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Columbian Social Services, Demographics, Faith

Bikes and belongings sit next to a van near Share House in Vancouver. A new three-year plan will help local officials decide how to spend money available to help homeless people.

County’s 3-year plan to help homeless takes shape

Bikes and belongings sit next to a van near Share House in Vancouver. A new three-year plan will help local officials decide how to spend money available to help homeless people.

October 22, 2018, 6:06am Clark County News

A lot has changed since Clark County last updated its Homeless Action Plan four years ago. Read story

Bill Gates and Paul Allen relocated Microsoft to Bellevue, Wash., in 1979. Allen died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at age 65 on Oct. 15, 2018.

Paul Allen honed his chops in Vancouver for BPA

Bill Gates and Paul Allen relocated Microsoft to Bellevue, Wash., in 1979. Allen died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at age 65 on Oct. 15, 2018.

October 16, 2018, 10:20pm Clark County News

Before Paul Allen partnered with Bill Gates to co-found Microsoft and launch the age of personal computers, he honed his craft here in Vancouver. Read story

Tristan Graham, 32, sits on his couch in his new accessory dwelling unit, which was built in his parents’ backyard near Five Corners. Construction took five months.

ADU interest on the rise in Southwest Washington

Tristan Graham, 32, sits on his couch in his new accessory dwelling unit, which was built in his parents’ backyard near Five Corners. Construction took five months.

October 15, 2018, 6:01am Business

Tristan Graham, a 32-year-old training instructor for the Transportation Security Administration at Portland International Airport, got a fitting housewarming gift from his dad: A rug made from old PDX carpet. His new home near Five Corners happens to be in his parents’ backyard. Read story

Portland Loos were recently installed at Vancouver Waterfront Park, just east of the building housing WildFin American Grill.

Portland Loos installed at Waterfront Vancouver

Portland Loos were recently installed at Vancouver Waterfront Park, just east of the building housing WildFin American Grill.

October 10, 2018, 6:01am Clark County Business

Visitors to the newly opened Vancouver Waterfront Park may have seen two public restrooms that look different from those in other parks around the city. Read story

Makeshift shelters in front of Share House, the men’s homeless shelter and site of Share’s hot meals program.

Low-income services ordinance heads to Vancouver City Council

Makeshift shelters in front of Share House, the men’s homeless shelter and site of Share’s hot meals program.

September 28, 2018, 6:00am Clark County News

It’s taken nearly a dozen meetings and more than two years to develop a plan to repeal and replace the rules that govern how and where low-income people are assisted in Vancouver. Read story

Former Vancouver pastor John Bishop, left, arrives to be sentenced for unlawful importation of a controlled substance-marijuana at the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse in San Diego, Calif., on Friday morning, Sept. 21, 2018.

John Bishop sentencing in federal court set over, again

Former Vancouver pastor John Bishop, left, arrives to be sentenced for unlawful importation of a controlled substance-marijuana at the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse in San Diego, Calif., on Friday morning, Sept. 21, 2018.

September 24, 2018, 2:23pm Clark County News

Sentencing for former Vancouver pastor John Bishop was postponed again Monday in order to give him time to give another interview to authorities. Read story

John Bishop and his estranged wife, Michelle Bishop, enter the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse in San Diego on Friday afternoon. John Bishop’s truthfulness was at issue during his hearing, which caused the judge to postpone his criminal sentencing until Monday.

Bishop gets short reprieve; federal judge delays sentencing until Monday

John Bishop and his estranged wife, Michelle Bishop, enter the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse in San Diego on Friday afternoon. John Bishop’s truthfulness was at issue during his hearing, which caused the judge to postpone his criminal sentencing until Monday.

September 21, 2018, 7:09pm Clark County News

SAN DIEGO -- Former Living Hope Church pastor John Bishop sat shocked at the defendant’s table as a judge late Friday afternoon ordered that his bail bond be revoked in his drug smuggling case and he be taken into federal custody. After spending the weekend in jail, he is now… Read story

Veterinarian Assistant Rose Islam comforts Fritzy during his exam during the free pet clinic at Open House Ministries on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 20, 2018.

Give More 24! exceeds fundraising goal

Veterinarian Assistant Rose Islam comforts Fritzy during his exam during the free pet clinic at Open House Ministries on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 20, 2018.

September 21, 2018, 5:34pm Clark County News

Give More 24! raised a record $1.35 million Thursday for Southwest Washington nonprofits. Read story

John Bishop faces sentencing today in federal court in San Diego on drug smuggling charges.

John Bishop Part 6: Reflections from a single-wide trailer

John Bishop faces sentencing today in federal court in San Diego on drug smuggling charges.

September 21, 2018, 6:05am Churches & Religion

The newsroom phone rang Thursday, Sept. 13 just before noon. It was Andrea Madison, a former Living Hope Church congregant and a friend of former pastor John Bishop. After catching wind of The Columbian’s impending series of articles on Bishop and the church, Madison, 61, wanted the opportunity to tell… Read story

Jim Mains, with High Five Media, from left, Ava Bonner of Camas and Janie Spurgeon, vice president of development for the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington, react to Bonner’s victory in a game of Simon Says, which won her an iPad and $250 to her charity, Camas Christian Academy, during a kickoff event at Ester Short Park for Give More 24! on Thursday morning.

Give more 24! close to its $1.2 million goal

Jim Mains, with High Five Media, from left, Ava Bonner of Camas and Janie Spurgeon, vice president of development for the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington, react to Bonner’s victory in a game of Simon Says, which won her an iPad and $250 to her charity, Camas Christian Academy, during a kickoff event at Ester Short Park for Give More 24! on Thursday morning.

September 20, 2018, 5:30pm Clark County News

During the fifth annual Give More 24!, Southwest Washington’s unofficial giving holiday, 3,457 donors raised $1,191,053 for 155 regional nonprofits as of 9:30 p.m. Thursday. As the name implies, Give More 24! is a 24-hour giving spree, so the giving started in the wee hours Thursday morning. Read story