The city of Battle Ground is the latest Southwest Washington jurisdiction to ban unlawful camping on public property since a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
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EPA seeks to fine two Clark County businesses over Clean Water Act violations
By The Citizen on February 3, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing fines for two Clark County businesses totaling $73,000 over Clean Water Act violations in the Curtin Creek and…
Tree canopy taking root in Minnehaha thanks to tree-planting events
By The Citizen on February 3, 2025
The Minnehaha neighborhood now has more trees thanks to the efforts of volunteers and staff from the Clark Conservation District and Clark County Public Works…
Law enforcement, schools, churches, hospitals in Clark County emphasize that crackdowns are federal government’s purview – not theirs
By The Citizen on February 1, 2025
As federal crackdowns on unauthorized immigration ramp up under edicts from President Donald Trump, Clark County agencies — from police departments to schools to hospitals…
Point-in-Time Count workers collect data, offer resources to Clark County’s homeless
By The Citizen on January 31, 2025
A team of outreach workers moved through an east Vancouver homeless camp Thursday as dawn’s first light touched the horizon. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Camp Bonneville shooting range: FBI, ATF and Portland Police under scrutiny for usage practices
By The Citizen on January 30, 2025
New information provided to Clark County and the state Department of Ecology has raised concerns about how Camp Bonneville is being used by law enforcement…
Clark County’s nonprofits and governments still reeling after federal funds freeze called off
By The Citizen on January 29, 2025
Leaders of Clark County governments and nonprofits remain uneasy even though the White House on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing all federal grants and loans.…
Federal funding freeze: Clark County governments, schools, nonprofits looking for answers
By The Citizen on January 29, 2025
Clark County governments, schools and nonprofits are scrambling for information about how a White House order to freeze all federal grants and loans will impact…
ZoomCare clinics in Vancouver accepting Medicare and Medicare Advantage insurance plans
By The Citizen on January 28, 2025
ZoomCare clinics in Vancouver will now accept Medicare and Medicare Advantage insurance plans. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Vancouver police spending more time on outreach in homeless camps
By The Citizen on January 25, 2025
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.…