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November 6, 2025
Lewallen losing Camas City Council seat to Eshghi
Fifteen months after losing her race to represent Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, Camas City Councilor Leslie Lewallen is facing another political upset.
Fifteen months after losing her race to represent Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, Camas City Councilor Leslie Lewallen is facing another political upset.
Expenses for Clark County government are rising to meet the needs of a growing population, but revenues aren’t, so county councilors expect to make some tough choices as they set the 2026 budget.
Talk to any agency that works with Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership and it’s clear the Portland-based nonprofit, founded 30 years ago, takes the partnership element of its name seriously.
In the past week, Clark County residents have donated thousands of pounds of food, and businesses have dished up hundreds of free meals to help neighbors affected by the suspension of a federal food assistance program.
Vancouver-based nonprofit health system PeaceHealth cut 2.5 percent of its 16,000 employees, executives said in an email to employees Tuesday.
Water temperatures in many of Clark County’s rivers and streams, especially in urban areas, continue to rise, according to the county’s most recent stream health report. That was the message Marlena Milosevich Butler of the county’s public works department shared at a water pollution symposium Tuesday.
No sightings of immigration agents have been reported at Clark County postsecondary schools, but protocols are in place just in case.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program spending plummeted at the Vancouver Farmers Market Nov. 1, just as funding for the program ran dry.
Roughly half of the more than 1.3 million family caregivers in Washington have been set back financially due to their responsibilities.
The Empty Bowls Camas team recently announced that its Sept. 16 event raised $27,000 for Inter-Faith Treasure House, Camas and Washougal’s only full-service food bank. The total represents a 100 percent increase over last year’s event proceeds and marks the largest fundraising year in Empty Bowls Camas history.