Vancouver, Wash. – Construction will start this week on a major project to widen, connect and improve Northeast 10^th Avenue, including building a bridge over Whipple Creek.

Cascade Bridge, LLC of Vancouver will improve Northeast 10^th Avenue from Northeast 154^th Street north to Northeast 164^th Street. The project will add one travel lane in each direction, a center turn lane, bicycle lanes, sidewalks and facilities to collect and treat polluted storm runoff. Water and sanitary sewer lines will be constructed as part of the project.

Vancouver, Wash. ‒ The Clark County Treasurer’s Office has refinanced debt on the Public Service Center and the Jail Work Center, a move that will save taxpayers $2.1 million over the next nine years.

Earlier this month, the Treasurer’s Office refinanced $24.5 million in limited tax general obligation bonds that were used, in part, to build the Public Service Center. The new lower interest rate for the remaining nine years of the bonds will save $2.1 million. The debt will be retired in 2026.

Vancouver, Wash. ‒ The Clark County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday, May 18, 2017 on proposed changes to the county’s 2016 Comprehensive Growth Management Plan update that could enable the county to come into compliance under a recent ruling by the state Growth Management Hearings Board.

The hearing is at 6:30 p.m. in the sixth-floor Hearing Room of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St.

Vancouver, Wash. ‒ The Clark County STASHA (Strong Teens Against Substance Hazards and Abuse) Peer Education Program is recruiting youth to fill eight vacant positions for the 2017-2018 program year.

STASHA peer educators are dedicated to addressing alcohol and other drug issues among youth in Clark County. Goals of the program include:

Vancouver, Wash. ‒ District Court Commissioner Kristen Parcher will be sworn in as Clark County’s newest judge at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, in Department 10 of the Clark County Courthouse, 1200 Franklin St.

The Clark County Council last week selected Commissioner Parcher to succeed District Court Judge Vernon L. Schreiber, who died April 25 after a short illness. He was 74.

Vancouver, WA – Learn about smart home innovations in health care and safety that can support aging in place at the Tuesday, May 16, meeting of the Commission on Aging.

The 4:30 p.m. meeting will be in the sixth-floor hearing room of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St. It is open to the public.

Vancouver, Wash. ‒ Candidate filing week for offices open in the 2017 primary and general elections begins Monday, May 15, and people wanting to declare their candidacy can file in person or online.

The in-person filing period begins at 8 a.m. Monday, May 15, and concludes at 5 p.m. Friday, May 19, at the Elections Office, 1408 Franklin St. Filing fees must be paid by check or in cash when filing in person.

The Clark County Elections Office is seeking people to write statements against three measures on the Aug. 1 primary ballot. The statements will be included in the local voters's pamphlet sent out before the election.

Statements supporting the three measures were submitted to Elections for inclusion in the pamphlet, but no one has been identified to write statements opposing the local ballot measures. In such cases, Elections attempts to find people who want to write opposing statements.

The three ballot measures are:

Vancouver, Wash. ‒ A celebration of life for District Court Judge Vernon L. Schreiber will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at the Clark County Event Center, Hall B, 17402 N.E. Delfel Road, Ridgefield.

Judge Schreiber died Tuesday, April 25, after a brief illness. He was 74.

Judge Schreiber was hired in January 1987 as a Clark County District Court Magistrate, a position now known as a Court Commissioner. He was elected to District Court in 1998 and took the bench as a judge in January 1999.

Vancouver, Wash. ‒ The Clark County Law Enforcement Officers’ and Fire Fighters’ Disability Board is seeking a local resident to serve a two-year term as an at large member beginning Aug. 1, 2017.

The volunteer board meets from 1:15 -2:15 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Human Resources office on the fifth floor of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St.