News

• Auditor

The Clark County Auditor’s Auto License Office is moving from its current location at 1408 Franklin St. to the first floor of the Public Service Center located at 1300 Franklin St. 

The office will be closed for the move on Tuesday, June 25 and Wednesday, June 26. 


• Public Works

UPDATE: Helicopter operations are scheduled for July 3rd.  The main road, before the Grand Fir shelter and extending past Hemlock shelter, is closed all day. Sections of the park, including some trails, playgrounds, sports fields, shelters and more will be closed from noon to 3 p.m. When the work is complete, staff will remove signs and barriers and visitors can enter the area at that time. Visitors of the park are reminded not to enter areas closed with cones or barricades, or approach contractors as they work.


• Public Works

Clark County Public Works, Parks and Lands is coordinating a project to repair and preserve the iconic wooden arch bridge at Moulton Falls Regional Park. The work, to be performed by a contractor, will include minor repairs to maintain the bridge’s structural integrity and refinishing the wood stain to protect the structure from weathering. 


• Community Planning

The Clark County Planning Commission will hold a work session on climate change planning on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 5:30 p.m.


• Public Health

The number of whooping cough cases in Clark County in 2024 is more than four times as high as the same time last year. Most of the 60 cases identified so far this year are among people who have never been vaccinated against whooping cough.


• Public Works

Northeast 68th Street between Northeast 10th and Northeast 14th avenues will be closed to through traffic beginning June 24 for construction associated with the Northeast 68th Street Sidewalk Project. The project’s goal is to make the area safer for pedestrians by adding sidewalks and marked pedestrian crossings. Northeast 68th Street between Highway 99 and Northeast St. Johns Road serves a densely populated residential neighborhood with an average daily traffic of 3,288 vehicles. It currently has few sidewalks. 


• Public Works

Stormwater Partners of Southwest Washington is proud to announce the winners of the fourth annual Students for Clean Water Video Contest. The contest, for middle and high school students in Clark County, encourages students to think about their impacts on and connections to local streams. Students are asked to show their creativity by producing short videos about their connection to water or ways to protect water. This year more than 65 students from 12 Clark County middle and high schools submitted videos. A panel selected nine winners from 35 finalists.


• County

The county manager is seeking applicants with an interest in government and educational access television and cable television franchising to fill four positions on the volunteer city/county Telecommunications Commission. Applicants must be Clark County residents.

The county has extended the application deadline to 5 p.m. Friday, July 12.

The terms are three years, and all of the positions begin immediately. Two of the positions will end March 31, 2026; one ends April 30, 2026; and one will end Aug. 31, 2026.


• Community Development

Clark County is seeking an applicant who is a professional engineer in the public sector to join the 10-person Development and Engineering Advisory Board.

The unexpired term begins immediately and ends March 31, 2026. Members are eligible for reappointment after their terms expire.


• Public Health

Clark County Public Health lifted the swim beach warning at Battle Ground Lake today, June 6, after the latest water samples did not show elevated levels of bacterial contamination.