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Russell Brent, right, is challenging Don Orange for his seat on the Port of Vancouver board of commissioners.

Brent vies for Port of Vancouver seat held by Orange

Russell Brent, right, is challenging Don Orange for his seat on the Port of Vancouver board of commissioners.

October 16, 2023, 7:06pm Business

Local businessman Russell Brent is vying to unseat Port of Vancouver Commissioner Don Orange. Both men share a similar goal — economic development. But in a recent Columbian Editorial Board meeting, the two debated port transparency, green jobs and how to get people more interested in the port. Read story

Port of Vancouver Commissioner Don Orange criticizes Russell Brent for union bug on campaign signsvideo icon

October 14, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

At a Columbian Editorial Board meeting earlier this week, Port of Vancouver Commissioner Don Orange accused his opponent, Russell Brent, of including a fake union label on Brent’s campaign signs. Read story

Project leaders envision improving Southeast 34th Street by repurposing two of the four lanes on the corridor to create bike lanes.

Vancouver approves 34th Street plan to reduce section from 4 to 2 lanes, add mobility lane

Project leaders envision improving Southeast 34th Street by repurposing two of the four lanes on the corridor to create bike lanes.

October 13, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

The city of Vancouver is reducing a stretch of Southeast 34th Street in east Vancouver from four lanes to two and adding a mobility lane on each side to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists. Read story

The city of Vancouver's Waterfront Gateway development aims to be its own district and also connect Esther Short Park to The Waterfront Vancouver.

Vancouver hires LPC West to develop downtown Waterfront Gateway project

The city of Vancouver's Waterfront Gateway development aims to be its own district and also connect Esther Short Park to The Waterfront Vancouver.

October 12, 2023, 6:06am Business

The city of Vancouver has hired Los Angeles-based developer LPC West to develop the city-owned Waterfront Gateway site directly south and west of City Hall. Read story

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, left, and Kyle Tidwell from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, look out at sea lions swimming in the Columbia River.

Herrera Beutler makes it official; she’s running for lands commissioner in 2024

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, left, and Kyle Tidwell from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, look out at sea lions swimming in the Columbia River.

October 10, 2023, 2:32pm Clark County News

Former Republican congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler announced on Wednesday morning her candidacy to become the next Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands. Read story

Former Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, makes remarks during a Memorial Day Observance event at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in 2022.

Report: Jaime Herrera Beutler to run for state lands commissioner

Former Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, makes remarks during a Memorial Day Observance event at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in 2022.

October 10, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

Jaime Herrera Beutler, the Battle Ground Republican who represented Washington’s 3rd Congressional District from 2012 to earlier this year, is planning a run for Washington state commissioner of public lands, the Seattle Times first reported Monday. Read story

Construction of The Springs Apartments is in progress along the Vancouver waterfront. Once complete, the developer will receive an eight-year exemption from property taxes on the building, which will have 180 market rate units.

Vancouver establishes affordable housing fund with money to come from developers that get tax exemption

Construction of The Springs Apartments is in progress along the Vancouver waterfront. Once complete, the developer will receive an eight-year exemption from property taxes on the building, which will have 180 market rate units.

October 5, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News

This week, the city of Vancouver established a fund that will funnel millions of dollars from housing developers into the city’s affordable housing budget. Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, speaks to the crowd at the Memorial Day observance.

Perez votes to remove House Speaker McCarthy

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, speaks to the crowd at the Memorial Day observance.

October 3, 2023, 7:34pm Clark County News

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, voted with her party Wednesday afternoon to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his position. Read story

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers tours the Interstate 5 Bridge on Thursday. With many critical transportation projects in the state, developing the transportation budget is as much an art as it is a science, said Sen. Marko Liias, D-Everett, second from left, the chair of the Senate Transportation Committee.

Bipartisan group of Washington lawmakers tours I-5 Bridge

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers tours the Interstate 5 Bridge on Thursday. With many critical transportation projects in the state, developing the transportation budget is as much an art as it is a science, said Sen. Marko Liias, D-Everett, second from left, the chair of the Senate Transportation Committee.

September 29, 2023, 7:11pm Clark County News

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers visited the Interstate 5 Bridge on their final leg of a three-day tour of Southwest Washington bridges. Read story

“I’m inclined to take a wait-and-see attitude,” Sen. Lynda Wilson, R-Vancouver, said in a statement issued Tuesday.

New state budget forecast offers $1B worth of good news for Washington leaders

“I’m inclined to take a wait-and-see attitude,” Sen. Lynda Wilson, R-Vancouver, said in a statement issued Tuesday.

September 28, 2023, 2:25pm Clark County Politics

Lawmakers will have nearly $1 billion more to spend in the current budget, according to the latest analysis from the state’s chief economist. Read story