The contentious decision to close the state-run Skamania Steelhead Hatchery along the Washougal River has alarmed and angered many local anglers and conservation groups, as well as county officials because of not only the loss of the fisheries, but also the loss of local revenue generated by angling activities.
Abnormally low snowpack levels this winter led state officials to declare a statewide drought emergency Wednesday.
East County Fire and Rescue commissioners voted Wednesday to place an emergency medical services levy before voters on the August ballot, according to a social media post from the agency.
Budget cuts approved by the state Legislature could bring an end to some programs and services provided by Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group.
The U.S. Forest Service research labs in Seattle and Wenatchee are targeted for closure, part of a broader restructuring of the agency that is housed in the Department of Agriculture.
There is no real starting point, no formal “ready, set, go” to mark Southwest Washington’s primary election season. But judging from the energy at 3rd Congressional District hopeful Brent Hennrich’s campaign kickoff event last week, the race toward the Aug. 4 primary election is already well underway.
Clark County’s 20-year growth plan, already overdue by three months, won’t be finished by the end of June as originally planned. The new target is Oct. 6.
Clark County’s Charter Review Commission voted Tuesday to further study several amendments that could end up on the November general election ballot, including one that would require a supermajority vote of the county council to raise taxes.
Washington legislators agreed last month to spend $1.5 billion over the next six years to help preserve the state’s roads and bridges but denied a $125 million request to widen the narrow, two-lane West Camas Slough Bridge that connects the cities of Camas and Washougal on state Highway 14.
Clark County has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle a class action lawsuit filed last year in Clark County Superior County over an October 2023 data breach. The suit claimed negligence, breach of implied contract and unjust enrichment when the county failed to secure its network and allowed residents’ information to be compromised.
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