News

• Public Works

Update 8/1: The wooden arch bridge, upper parking lot, and the trail between are closed for construction work from Aug. 5th to end of Oct. 

Update 7/30: There have been some project delays and the contractor has not mobilized yet.  The upper parking lot and bridge remain open until further notice. Construction is expected to begin in the middle of August. We will give park users as much notice as possible before the closure of the upper parking area and bridge occurs.


• 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.


• Public Works

Clark County Public Works, Parks and Lands invites residents to an open house to learn more about the master planning process for a new neighborhood park in the Mt. Vista neighborhood. The property that will become a park is located along Northeast 27th Avenue between Northeast 161st and Northeast 163rd streets.  


• Community Planning

Vancouver, Wash. – Interested Clark County residents with freight expertise are invited to apply for an open position on the Clark County Climate Project Community Advisory Group (CAG). The due date for applications has been extended until 5 p.m. Thursday, June 13.