Vancouver, WA – The 20th annual Youth Achievement Awards celebration is scheduled for Sunday, June 10, and nominations of youth ages 11-19 are being accepted. Up to 300 young people will receive awards.

Vancouver, Wash. – The Clark County Council invites the community to the 2018 State of the County at the Event Center at the Fairgrounds, 17402 NE Delfel Road, Ridgefield. The program is scheduled for 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21.

The venue was selected to honor this year’s 150 anniversary of the Clark County Fair.

Councilor Marc Boldt, chair of the county council, will present State of the County remarks prior to comments by councilors Jeanne E. Stewart of District 1, Julie Olson of District 2, John Blom of District 3 and Eileen Quiring of District 4.

Vancouver, Wash. – Beginning at 8:30 am Wednesday, Feb. 14, elections officials will hand count  approximately 600 randomly selected ballots as part of a manual comparison with machine results.

The selected ballots will be counted in the total election day returns. But for this comparison, the Evergreen Public Schools race on those ballots will be counted by hand to check the accuracy of the ballot tabulation equipment.

The procedure was recommended by the Washington Secretary of State’s Office and is now standard practice in Clark County.

Vancouver, Wash. – The Clark County Council invites residents to meet the two finalists for county manager during an open house 5-6 pm Monday, Feb. 12, in the sixth-floor Hearing Room of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St.

The two finalists are Dan Chandler, assistant county administrator for Clackamas County, Oregon, and Randall Partington, administrator for Finney County, Kansas.

Vancouver, Wash. – The Clark County Council is seeking applicants to fill two volunteer positions on the Solid Waste Advisory Commission. One position will represent Clark County north of 179th Street. The other will represent small cities and applicants for that position must live or work in Battle Ground, La Center, Ridgefield, Camas, Washougal or Yacolt.

Commission members serve three-year terms. They make recommendations to the county on issues such as recycling, garbage collection, landfills, transfer stations and waste reduction programs.

Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County is seeking public comments on the annual update of its Stormwater Management Plan.

Comments can be submitted by email to cleanwater@clark.wa.gov. Submission deadline is 5 pm Wednesday, Feb. 28.

People can review the current Stormwater Management Plan at www.clark.wa.gov/public-works/clark-county-stormwater-management-plan.

Vancouver, Wash. - Ballots are in the mail to all registered voters for the upcoming Feb. 13 special election. For this election, ballots are being mailed only to voters in city of Camas, Battle Ground School District, Evergreen Public Schools and La Center School District.

Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County’s annual property tax foreclosure auction will be held online next month through the foreclosure auction provider Bid4Assets at www.bid4assets.com/ClarkWA.

Doug Lasher, Clark County Treasurer, said, “The auction will begin at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time,  Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, and close in 15-minute intervals beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018.”

Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County is seeking applicants for three openings on its Commission on Aging. The commission manages and implements the county’s Aging Readiness Plan and provides leadership addressing the needs of people older than 50.

Volunteers serve three-year terms. Residents living anywhere in Clark County may apply. People with an interest in issues and advocacy for seniors and service on a public advisory board are encouraged to apply.

Vancouver, Wash. – Work is scheduled to get underway later this month on Clark County’s next park.

Otto Brown Neighborhood Park will be built on a 7.9-acre property along the south side of Northeast 96th Street west of Northeast 162nd Avenue, in the Heritage neighborhood. It will be the 31st park in the Greater Clark Parks District, which primarily covers the urban unincorporated area outside the city of Vancouver.