Clark County Today News

La Center resident Tim Petta draws a line from JP Morgan, Carnegie, and Rockefeller to Camden and Mac Spiller in Battle Ground — arguing that industrialists who created jobs, gave philanthropically, and reinvested in their communities built something worth repeating. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-what-made-and-can-make-america-great/ #Opinion #BattleGround #LaCenter #ClarkCounty #CamdenSpiller #MacSpiller #AmericanHistory #Philanthropy #ClarkCountyToday #Letters

About 100 volunteers gathered at Esther Short Park in Vancouver for the third annual Pick It Up, Vancouver event, organized by SOLVE. The crew collected enough litter to fill a 3-yard dumpster, with a final weight tally still to come. SOLVE, which began as an Oregon anti-litter campaign, is expanding its mission into Southwest Washington. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/pick-it-up-vancouver-holds-another-event-for-volunteers-to-pick-up-litter-in-downtown/ #PickItUpVancouver #SOLVE #Vancouver #ClarkCounty #Volunteers #CommunityCleanup #DowntownVancouver #WashingtonState

Ronald Hsu, DDS, of Storybook Dentistry in Camas and Dr. Megan Miller of Expedition Pediatric Dentistry offer guidance on credentials, communication style, and why the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends a child's first dental visit by age one. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/youth/how-to-choose-a-pediatric-dental-provider/ #PediatricDentistry #ChildrensDentalHealth #DeltaDentalWA #OralHealth #YouthHealth #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #DentalCare #ParentingTips #DentalHome

A 16-year-old wrestler and her mother are suing the Puyallup School District, WIAA, and state education officials after a male athlete who identifies as female allegedly sexually assaulted her during a December all-girls tournament. ADF attorney Suzanne Beecher says Washington's policy violates federal Title IX protections. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/female-wrestler-sues-school-district-state-over-alleged-assault-by-male-competitor/ #WrestlingLawsuit #TitleIX #PuyallupSchoolDistrict #GirlsSports #Washington #WIAA #ADF #ChrisReykdal #TransgenderAthletes #ClarkCountyToday

Camden and Mac Spiller purchased The Reflector, returning the 115-year-old Battle Ground newspaper to local hands. Rep. John Ley pushed to block the Interstate Bridge Replacement's Record of Decision, tolling talks continued with a 2028 start projected, and Ridgefield's commercial expansion kept pace with its rapid population growth. https://mailchi.mp/clarkcountytoday/this-weeks-top-news_june_12_2026 #ClarkCounty #InterstateBridge #Ridgefield #TheReflector #Vancouver #WashingtonState #LocalNews #Transportation #PublicSafety #ClarkCountyToday

For the first time in memory, no Clark County team won a state title in a traditional team sport during the 2025-26 school year. Paul Valencia, Cale Piland, and Tony Liberatore close out spring sports, weigh in on controversies beyond Clark County, and look ahead to college and pro sports. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/sports/the-study-of-sports-podcast-june-12-2026-we-say-goodbye-to-not-only-spring-sports-but-we-also-give-a-salute-to-the-full-high-school-sports-year/ #StudyOfSports #HighSchoolSports #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #SpringSports #Podcast

Rep. John Ley is urging U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to delay approval of the Interstate Bridge replacement project, citing a price tag now estimated at more than $15 billion and concerns over scope, tolling, congestion, and light rail inclusion. Clark County Today wants to know where you stand. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/poll-should-federal-transportation-officials-delay-approval-of-the-interstate-bridge-replacement-project-until-a-new-review-is-completed/ #InterstateBridge #I5Bridge #ClarkCounty #Transportation #JohnLey #IBR #WashingtonState #FederalTransportation #Vancouver #Infrastructure ---

Katie Shifley has been named Vancouver's next chief financial officer following a national search. She joins from Multnomah County Library and will oversee a biennial budget of $2.2 billion, including a $481.1 million capital budget. City Manager Lon Pluckhahn cited her decade of regional government finance experience. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/city-of-vancouver-announces-appointment-of-a-new-chief-financial-officer/ #Vancouver #ClarkCounty #CityOfVancouver #CFO #PublicFinance #WashingtonState #LocalGovernment

Battle Ground marks 75 years since its 1951 incorporation with a free Pop-Up Birthday Party at Kiwanis Park on June 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free cupcakes from Rabbit Hole Eatery, a live mural by Ana Gabriela Honsowetz, mini horse petting, and a foam dance party are all on the program. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/area-residents-invited-to-celebrate-battle-grounds-75th-birthday/ #BattleGround #BattleGround75 #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #CommunityEvents #BattleGroundWA #KiwaanisPark #FamilyFun #PNW #FreeEvent ---

Ridgefield's May 2026 Development Summary shows a surge of food-centric businesses moving through permits and construction, including a 16,902-square-foot Grocery Outlet at Royle Ridge Station, Jersey Mike's Subs at Union Ridge Town Center, and new restaurants at Hillhurst Commercial Center and Legacy Trails. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/business/new-eateries-grocery-projects-signal-ever-changing-ridgefield-landscape/ #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #RidgefieldDevelopment #NewRestaurants #GroceryOutlet #JerseyMikes #WashingtonState #LocalBusiness #FoodScene #CommunityGrowth ---

Clark County Charter Commissioner Liz Cline endorses Eileen Quiring O'Brien for Clark County auditor, citing O'Brien's decades in public service — from the legislature to the Clark County Council — and her character, integrity, and commitment to accountability. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-eileen-quiring-obrien-has-earned-my-trust-and-confidence/ #ClarkCounty #ClarkCountyAuditor #EileenQuiringOBrien #LizCline #ClarkCountyPolitics #Opinion #Elections #PublicService #Accountability #Washington

Over 200 new Washington state laws take effect Thursday, 90 days after the 2026 legislative session ended. The changes cover a new $0.82-per-month abortion services tax, college sports betting at tribal casinos, supportive housing mandates, and blue envelopes for neurodivergent drivers. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/these-new-wa-laws-take-effect-thursday/ #WashingtonState #NewLaws #WALegislature #Politics #ClarkCounty #AbortionTax #SupportiveHousing #VotingRights #GamblingLaw #NeurodivergentDrivers

Peter Bracchi's letter to the editor challenges Vancouver's layered homelessness spending — Safe Stay, Safe Park, HART, Community Court, and now a Bridge Shelter — and asks why no old program closes when a new one launches. He demands a full public accounting of every cost and every measurable result. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-a-bad-dream-of-tomorrow/ #Vancouver #ClarkCounty #Homelessness #HART #SafeStay #BridgeShelter #PublicSpending #Opinion #Letters #WashingtonState

Washington state Rep. John Ley wrote to US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on May 26 asking him to deny the Record of Decision for the $15 billion Interstate Bridge replacement project, calling it a textbook case of scope creep and fiscal irresponsibility. Ley also requested a face-to-face meeting with Duffy and says he has received no response. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/rep-john-ley-asks-transportation-secretary-to-deny-record-of-decision-for-i-5-bridge-replacement-project/ #I5Bridge #InterstateBridge #JohnLey #SeanDuffy #WashingtonState #Transportation #ClarkCounty #IBR #FederalOversight #Politics

On May 26, 2026, one Vancouver Police officer discharged a firearm during a response to an in-progress residential burglary on NE 48th Street. The department has released a Critical Incident Video from body worn cameras. The Washington State Office of Independent Investigations is handling the shooting investigation independently. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/vancouver-police-release-critical-incident-video-3/ #VancouverPolice #OfficerInvolvedShooting #CriticalIncidentVideo #PublicSafety #ClarkCounty #Vancouver #WashingtonState ---

Jonathan Hines argues that activist legal networks and partisan institutions are turning the Semiquincentennial into a proxy war — filing injunctions to block a UFC event on the White House lawn and framing monument restorations as authoritarian overreach. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-trump-derangement-syndrome-endangers-americas-250th-birthday-celebrations/ #Opinion #July4th #Semiquincentennial #TrumpDerangementSyndrome #AmericanLiberty #Politics #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #UFC #Letter

Camden and Mac Spiller, Battle Ground brothers behind the fast-growing Maddox Industrial Transformer company, have acquired The Reflector newspaper, returning the 116-year-old weekly to local ownership for the first time since 2010. The Spillers plan a six-month study to chart the paper's future for north Clark County's 30,000 households. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/spillers-acquire-the-reflector-newspaper/ #TheReflector #BattleGround #ClarkCounty #LocalNews #CommunityJournalism #NorthClarkCounty #WashingtonState

Let's Go Washington reported 242,699 signatures in three weeks for IP26-645, a measure to repeal the state's 9.9% income tax on household income above $1 million. The group needs 308,911 valid signatures by July 2 to qualify for the November ballot but is targeting 400,000 or more to challenge the all-time state record of just under 700,000. Signature gatherers continue to face harassment and assault. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/video-petition-campaign-to-repeal-washington-income-tax-may-break-records/ #WashingtonState #IP26645 #IncomeTax #LetsGoWashington #BallotInitiative #WAPolitics #SB6346 #PetitionDrive #VoterRights #ClarkCounty

After an accidental fire damaged their boathouse in December 2025, Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue's repaired structure was towed back to its dock on Lake River in Ridgefield. The $222,500 repair, covered mostly by insurance, ends a six-month stretch where the fire boat sat near a parking lot — adding up to 15 minutes to water response times. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/clark-cowlitz-fire-rescue-boathouse-repaired-and-returned-to-ridgefield/ #ClarkCowlitzFireRescue #Ridgefield #WaterRescue #ClarkCounty #FireRescue #LakeRiver #PublicSafety #MarineRescue #WashingtonState #PacificNorthwest

A single-vehicle rollover near the 18900 block of SE 20th Street at 2:20 a.m. left one person ejected and conscious, with the vehicle's rear suspended above the ground by a tree. Vancouver Fire controlled a natural gas leak while AMR transported the patient for further care. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/community_news/single-vehicle-rollover-crash-results-in-injury-and-natural-gas-leak/ #VancouverFire #PublicSafety #ClarkCounty #TrafficSafety #NaturalGasLeak #Vancouver #WashingtonState #EmergencyResponse

June, July, and August are Washington's deadliest consecutive 90 days for traffic fatalities — and Clark County ranks fourth in the state for work zone collisions, with about 80 incidents recorded each year. A construction inspector describes watching a distracted driver pin a young worker to a machine and throw him 20 feet down the road. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/as-summer-days-approach-more-construction-comes-to-area-roadways/ #WorkZoneSafety #ClarkCounty #SummerConstruction #DistractedDriving #WashingtonState #RoadSafety #WSDOT #VancouverWA #TrafficSafety #PublicWorks

Evergreen Habitat for Humanity's Taste of Home fundraiser raised over $120,000 for the 132nd Cottage Homes project in Vancouver — the organization's largest construction effort to date. The 32 cottage-style homes will serve residents earning 35–80% of area median income and will remain permanently affordable through Habitat's Home Trust program. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/evergreen-habitat-for-humanity-raises-funds-for-132nd-cottage-homes-project/ #EvergreHabitatForHumanity #132ndCottageHomes #AffordableHousing #ClarkCounty #Vancouver #HabitatForHumanity #HomeOwnership #CommunityDevelopment #NonprofitHousing

Transportation engineers from Battle Ground and Ridgefield will join the Clark County Commission on Aging on June 15 to discuss ADA compliance challenges in smaller cities. The public meeting begins at 4:30 p.m. at the Public Service Center in Vancouver, with hybrid attendance available. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/commission-on-aging-to-discuss-implementation-of-ada-transportation-standards-in-smaller-cities/ #ClarkCounty #CommissionOnAging #ADA #Transportation #BattleGround #Ridgefield #Vancouver #WashingtonState #Accessibility #AgingReadiness

Vancouver resident Justin Forsman is calling out Congress for quietly advancing Section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act — a provision that would deepen U.S.-Israel integration across AI, missile defense, cyber systems, and biotechnology with little public debate or oversight. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-congress-quietly-advances-u-s-israel-military-integration-through-ndaa-section-224/ #NDAA #Section224 #USIsrael #DefensePolicy #Congress #NationalSecurity #MilitaryIntegration #ForeignPolicy #Transparency #Opinion

A March 2025 memo from Assistant Attorney General Andrew Krawczyk warns there is a "realistic possibility" a Washington State wealth tax would be struck down under the constitution's uniformity clause. The $50 million threshold exemption and out-of-state tax credits pose the greatest legal risk, the memo states. Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon says the House has no plans to advance a wealth tax in 2027. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/ago-memo-says-realistic-possibility-a-wealth-tax-would-be-overturned/ #WealthTax #WashingtonState #StatePolitics #AGOMemo #TaxPolicy #WaLeg #UniformityClause #ThecenterSquare

Five Washington Supreme Court seats are on the 2026 ballot — and 675,000 voters skipped judicial races in 2024. Nancy Churchill opens her series examining what's at stake: income tax precedent, a $4 billion pension raid on retired first responders, voter-approved initiatives, and sheriff authority. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-high-stakes-hidden-election/ #WashingtonSupremeCourt #JudicialRaces #Opinion #WAElection2026 #NancyChurchill #DangerousRhetoric #LimitedGovernment #PublicSafety #WAPolitics #VoterGuide ---

Bob Pishue of the Mountain States Policy Center argues rail costs on the I-5 Bridge replacement are being severely underestimated — and that Phase 1's $5.9 billion freeway-only option reveals officials may be quietly pivoting away from the full $14.4 billion plan. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-transportation-officials-may-be-pivoting-as-costs-explode-on-interstate-bridge-replacement/ #I5Bridge #Interstatebridge #Transportation #LightRail #TriMet #Columbia River #Vancouver #ClarkCounty #IBR #Opinion

Vancouver resident Myronie McKee was filming a commercial playing a breast cancer patient when she received her own diagnosis the very next day. At PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center's National Cancer Survivors Day, she shared how surgery, radiation, and community transformed her outlook on survival. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/peacehealth-celebrates-national-cancer-survivors-day/ #CancerSurvivors #NationalCancerSurvivorsDay #PeaceHealth #Vancouver #ClarkCounty #CancerCare #Survivorship #WashingtonState

OFM Director K.D. Chapman-See warned state agency directors in a June 5 memo that Washington faces severe shortfalls in both its operating and transportation budgets for the 2027-29 biennium. Inflation has risen 39% over a decade, population grew 14.2% between 2015 and 2025, and agencies have been told not to count on the legally contested millionaire's tax. Budget requests are due to OFM by Sept. 14. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/washington-facing-sharp-budget-deficit-significant-impact-to-services-expected/ #WashingtonState #StateBudget #OFM #BobFerguson #FiscalPolicy #PublicServices #ClarkCounty #WaLeg #BudgetCuts #PNWNews

Washington AG Nick Brown is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a challenge to the state's redrawn legislative maps — then send the case back down for review under Louisiana v. Callais, a ruling Brown calls "a horrible decision" that undermines minority voting power. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/why-ag-nick-brown-wants-the-supreme-court-involved-in-was-redistricting-fight/ #WashingtonState #Redistricting #VotingRightsAct #NickBrown #LouisianaVCallais #SupremeCourt #WAPolitics #LatinoVoters #LegislativeDistricts #WashingtonStateStandard

Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence not by seniority, but because John Dickinson refused to support independence. Rob Natelson of the Mountain States Policy Center profiles each member of the Committee of Five — their origins, careers, and the roles they played in founding the nation. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-the-men-who-wrote-the-declaration-of-independence/ #DeclarationOfIndependence #FoundingFathers #AmericanHistory #Opinion #Columns #RobNatelson #MountainStatesPolicyCenter #ClarkCountyToday ---

Public records obtained by economist Joe Cortright reveal the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program allocates $320 million to TriMet's Ruby Junction maintenance facility in Gresham — 20 miles from the bridge — while the overall IBR price tag has ballooned from $3.2 billion to potentially $15 billion. Rep. John Ley of the 18th Legislative District breaks down the numbers and questions who is accountable. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-the-ibr-shell-game-for-trimet-at-ruby-junction/ #IBR #TriMet #RubyJunction #Interstatebridge #Transportation #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #LightRail #Opinion #Politics ---

Washington and Oregon transportation commissions reviewed four tolling proposals for the Interstate Bridge, with rates ranging from $1.55 to $4.70 depending on time of day and plan. Tolling is expected to begin in July 2028, years before the replacement bridge opens, possibly in 2035. Critics raised concerns about traffic diversion to I-205, low-income discounts, and whether the public has enough say in the process. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/washington-and-oregon-transportation-commissions-discuss-tolling-options/ #InterstateBridge #IBRProgram #I5Bridge #Tolling #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #Oregon #Transportation #ColumbiaRiver #BridgeReplacement

Gov. Bob Ferguson's budget director, K.D. Chapman-See, sent a three-page memo to state agency directors warning of significant shortfalls in both operating and transportation budgets next biennium. Agencies must submit budget requests by Sept. 14 and are directed to pause most new programs. The state's two-year operating budget now sits near $80 billion — nearly double the $43.7 billion budget signed in 2017. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/wa-governors-office-warns-agencies-to-prepare-for-significant-budget-shortfalls/ #WashingtonState #StateBudget #BobFerguson #BudgetShortfall #WALegislature #Politics #News #ClarkCounty #PacificNorthwest #WashingtonStateStandard

Vancouver resident Peter Bracchi breaks down where the I-5 Bridge replacement project actually stands: the river bridge package is at roughly 30% design, $280.2 million has been spent since 2019 on planning and preconstruction, and the first funded phase of $5.68 billion is not the same as the full $14.4 billion corridor vision. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-that-is-why-the-process-matters/ #I5Bridge #InterstateBridgeReplacement #IBR #Transportation #Vancouver #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #Opinion #BridgeReplacement #WSDOT

Tom Schenk of Amboy argues that 40 years of Democrat governors — led by Jay Inslee's 123 judicial appointments — have stacked Washington's courts with partisan judges who rubber-stamp emergency clauses, tax hikes, and the Interstate Bridge Replacement. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-forty-years-of-democrat-governors-judicial-appointments/ #WashingtonState #JudicialAppointments #ClarkCounty #Opinion #Politics #DemocratGovernors #JayInslee #InterstateBridgeReplacement #BrockmannHouse #WApolitics

Clark County is replacing the intersection at Northeast 182nd Avenue and Risto Road with a single-lane roundabout. Road closures begin June 22, with Northeast Risto Road closed between Northeast 176th and Northeast 182nd avenues. Northeast 182nd Avenue will also be resurfaced. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/work-begins-this-month-to-improve-intersection-at-northeast-182nd-street-and-risto-road/ #ClarkCounty #Transportation #RoadClosure #Roundabout #Vancouver #PublicWorks #Infrastructure #WashingtonState ---

Decades after the land was purchased in 1999, Clark County officially opened Curtin Creek Community Park with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The park features the county's first lighted multi-sport rugby field, four lighted pickleball courts, inclusive play areas, and trails overlooking the Gaddis wetlands and Mount Hood. Development was funded through the Metropolitan Park District Levy, REET II funds, and an $850,000 state grant. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/community-attends-ribbon-cutting-event-to-celebrate-new-curtin-creek-community-park/ #CurtinCreekPark #ClarkCounty #Vancouver #WashingtonState #CommunityNews #ParksAndNature #ClarkCountyParks ---

175 booths and more than 300 small businesses run by teens and children took over Esther Short Park in Vancouver for the Greater Vancouver Chamber Lemonade Day Junior Market. From Origami flapping birds to crochet plushies and hypoallergenic jewelry, young entrepreneurs showed up — some as early as 7 a.m. — ready to sell. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/its-an-early-morning-for-those-who-participate-in-the-annual-junior-market-in-vancouver/ #JuniorMarket #LemonadeDay #Vancouver #YoungEntrepreneurs #ClarkCounty #GreaterVancouverChamber #YouthBusiness #SmallBusiness #WashingtonState

Clark County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a stabbing near NE 117th Avenue and NE 244th Street in Battle Ground at 1:28 p.m. Friday. A man died at the scene and a woman was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries. A suspect is in custody as the Major Crimes Unit processes the scene. NE 244th Street remains closed from SR 503 west to NE 239th Street. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/clark-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-deadly-stabbing-in-battle-ground/ #BattleGround #ClarkCounty #PublicSafety #ClarkCountySheriff #Stabbing #WashingtonState

Mayor Eric Overholser defended ICE and anti-Antifa proclamations as the Regional Transportation Council debated light rail costs and who pays. The Veterans Advisory Board asked for two new positions to serve 33,000 veterans, while Hockinson's Bridget Brennan heads to Annapolis as her family's third Naval Academy appointment. https://mailchi.mp/clarkcountytoday/this-weeks-top-news_june_5_2026 #ClarkCounty #BattleGround #InterstateBridge #LightRail #Veterans #HockinsonHighSchool #NavalAcademy #Vancouver #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyToday

The U.S. Senate voted 48-50 against advancing the SAVE America Act, Trump's push to require birth certificates or passports for voter registration. Four Republicans — Collins, McConnell, Murkowski, and Tillis — joined Democrats in opposition, falling well short of the 60-vote threshold needed. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/us-senate-blocks-trumps-save-america-act/ #SAVEAmericaAct #VoterID #USSenate #TrumpLegislation #ElectionSecurity #VotingRights #Washington #Politics #Midterms ---

Vancouver resident Jonathan Hines makes the case that universal mail-in voting has exposed serious logistical and security failures — from nearly 400 abandoned ballots found near a Renton dumpster to California acknowledging weeks-long primary count delays. He proposes a three-pillar hybrid model built around verified drop boxes, expanded in-person voting windows, and a request-based absentee system. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-the-logistics-crisis-of-universal-mail-in-voting/ #MailInVoting #ElectionSecurity #WashingtonState #VotingReform #ClarkCounty #ElectionIntegrity #Opinion #Politics

Rep. John Ley is questioning whether the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program should demolish the existing spans at all. With bridge removal now estimated at nearly $400 million, Ley argues seismic upgrades and repurposing could offer a more affordable path — and free up billions for other Washington and Oregon transportation needs. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/poll-would-you-support-upgrading-and-reusing-the-existing-interstate-bridges-if-it-saved-billions-of-dollars/ #InterstateBridge #IBR #ColumbiaRiver #Transportation #ClarkCounty #Vancouver #WashingtonState #BridgeReplacement #Infrastructure #Opinion

Battle Ground Mayor Eric Overholser signed two proclamations at a June 1 city council meeting — one designating Antifa a domestic terrorist organization, one affirming support for ICE — drawing national coverage to a southwest Washington city of 23,000. Overholser says the proclamations reflect his constituents' values and the city's commitment to the rule of law. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/video-battle-ground-mayor-stands-by-pro-ice-anti-antifa-proclamations/ #BattleGround #ClarkCounty #ICE #Antifa #WashingtonState #BattleGroundCityCouncil #LocalGovernment #Politics #PublicSafety #RuleOfLaw

At a Washington Policy Center forum in Vancouver, state lawmakers Monica Stonier and April Berg faced off with WPC policy directors Mark Harmsworth and Elizabeth New over Washington's income tax, minimum wage, retail theft, and AI's impact on the workforce. A survey cited at the event found one in four businesses are considering leaving the state. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/business/wpc-forum-asks-if-washington-is-a-state-that-is-friendly-for-businesses-and-workers/ #WashingtonPolicyCenter #WashingtonState #SmallBusiness #MinimumWage #StateTax #AIWorkforce #Vancouver #ClarkCounty #Politics #Business

Camas resident Douglas Tweet presents ridership data showing TriMet's MAX light rail lines have fallen to less than a third of their forecast numbers — and argues the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program is using similar models to justify $3.5 billion in light rail spending. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-trimets-history-of-over-predicting-light-rail-ridership/ #TriMet #LightRail #IBR #InterstateBridge #Vancouver #ClarkCounty #Transportation #Opinion #WashingtonState #CamasWA ---

Bridget Brennan, salutatorian of Hockinson High School's Class of 2026, leaves this week for Annapolis to begin her first year at the U.S. Naval Academy — following in the footsteps of brothers Tommy and Joseph, both now Navy pilots. She's been working toward this since age 7. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/class-of-2026-spotlight-hockinsons-bridget-brenna-prepares-for-u-s-naval-academy/ #HockinsonHighSchool #NavalAcademy #ClarkCounty #ClassOf2026 #USNavy #WashingtonState #Youth #MilitaryFamily #Annapolis

Tyler Long scores the Battle Ground City Council's June 1 meeting — where Mayor Overholser's ICE and Antifa proclamations drew masked protesters, two arrests, and a political own-goal from Councilor Troy McCoy, whose own 2024 rule change made tabling the proclamations impossible. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-the-clearest-losers-are-antifa/ #BattleGround #ClarkCounty #Opinion #BattleGroundCityCouncil #Antifa #ICE #Politics #WashingtonState #LetterToTheEditor #LocalNews

Clark County is revising its 20-year Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, with the County Council and Planning Commission holding a series of work sessions from June through July. Topics span land use, housing, transportation, capital facilities, and school and fire district impact fees. Sessions are open to the public in hybrid format at the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., Vancouver, with written testimony accepted at any time. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/county-council-planning-commission-to-hold-work-sessions-on-comprehensive-plan-update/ #ClarkCounty #ComprehensivePlan #GrowthManagement #LandUse #Vancouver #WashingtonState #PlanningCommission #CountyCouncil #CommunityPlanning #PublicMeeting ---

Lars Larson argues the U.S. Supreme Court should strike down grace periods that allow ballots to arrive weeks after election day. Washington state counts votes up to three weeks late — and Larson says that erodes public confidence in results. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-scotus-should-strike-down-tardy-ballots/ #Opinion #SCOTUS #ElectionIntegrity #WashingtonState #BallotsDeadline #VotingLaws #LarsLarson #NorthwestNonsense