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A line of more than 500 people wrapped around the Luepke Center in Vancouver for Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s Thursday town hall. Most of them were there to criticize the Skamania Democrat for siding with Republicans on recent controversial votes. Many of them had voted for her.
Her vote for the SAVE Act, a bill that would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections but critics say could disenfranchise millions, was “the straw that broke the camel’s back,” said David Terry, 78, who attended the town hall.
“We’re ready to primary her,” he said.
The state Department of Labor & Industries is seeking criminal charges against a southwest Washington construction company — the first time the agency has pursued felony charges over a youth labor violation — after a 16-year-old employee lost both legs on the job in 2023.
The workplace-safety enforcement agency has asked the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office to investigate and prosecute Vancouver-based Rotschy Inc. after state officials concluded the company had broken youth labor laws, resulting in the permanent disability of a minor, according to a letter dated March 7, 2025.
Tallies for three measures on Tuesday’s special election ballot didn’t change much in updated results released by Clark County’s elections office Thursday.
A majority of voters rejected proposed school levies in Battle Ground and Hockinson, as well as a proposal to create a regional fire authority in east Clark County, with 200 ballots left to count. The next update won’t come until 3 p.m. Tuesday.
LA CENTER — More than 100 people attended the La Center school board meeting Tuesday, an unusually large crowd for the small school district that has recently made national headlines for its policy on pronouns.
Twenty-eight people spoke to the board about the district’s gender-inclusive schools policy, which state officials say doesn’t meet guidelines. Among those in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting included members of Clark County Pride.
Al “Corky” Angelo Jr., co-owner of the Vancouver property management company founded by his father and namesake, died Saturday. He was 76.
“He was always ahead of his time. He had an entrepreneurial spirit,” said Angelo Jr.’s eldest son, Al Angelo III.
