordable housing in parking lots.

January 14, 2025, 2:01pm Business

The Vancouver City Council on Monday passed a construction sales tax deferral to make it cheaper for developers to build affordable housing in parking lots. Read story

People sit in Jan. 6 during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The city council is considering policy changes that would limit disruptions during meetings.

Vancouver City Council weighs new policies to curtail disruptions at meetings

People sit in Jan. 6 during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The city council is considering policy changes that would limit disruptions during meetings.

January 14, 2025, 1:23pm Clark County News

If you’ve been to a Vancouver City Council meeting, you’ve most likely witnessed interruptions from audience members in the form of clapping, talking, gestures or shouting. Read story

A For Sale real estate sign is seen in front of a new house. Clark County had fewer home listings in 2024 than in any other year since 2012, leading to higher median home prices in 2024.

Clark County home listings in 2023 and 2024 were the lowest in a decade

A For Sale real estate sign is seen in front of a new house. Clark County had fewer home listings in 2024 than in any other year since 2012, leading to higher median home prices in 2024.

January 13, 2025, 2:54pm Business

Clark County had fewer home listings last year than in any other year since 2012, leading to higher median home prices in 2024. Read story

Cleanup crews remove solid waste along the Mill Plain Boulevard soundwall while joined by officials and members of the HART team in July. Tyler Chavers, the city’s homeless response coordinator and a former Vancouver police officer, said he’s seen tires slashed, fireworks and rocks thrown at camps, as well as derogatory graffiti around camps over the last five years.

‘The yelling, the screaming, the rock throwing’: Harassment and violence toward Clark County homeless on rise

Cleanup crews remove solid waste along the Mill Plain Boulevard soundwall while joined by officials and members of the HART team in July. Tyler Chavers, the city’s homeless response coordinator and a former Vancouver police officer, said he’s seen tires slashed, fireworks and rocks thrown at camps, as well as derogatory graffiti around camps over the last five years.

January 9, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

Homeless people in Vancouver are increasingly the target of harassment and violence as exasperation toward encampments has grown over the past several years. Read story

A parking lot and an empty lot border the intersection of Southeast Brady Road and Southeast 192nd Avenue in August as seen from Southeast Ascension Drive in Vancouver. The city of Vancouver may offer construction tax deferrals for affordable housing projects being built on underdeveloped public parking lots in Vancouver.

Vancouver looks at tax break for affordable housing projects built in parking lots

A parking lot and an empty lot border the intersection of Southeast Brady Road and Southeast 192nd Avenue in August as seen from Southeast Ascension Drive in Vancouver. The city of Vancouver may offer construction tax deferrals for affordable housing projects being built on underdeveloped public parking lots in Vancouver.

January 8, 2025, 2:52pm Business

Vancouver could lose one parking lot a year but gain affordable housing under a proposed tax break. Read story