Vancouver, Wash. – With the uncertainty around how the state’s public-gathering guidelines will unfold over the next several months, Clark County Public Works leadership made the difficult decision to extend the pause on new picnic shelter reservations and park-use permits through 2021. Additionally, all existing 2021 reservations will be cancelled. Impacted customers will receive a full refund. Staff actively monitor local and state guidelines to determine if the pause on these services could be lifted. Updates will be available as soon as possible.

Vancouver, Wash. – People who visited a Camas salon recently may have been exposed to COVID-19 and should quarantine at home.

Anyone who visited Stellar Hair Design in Camas between 10 am and 7 pm Jan. 19-23 or Jan. 26 may be at risk of contracting COVID-19. Skamania County Community Health and Clark County Public Health have been unable to identify and notify individuals who may have been exposed. It’s unclear how many people may have been exposed.

Vancouver, Wash. – Clark, Cowlitz and Skamania counties will co-host a virtual community briefing about COVID-19 vaccination efforts taking place across the three counties.

Public presentation scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 3

The Clark County Historic Preservation Commission has begun work on a project to research and identify the county’s mid-century architectural resources.

The project team is seeking input from the public on refining the list of properties to be included in the survey.

A presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. during the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission meeting, to kick off the project, engage the public, and seek input on what properties should be surveyed.

The Clark County Council has updated its public hearing schedule to include one evening meeting every month.

Effective Feb. 2, 2021, the county council’s regular public meeting times will be changing to 10 am on the first Tuesday of each month and 6 pm on the third Tuesday of each month.

Meetings are closed to the public until further notice, but the council encourages participation in the following ways:

Vancouver, Wash. – Contractor crews with Clark County Public Works will reduce the number of lanes to one lane in each direction at the intersection of Highway 99 and Northeast 99th Street the morning of Saturday, Jan. 30.

During that morning, drivers can expect single-lane traffic and delays in all directions near the project location. The intersection will be controlled with flaggers.

Earlier this month, Clark County Public Health began accepting requests from people eligible for COVID-19 vaccination in Phase 1a and needing help accessing vaccine. On Tuesday, Public Health began accepting requests from people eligible in Phase 1b Tier 1.

Public Health continues to support the requests through local health care facilities, including PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, Vancouver Clinic, and Sea Mar Community Health Centers. More than 18,000 people have submitted requests using the Public Health webform.

Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County Public Health, Cowlitz County Health & Human Services, Skamania County Community Health and Pacific Northwest Incident Management Team 3 continue to develop plans for opening community vaccination sites throughout the three-county region.

The Type 1 incident management team arrived in Clark County Tuesday afternoon, bringing federal, state and local representatives experienced in managing complex incidents to Southwest Washington. The counties and the team are pursuing plans for multiple mobile and fixed-location community vaccination sites.

The board of the Clark County Public Facilities District will hold a public meeting 4-5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.

The meeting will be on the Webex platform. Anyone wishing to attend the meeting can use this link and use the meeting password qVNajygU632 or call 1.408.418.9388 and use the access code 1468174129#.

The Clark County Council this week appointed Aldo Veranzo to the county’s Planning Commission. Veranzo will finish an unfilled four-year term that begins immediately and ends Dec. 31, 2022.

Veranzo lives with his family near La Center. He has more than 25 years of program management experience and has worked for multiple software companies. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Italian Studies and a master’s degree in Educational Administration and Curriculum from Gonzaga University.