Inslee targets local entities in carbon emissions plan Gov. Jay Inslee has a two-pronged "carbon emissions" plan. His gas tax adds over $1 per gallon of gas. It raises costs for home heating, electric bills, and everything purchased at local merchants. Our state's current gas tax is 37.5 cents per gallon.
Unhappy with actions of C-Tran board In 2004, the C-Tran district was county-wide, every Clark County citizen had a vote, and a C-Tran sales tax rate hike measure failed.
What is going on at ECFR? As a former homeowner of east Clark County, I must ask you and my former fellow citizens what is going on in East County Fire and Rescue?
Schools are crowded I am a student at Jemtegaard Middle School and I wanted to write my perspective on everything (the new school bond).
'Education is everything' On Tuesday, Feb. 10, we citizens of Washougal will cast our votes on a capital improvement bond for our schools.
City councils should oppose oil terminal An Oregonian reporter did a ride-along with an oil train inspector and wrote that when the Oregon state inspector got close to the tank car, he heard hissing.
Was wind storm damage a natural occurrence or man-made? The wind storm this past Tuesday/Wednesday was nothing new. We have had these types of storms every year. We occasionally lost a tree. But this one was very different.
Legislators should support family caregiver program As a Washington State Council on Aging member, I send this letter because November is National Family Caregivers Month. Each year, more of us are caring for a loved one with a chronic condition, disability or simply the frailties of old age.
Help guide Camas' development Recently, the Camas City Council has considered multiple issues that could potentially change the way we view Camas.
It is time to modernize Clark County government As background, prior to retiring in 2013, I served for 24 years as Camas' first city administrator, and prior to that for seven years as city manager of an Oregon community. My interest in modernizing the structure of local government led me to be a candidate for Freeholder in the east Clark County, seat number 2 position last fall.
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