Public Health officials are urging residents to take precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses during the upcoming stretch of hot weather.

Temperatures are forecast to reach the upper 90s later this week and climb above 100 degrees on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The length of the hot spell, coupled with warm overnight temperatures that provide little relief from the heat, can create a risk to health and safety.

Starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday, June 25, all land clearing and residential burning in Clark County will be restricted until further notice.

The Fire Marshal also is rescinding all burning permits issued prior to the ban. Permits can be reissued or extended when the ban is lifted. The burning restrictions do not apply to federally managed lands.

Vancouver, Wash. – Members of the Clark County Charter Review Commission are available to visit your organization, discuss how the charter review process works, and present proposed changes under consideration.

Commissioners are ready to meet with neighborhood associations, religious groups, community organizations and others to discuss possible charter amendments. The commission faces an early August deadline to put proposed changes before county voters on the Nov. 2 general election ballot.

Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County is seeking qualified applicants to fill an open seat on District Court. The open seat is due to the retirement of Judge Darvin J. Zimmerman on June 30, 2021.

To be eligible for this position, an applicant must be a registered voter in Clark County and a lawyer admitted to practice law in the state of Washington.

Clark County Public Health has lifted the closure at Klineline Pond after test results from water samples collected Wednesday show improved water quality.

Public Health closed Klineline Pond to swimming and wading on Tuesday after several water samples taken from the pond on Monday showed elevated levels of E. coli bacteria. Test results from subsequent water samples show E. coli bacteria levels within the US. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.

The Clark County Council this week approved a request to allocate $15.5 million in American Rescue Plan funding to support the Clark County Homeless Crisis Response System (HCRS).

The request from the county’s Community Services office was approved during the council’s June 15 public meeting.

The one-time funding will increase the capacity of the HCRS through Dec. 31, 2024, in a multitude of ways including:

Clark County Public Health is closing Klineline Pond to swimming and wading due to elevated levels of E. coli bacteria detected during routine testing. Some E. coli bacteria can cause serious gastrointestinal illness if water is accidentally swallowed.  

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

The board is accepting applications from Clark County residents to fill a position that represents the educational community. The three-year term begins Oct. 1, 2021 and ends Sept. 30, 2024.

The advisory council meets 5:30-7:30 pm via Zoom on the second Tuesday of every even month. When in-person meetings resume, they will be 6-8 pm in the main conference room on the second floor of the Center for Community Health, 1601 E Fourth Plain Blvd.

At 10 am on Wednesday, June 23, the Clark County Elections Office will conduct a logic and accuracy test of the programming to be used to tabulate ballots and the accessible voting units for the Aug. 3 primary and special election.

The test will be held at the Elections Office, 1408 Franklin St. Members of the news media, candidates, jurisdictions with measures on the ballot and the public are invited to attend this test, which is required under Washington law.

Ballots will be mailed Friday, July 16.   

The Housing Options Study and Action Plan project’s purpose is to identify housing challenges within the unincorporated Vancouver Urban Growth Area and opportunities to encourage development of housing that is affordable to a variety of household incomes through the removal of regulatory barriers and/or implementation of other strategies.

The group’s fifth meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 22 via Zoom. The meeting is open to the public and will be recorded.