Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on a five-person board that advises the Clark County Council on controlling noxious weeds. The position is completing a term that will expire Dec. 31, 2020.

Board members serve four-year terms. Upon expiration of a term, a member can apply to serve again. There is no limit on how many terms a member can serve.

The Noxious Weed Control Board meets four times a year, usually on a Monday morning at the 78th Street Operations Center, 4700 NE 78th St.

Vancouver, Wash. – The Clark County Clean Water Commission this week will present its 2018 Annual Report to the Clark County Council and Clark County Manager Shawn Henessee.

The meeting, which is open to the public, begins at 10:30 am Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the sixth-floor training room, Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St.

The report is posted on the county website, www.clark.wa.gov/public-works/clean-water-commission.

Vancouver, Wash. – Recent rain and snow has triggered a road washout on Northwest Pacific Highway northwest of La Center.

Clark County Public Works closed the road at Northwest Wellman Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Water can be seen rushing underneath a portion of the road through an opening in the asphalt.

This will be a long-term closure since the road will require extensive rebuilding before it can reopen to traffic. It may take weeks before engineers and geotechnical experts can fully assess the situation.

Vancouver, Wash. – Public Works crews are out early this morning after a light layer of overnight snow blanketed Clark County.

Crews are spraying deicer and applying gravel where needed in unincorporated Clark County. Across most of the county, including urban areas near the city of Vancouver, there isn’t enough snow on roads to plow. Accumulations are slightly heavier in some locations, such as north Clark County at higher elevations.

Vancouver, Wash. – With overnight temperatures forecast to drop below freezing, Public Works will have crews out early Tuesday, Feb. 5, to ease what could be a difficult commute.

Beginning at 4 am, road crews will spray deicer on major thoroughfares in unincorporated Clark County. A map showing primary and secondary routes for winter road response is available on the county’s website, www.clark.wa.gov/public-works/winter-snow-and-ice.

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 11:59 pm Sunday, March 3, 2019.

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

Vancouver, Wash. – Signs restricting certain truck types and weights on seven bridges in unincorporated Clark County will be posted by late February 2019.

In December 2018, the Clark County Council approved the restrictions in response to a federal directive requiring the county to update bridge load ratings for new truck configurations and heavy emergency response vehicles.

Vancouver, Wash. – Community members are encouraged to help Clark County shape the future of the 78th Street Heritage Farm in Hazel Dell.

Clark County’s Heritage Farm provides a substantial amenity for neighbors, students, gardeners, farmers, researchers and community organizations for learning about and practicing sustainable, historic agriculture.

Vancouver, Wash. – The Salmon Creek Greenway Trail is open after a sewage spill early Sunday morning east of the pump station on Northwest 36th Avenue closed a portion of the trail for cleanup.

Although the trail is open, Public Works has cordoned off two areas along the greenway trail with tape where sewage mixed with storm runoff.

A power failure earlier this morning apparently triggered a sewage spill near the pump station along the west side of Northwest 36th Avenue, near the bridge spanning Salmon Creek.

The sewage release has been contained, and cleanup efforts are underway.

At this time, Clark County Public Works doesn't know how much sewage was spilled, but the overall amount is believed to be relatively small.

As a precaution, the county has closed the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail west of Salmon Creek Regional Park.