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Gabriel Silliman writes that Sue Marshall passed over $8 million worth of property tax increases in four years as county councilor. He supports Charter Amendment 25, which would require four of five councilors, not three of five, to approve tax increases in Clark County. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/letter-charter-amendment-25-finish-line #ClarkCounty #CharterAmendment25 #CountyCouncil #PropertyTaxes #LaCenter #Opinion #LettersToTheEditor

Twenty-four firefighters responded to a residential structure fire at 10003 NE 142nd Avenue in Vancouver. The first unit arrived four and a half minutes after dispatch, all occupants evacuated, and the fire was under control in 17 minutes with no injuries reported. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/fire-crews-quickly-contain-residential-structure-fire #VancouverWA #ClarkCounty #VancouverFire #HouseFire #PublicSafety #ClarkCountyToday

Skyview is a perfect 10-0 heading into the Class 4A state playoffs. Seton Catholic trailed four different times before rallying past Connell, and Woodland beat Bainbridge 28-14 to qualify. Ridgefield and La Center play Saturday for their own state berths. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/high-school-football-seton-catholic-rallies-skyview-rolls #HighSchoolFootball #ClarkCounty #Skyview #SetonCatholic #Woodland #StatePlayoffs #WAPreps

Clark County Sheriff's Office deputies responded at about 8:45 p.m. Friday to a single-vehicle collision involving a traffic signal pole. The driver, the sole occupant, died at the scene after rescue efforts with Vancouver Fire and AMR. The CCSO Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/driver-killed-after-colliding-traffic-pole-ne-padden-parkway #ClarkCounty #Vancouver #PaddenParkway #CCSO #FatalCrash #PublicSafety #TrafficSafety #ClarkCountyNews

A 35-year-old pedestrian was hit by a vehicle at SE 164th Avenue and SE 29th Street in Vancouver, then run over by a second vehicle that briefly stopped and drove away. Police say the first driver stayed and called 9-1-1, and impairment is not believed to be a factor for that driver. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/vancouver-police-investigate-serious-injury-collision-4 #VancouverPolice #VancouverWA #PedestrianSafety #TrafficInvestigation #PublicSafety #ClarkCountyNews

The application deadline is 5 pm Monday, Nov. 30, 2026, for an unexpired volunteer term on the Public Health Advisory Council. The seat is for a doctor of veterinary medicine working in Clark County, and the term ends Sept. 30, 2027. Meetings begin in January. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/board-health-seeks-applicants-veterinarian-position-public #ClarkCounty #PublicHealth #BoardOfHealth #Veterinarian #Vancouver #VolunteerOpportunity #ClarkCountyToday

Jordan Wade, a franchise owner of Slick City Action Park, says people being together matters. The indoor venue in the Orchards Market Center features 14 slides, sport air courts and a junior jungle. It is the 51st Slick City in the country and the first in the Pacific Northwest. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/business-profile-slick-city-action-park-slides-way-vancouver #SlickCity #VancouverWA #Orchards #FamilyFun #GrandOpening #IndoorFun #SmallBusiness #PNW #ClarkCountyToday

Democrats led all six legislative races in the 17th, 18th and 49th Districts among Clark County voters, with turnout at 46.70 percent. This audio newsletter also covers Vancouver's police chief survey, a Battle Ground wellness event and the Lough Legacy Veterans Parade. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/newsletter-audio-only-november-6-2026 #ClarkCounty #Election #Vancouver #Politics #Podcast #LocalNews #VeteransDay #ClarkCountyToday

The 39th Annual Community Celebration Honoring Our Veterans begins with pie and ice cream at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Mt. Valley Grange No. 79 in Amboy. Andi Schwartz of American Legion Auxiliary Tum Tum Unit 168 also lists the Nov. 11 Lough Legacy Veterans Parade. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/opinion-thank-you-serving-great-country #Veterans #VeteransDay #ClarkCounty #Amboy #AmericanLegion #Vancouver #Opinion

I-638 was leading by more than 291,000 votes as of Thursday afternoon, and both sides agree it will pass. The initiative is scheduled to take effect December 3, 2026, unless a court intervenes. ADF is waiting to learn if the U.S. Supreme Court will take its emergency appeal. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/video-measure-protect-girls-sports-passes-legal-challenge #I638 #WashingtonState #GirlsSports #LetsGoWashington #WIAA #TitleIX #TheCenterSquare #WAPolitics

Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won by a wider margin than in earlier contests in an election described as a blue wave. A reader poll asks which factor most influences voter choices: the sitting president, fuel prices, federal funding or local issues. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/what-shapes-washington-voters-choices-national-climate #Opinion #WashingtonPolitics #ClarkCounty #ReaderPoll #WAElection #Politics #Vancouver

Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office says 47-year-old Ashlynn Smith of Ridgefield, a security guard at Toutle Lake Schools, allegedly let students use nicotine vapes in her office. Investigators also allege she told students they would face consequences if they reported her. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/ridgefield-resident-arrested-toutle-lake-school #ClarkCountyToday #CowlitzCounty #Ridgefield #ToutleLake #SchoolSafety #PublicSafety #CowlitzCountySheriff

Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center says the Idaho gap in average gas prices fell from 77 cents to 57 cents per gallon, matching the 20 cent CO2 tax decline. He says the Oregon comparison is harder to read. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/opinion-washingtons-co2-tax-drops-gas-prices-follow-will #Opinion #WashingtonPolicyCenter #CO2Tax #GasPrices #Idaho #Oregon #WashingtonState #Politics

Managing Editor Rye Geilenfeldt, an eighth-grader at Tukes Valley Middle School, and Associate Editor Paisley Dunn, a freshman at Battle Ground High School, produced the Fall 2026 issue of Your BGPS, themed Working Better Together, with guidance from staff adviser Amy Hanson. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/student-led-publication-highlights-community-collaboration #YourBGPS #BattleGround #BattleGroundPublicSchools #StudentJournalism #SchoolMagazine #ClarkCountyToday

Dozens of organizations will offer no-cost help at Church on the Rock in Battle Ground from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Services include free clothing, hygiene products, child care, banking, insurance, recovery resources, and mental health services. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/thrive2survive-offers-community-wellness-event-saturday-nov #Thrive2Survive #BattleGround #CommunityWellness #MentalHealth #RecoveryResources #HousingSupport #ClarkCountyWA