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Columbian Social Services, Demographics, Faith

Ajahn Sudanto, left, and Ajahn Kassapo do their alms round to accept food offerings along Hawthorne Boulevard in Portland. “When we go into Portland once a month, maybe nine months of the year, it tends to be a lot more serendipitous what will happen,” Ajahn Sudanto said.

Meet the monks of White Salmon

Ajahn Sudanto, left, and Ajahn Kassapo do their alms round to accept food offerings along Hawthorne Boulevard in Portland. “When we go into Portland once a month, maybe nine months of the year, it tends to be a lot more serendipitous what will happen,” Ajahn Sudanto said.

May 5, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

Two monks clad in orange robes padded quietly through a sun-dappled forest on an April morning. Wild turkeys meandered the hillside as the pair walked single file along a dirt trail and down a pothole-filled road past a park and a ranch. Read story

Willie Hurst, from left, and Katelyn Benhoff, case managers with Share, speak with Mitch and Patrick S., who declined to provide their last names, for the annual Point in Time count in January. The count provides a single-day snapshot of homelessness.

Vancouver to hire leader for homeless response

Willie Hurst, from left, and Katelyn Benhoff, case managers with Share, speak with Mitch and Patrick S., who declined to provide their last names, for the annual Point in Time count in January. The count provides a single-day snapshot of homelessness.

April 26, 2019, 6:03am Clark County News

Vancouver is hiring a homeless resource manager to oversee the city’s response to homelessness. Read story

Evergreen High School students in the Geometry in Construction class help construct a Habitat for Humanity house in March 2016.

Evergreen Habitat to build 10th, final McKibbin Commons home

Evergreen High School students in the Geometry in Construction class help construct a Habitat for Humanity house in March 2016.

April 22, 2019, 6:05am Clark County News

Evergreen Habitat for Humanity is gearing up to build its 10th and final home at McKibbin Commons, a subdivision in the Father Blanchet Park neighborhood. Read story

Fran Hammond of Vancouver organizes shade plants at the 78th Street Heritage Farm as the Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County prepares for its upcoming Mother’s Day weekend plant sale. Hammond estimated about 1,300 shade plants will be available at the sale, the proceeds from which fund local horticulture grants.

Plant sales bloom in Clark County as gardeners dig into the season

Fran Hammond of Vancouver organizes shade plants at the 78th Street Heritage Farm as the Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County prepares for its upcoming Mother’s Day weekend plant sale. Hammond estimated about 1,300 shade plants will be available at the sale, the proceeds from which fund local horticulture grants.

April 21, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

In the weeks before the popular Mother’s Day weekend plant sale, the dozen greenhouses at the 78th Street Heritage Farm start to swell with growing plants. Read story

Former Vancouver pastor John Bishop, left, outside the courthouse in San Diego, Calif., in September. Sentencing was delayed, and Bishop is appealing the five-year sentence handed down two months later.

John Bishop saga continues: Vanity Fair runs interview with ex-pastor

Former Vancouver pastor John Bishop, left, outside the courthouse in San Diego, Calif., in September. Sentencing was delayed, and Bishop is appealing the five-year sentence handed down two months later.

April 19, 2019, 5:08pm Churches & Religion

Disgraced former Living Hope Church pastor John Bishop is once again in the limelight. Read story

George and Carolyn Propstra at an Aug. 24, 2000, event in Esther Short Park. The plaza and clock tower in the park’s southeast corner are one of many projects the Propstras endowed.

Carolyn Propstra dies; ‘unsung hero’ of Esther Short Park project

George and Carolyn Propstra at an Aug. 24, 2000, event in Esther Short Park. The plaza and clock tower in the park’s southeast corner are one of many projects the Propstras endowed.

April 2, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Life

If you enjoy the urban beauty of the red brick square in Esther Short Park, with its clock tower and fountain, you can thank Carolyn Propstra. The Vancouver philanthropist, described as a humble and honest woman, died Friday at age 85. Read story

The former Fred Meyer sign at Fourth Plain and Grand boulevards has towered over Vancouver’s Maplewood neighborhood for more than 40 years, even though the store closed years ago. The sign may be refurbished to advertise a future Starbucks Coffee. “There had to be a better way to make it look in the interim,” said Audrey Miller of Vancouver, who asked why the sign remains.

Clark Asks: New life awaits old, unsightly Fred Meyer sign

The former Fred Meyer sign at Fourth Plain and Grand boulevards has towered over Vancouver’s Maplewood neighborhood for more than 40 years, even though the store closed years ago. The sign may be refurbished to advertise a future Starbucks Coffee. “There had to be a better way to make it look in the interim,” said Audrey Miller of Vancouver, who asked why the sign remains.

March 30, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

Downtown Vancouver resident Audrey Miller often drives by an unsightly sign on Fourth Plain Boulevard. Read story

Vancouver Housing Authority makes progress on townhouse plans

March 12, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

For the first time in more than a decade, Vancouver Housing Authority will directly help families become homeowners. Read story

The Washington state seal in the Capitol Rotunda at the Capitol in Olympia.

Legislature: Bills look to build on progress in housing aid

The Washington state seal in the Capitol Rotunda at the Capitol in Olympia.

March 4, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

While the legislative session underway in Olympia has focused on mental health, clean energy and the state budget, lawmakers have also been at work on another pressing issue: housing. Read story

Fire burns down rural Washougal shop

March 2, 2019, 5:44pm Clark County News

A Saturday morning fire burned down a shop at a rural home in Washougal. Read story