News

• Community Services
Clark County Council will hold Sept. 1 public hearing

All comments are welcomed and encouraged regarding the draft Clark County 2025 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER details the accomplishments that were completed between July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, through funding received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 


• Public Health

Clark County Public Health is investigating a confirmed case of measles in a Clark County child who is unvaccinated. 

The person who tested positive for measles was at local health care facility while they were contagious. People who were at the following location at the listed day and times may have been exposed:


• Community Planning

The Clark County Commission on Aging will continue their focus on housing and mobility during the August meeting. Regular business will include the annual election of chair and vice chair and discussion about a proposed letter of support.

The meeting is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, and is open to the public.


• Community Development

Due to the extreme fire danger, recreational fires will be prohibited throughout unincorporated Clark County effective immediately. 


• Public Health

The Clark County Board of Health is seeking applicants for six volunteer positions on the Public Health Advisory Council. 

The following positions are available:


• Elections

Every election, the Clark County Auditor’s Office provides an online and printed voters’ guide with information about candidates and ballot measures for voters to make an informed decision when voting. The November voters’ guide includes local ballot measures with supporting and opposing statements written by citizens.


• Community Planning

The Clark County Planning Commission will hold a hearing on the 2025-2045 Comprehensive Plan update on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. The hearing will be held in a hybrid format. Attendees can join in person in the sixth-floor hearing room at the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., or virtually via Webex. Information on how to attend the Planning Commission hearing can be found on the Planning Commission’s webpage: https://bit.ly/CCPlanComm.


• Community Planning

Clark County recognizes that older adults are valuable contributors to the vitality of this community. To encourage and support older adults for their contributions to their communities, the Clark County Commission on Aging established a program to recognize older adults by means of an annual award presented at a Commission on Aging event.


• Elections

Beginning at 9 am Wednesday, Aug. 5, elections officials will perform a batch audit of approximately 600 ballots randomly selected as part of a manual comparison against machine results.  

For this comparison, approximately 600 ballots from the United States Representative 3rd Congressional District race will be counted by hand, to confirm that the ballot tabulation equipment tabulated votes properly. The selected ballots will be counted in the total returns on Election Day.


• Public Health

Vancouver, Wash. – Six additional cases of measles have been reported in Clark County. The additional cases do not appear to be connected to the one measles case announced by Clark County Public Health on July 22. No additional public exposure locations have been identified for any of the new cases.

The six new cases were exposed to measles in private settings. The six cases are all children who are unvaccinated.