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Opinion: Voters deserve the opportunity to ‘Reject 5599’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Thursday, June 8, 2023

Opinion: Voters deserve the opportunity to ‘Reject 5599’

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance believes Washington lawmakers need to get out of the parenting busine ...

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance believes Washington lawmakers need to get out of the parenting business. ...

Thursday, June 8, 2023
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: Let’s eliminate light rail and tolling from the I-5 Bridge replacement at the same time

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Friday, June 2, 2023

Opinion: Let’s eliminate light rail and tolling from the I-5 Bridge replacement at the same time

Editor Ken Vance shares changes to elements of the proposed project that he believes many Southwest Washi ...

Editor Ken Vance shares changes to elements of the proposed project that he believes many Southwest Washington residents would support. ...

Friday, June 2, 2023
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Commentary: Championship moments from a second-place team

Posted by Paul Valencia
|Date: Monday, March 6, 2023

Commentary: Championship moments from a second-place team

Reporter Paul Valencia was with the Camas girls basketball team all week at the state tournament - not ju ...

Reporter Paul Valencia was with the Camas girls basketball team all week at the state tournament - not just the games - and observed the true meaning of team and the heart of a champion, even if the P ...

Monday, March 6, 2023
| by Paul Valencia

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Opinion: Members of the Washington State Legislature need to stop tying the hands of law enforcement officers

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Monday, February 20, 2023

Opinion: Members of the Washington State Legislature need to stop tying the hands of law enforcement officers

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance discusses the rise in property crime in Clark County and Washington s ...

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance discusses the rise in property crime in Clark County and Washington state ...

Monday, February 20, 2023
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: ‘Democrats have been much better at the game of politics and elections than Republicans and that is hurting people like me’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Thursday, January 26, 2023

Opinion: ‘Democrats have been much better at the game of politics and elections than Republicans and that is hurting people like me’

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance pleads with Republicans to focus more on winning the war with Democra ...

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance pleads with Republicans to focus more on winning the war with Democrats than the battle with each other. ...

Thursday, January 26, 2023
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: ‘We can only hope for better actions from our representatives in the future’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Thursday, December 8, 2022

Opinion: ‘We can only hope for better actions from our representatives in the future’

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance offers his perspective on the past week’s shenanigans pulled off by C ...

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance offers his perspective on the past week’s shenanigans pulled off by Clark County staff and elected officials. ...

Thursday, December 8, 2022
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Commentary: A coach’s connection continues for decades

Posted by Paul Valencia
|Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Commentary: A coach’s connection continues for decades

Clark County Today reporter Paul Valencia returned to his old school in Portland to honor a former coach, ...

Clark County Today reporter Paul Valencia returned to his old school in Portland to honor a former coach, Dan Wood, and wrote about the blessings associated with playing high school sports under the c ...

Wednesday, November 2, 2022
| by Paul Valencia

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Opinion: ‘Conservatives Like Us’ revisited

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022

Opinion: ‘Conservatives Like Us’ revisited

Editor Ken Vance shares Clark County Today’s legacy and mission, which he states is the ‘hill he is willi ...

Editor Ken Vance shares Clark County Today’s legacy and mission, which he states is the ‘hill he is willing to die on.’ ...

Thursday, September 15, 2022
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Commentary: A timeout for character

Posted by Paul Valencia
|Date: Sunday, September 4, 2022

Commentary: A timeout for character

The Union Titans really could have used a timeout at the end of Saturday’s game against Eastlake, but coa ...

The Union Titans really could have used a timeout at the end of Saturday’s game against Eastlake, but coach Rory Rosenbach used one earlier in the half to give his players a life lesson. ...

Sunday, September 4, 2022
| by Paul Valencia

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Opinion: ‘The information that I used as my impetus for getting the vaccine was completely false’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Opinion: ‘The information that I used as my impetus for getting the vaccine was completely false’

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance shares his own story about the decision to receive a COVID vaccinatio ...

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance shares his own story about the decision to receive a COVID vaccination. ...

Wednesday, August 3, 2022
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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