The Columbian

Family caregiver advocate Christina Keys remembers her mom, Patricia Keys, while looking at her portrait in the front hallway of her Vancouver home Monday afternoon. Christina Keys quit her job 12 years ago to take care of her mother, who died in December 2022. More than 120 organizations and advocates for workers have launched a statewide campaign to defeat ballot Initiative 2124, which would make opting into the long-term care coverage tax voluntary. Also pictured is her mom’s service dog, Puddy, 13. “You weren’t a burden,” she said to her late mother.

Family caregivers, nurses launch campaign to protect Washington’s long-term care benefit, defeat I-2124

July 25, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Health

Last week, hundreds of family caregivers, advocates and nurses across the state launched a campaign to defeat a Washington ballot initiative that would cut funding to long-term health care benefits. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Temperatures will continue to be normal, or slightly below

July 25, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

We continue to skip along with fair weather each day with some days near normal temperature-wise and others slightly below. Hopscotch weather I say. Today a large dose of marine air is forecast to move up the Columbia from the coast and we most likely remain in the 70s after… Read story

Lingering fall color is seen at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge as low-lying clouds provide a scenic backdrop in December 2023. The Port of Camas-Washougal and U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s negotiations for a land swap are nearly complete.

Washougal’s port, wildlife refuge swap land to smooth property access

July 24, 2024, 5:00pm Clark County News

A land swap between the Port of Camas-Washougal and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that may expand the port’s inventory of usable land near Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge is nearly a done deal. Read story

Ridgefield resident Stacie Urban browses the selection of furniture and artwork at Divine Consign in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday morning. Divine Consign is closing after almost 20 years.

Furniture store Divine Consign in downtown Vancouver shutting its doors at end of August

July 24, 2024, 3:01pm Business Updated 5 hours ago

A seasonal holiday gift store that transformed into a year-round furniture consignment store, Divine Consign in downtown Vancouver will close Aug. 31 after almost 20 years in business. Read story

Brian Heywood is the hedge fund manager and founder of Let’s Go Washington that qualified three initiatives for the November ballot. Opponents of the measure are out with their first campaign and in it they focus their attacks on him.

Complaint against Let’s Go Washington could end up being sent to AG’s office

July 24, 2024, 7:54am Latest News Free

It’s been a year since the filing of allegations that a political committee led by hedge fund manager Brian Heywood violated campaign finance laws last year in the course of gathering signatures for six initiatives, including three on the ballot in November. Read story

Where do WA’s candidates for governor stand on climate change?

FILE - Then-Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., speaks on Nov. 6, 2018, at a Republican party election night gathering in Issaquah, Wash. Reichert filed campaign paperwork with the state Public Disclosure Commission on Friday, June 30, 2023, to run as a Republican candidate. (AP Photo/Ted S.

July 24, 2024, 7:40am Election

The years ahead for Washington will likely include ongoing drought and wildfire risk, surging demand for electricity, difficult or disappointing agricultural harvests, and the complicated task of further weaning the state off fossil fuels. Read story

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