News

• Superior Court

Vancouver, Wash. – Superior Court Adult Drug court will hold a 25-year anniversary celebration on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at Clark College Gaiser Hall located at 1933 Fort Vancouver Way.


• Public Health

Clark County Public Health has lifted its algae advisory at Vancouver Lake. Water samples collected from the lake show water quality has improved over the last two weeks and toxin levels are no longer elevated. 


• Community Services

Vancouver, Wash. – All comments are welcomed and encouraged regarding the draft Clark County 2023 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER details the accomplishments that were completed between July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, through funding received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

The full draft report can be found at https://clark.wa.gov/community-services/cdbg-and-home-documents.


• Public Works

Clark County Public Works has reopened the intersection at Northeast 119th Street and Northeast 152nd Avenue as the construction of the single-lane roundabout nears completion. The intersection is still an active construction zone as landscaping, permanent stripping and illumination work continues. Drivers are reminded to slow down for construction workers. 


• Public Health

The Clark County Board of Health is accepting applications for a Public Health Advisory Council position representing the educational community. The term for the volunteer position begins as soon as it’s filled and ends Sept. 30, 2027. 


• Public Works

Clark County Public Works Clean Water Division is hosting three community listening sessions to hear which services are most important to residents of Clark County. The listening sessions will offer residents small-group forums to share their comments prior to the Clean Water Division publishing a final Stormwater Rate Study for Clark County.


• Public Health

Clark County Public Health is looking for local retail and community sites to help support proper battery disposal by becoming a drop-off location for household battery recycling. 

Improper disposal of batteries can pose significant fire risks and cause harm to sanitation workers and damage to equipment at Clark County transfer stations. Last year, Public Health and Waste Connections of Washington launched a new battery disposal program that provides residents with convenient locations to dispose of household batteries for free. 


• Public Works

Clark County Public Works, Parks will replace Field 4-5 at Luke Jensen Sports Park in September. 

Work on the multiuse field will begin in the beginning of September and is expected to be completed by early November. Field 4-5 and a portion of the east parking lot will be closed during this time. Fields 1, 2 and 3 will remain open.


• Elections

The Clark County Canvassing Board will convene at 1 pm Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 to canvass returns of a statewide manual recount of the Commissioner of Public Lands race from the Aug. 6, 2024 Primary and Special Election. The board will convene to perform any canvassing duties needed and certify the amended abstract.  

All meetings will be held in the Elections Department conference room at 1408 Franklin St., Vancouver. This building is wheelchair-accessible.  


• Public Health

Clark County Public Health has issued a warning advisory at Lacamas Lake due to elevated levels of cyanotoxins from harmful algae. 

Results from water samples taken from Lacamas Lake on Monday, Aug. 26 revealed cyanotoxins above the threshold levels recommended by the Washington Department of Health. Warning signs are being placed at public access points at the lake.