By Stacey Lynn
May 13, 2021
DOZER DAYS 9a-4p this Sat/Sun at Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds It s a Drive Thru event $35 per car.
DINOSAURS REVEALED! Journey back 250 million years to prehistoric North America! Get up close and personal with more than 25 life-size dinosaurs, two authentic massive full body dinosaur skeletons, dozens of real fossils, and more.
Visit with the most gentle animals ever at Portland Goat Parties. As you can see below, they are totes adorbs.
Benton testifies rumors of staff reorganization didn’t worry him By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor
Published: May 7, 2021, 6:10pm
Share: Don Benton waits for opening statements in his lawsuit trial against the county Monday at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Don Benton, the former director of the county’s now-defunct Department of Environmental Services, had heard rumblings of a department reorganization or dissolution as early as 2014, he testified Friday.
Additionally, about a week before he filed a whistleblower complaint with the county’s human resources director, an employee emailed him voicing concerns about a reorganization.
Clark County worker: Benton whistleblower complaint not factor in layoff
Ex-state senator also testifies, says ‘I was being treated like a criminal’ By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor
Published: May 6, 2021, 6:51pm
Share: Don Benton, right, is pictured during the lawsuit trial Tuesday afternoon at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
A former county employee who helped carry out the layoffs of Don Benton and two of his employees told a jury Thursday she was never concerned the trio was terminated for being whistleblowers.
Marlia Jenkins testified she became aware Benton had filed a whistleblower complaint with the county human resources director well after the county manager had decided to reorganize the Department of Environmental Services and end his employment.
2021 Clark County Fair canceled due to pandemic
Published: May 7, 2021, 8:16am
Share: Two volunteers walk through the Clark County Fair before the doors open in 2018. (The Columbian files)
The Clark County Fair Board announced Friday that it is canceling this summer’s fair for the second year in a row due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The midway rides, pigs, chickens and Clark County Dairy Women’s milkshakes will return Aug. 5-14, 2022, according to a press release.
The board made the decision based on “the recent trend of increasing infection rates, the continuing safety concerns for volunteers, staff, and community partners,” the release stated. The fair had been scheduled for Aug. 6-15.
Jury hears opening statements in Benton suit against Clark County By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor, and
Jack Heffernan, Columbian county government and small cities reporter
Published: May 5, 2021, 7:05pm
Share:
5 Photos Plaintiffs Chris Clifford, clockwise from left, Don Benton and Susan Rice pause to talk during a break from the lawsuit trial Wednesday at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
Don Benton and two of his employees were laid off from their county jobs less than two weeks after Benton filed a whistleblower complaint about his boss with the county’s Human Resources Department, his attorney said Wednesday.