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Vancouver police spending more time on outreach in homeless camps

January 25, 2025, 6:12am Clark County News

Vancouver police officers are spending more time in homeless encampments under a new partnership between the department and the city’s Homeless Assistance and Resource Team. Read story

Vancouver’s large employers, including ZoomInfo, are happy with hybrid work models

January 24, 2025, 6:00am Business Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 23 hours ago

Vancouver’s downtown was bustling before the pandemic ushered in an era of remote work. In the years since the pandemic has waned, office workers have yet to flood back. Read story

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

Vancouver to open online application for Affordable Housing Fund

January 23, 2025, 6:00am Clark County News Free

The city of Vancouver will open its online application process Monday for up to $9.5 million from the Affordable Housing Fund. 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

Interim City Attorney Nena Cook, left, raises her right hand to be sworn into her position Monday by Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. Cook replaces the outgoing City Attorney Jonathan Young, who is becoming the city manager of SeaTac.

Vancouver city attorney Young resigns to become SeaTac city manager

Interim City Attorney Nena Cook, left, raises her right hand to be sworn into her position Monday by Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. Cook replaces the outgoing City Attorney Jonathan Young, who is becoming the city manager of SeaTac.

January 14, 2025, 12:32pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

An interim Vancouver city attorney is taking over for Jonathan Young who resigned, effective Monday, to become SeaTac’s city manager. Read story

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Clark County criminal justice agencies assess needs in work sessions with city, county officials

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January 14, 2025, 6:08am Clark County News

Vancouver and county officials are holding work sessions with the various local criminal justice agencies to take a comprehensive look at staffing challenges before considering possible ballot measures to address funding later this year. 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

In downtown Vancouver, Main Street forms the boundary between east and west addresses.

Clark Asks: What do different street identifiers — avenue, court, street, circle — mean?

In downtown Vancouver, Main Street forms the boundary between east and west addresses.

January 3, 2025, 6:05am Clark County News

Recently, Ronald Clement, who lives in Vancouver’s Fishers Creek neighborhood, asked The Columbian, “What do the different street identifiers mean, e.g., court, avenue, street, lane, circle, etc.?” Read story