<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Friday,  November 15 , 2024

Linkedin Pinterest
Photo of Patty Hastings

Stories by Patty Hastings

Columbian Social Services, Demographics, Faith

Students from the People To People student ambassador program help plant trees along the Salmon Creek Greenway for Earth Day in April 2007. Planting this year with Clark Public Utilities’ StreamTeam as part of its 18th Annual Earth Day Fest will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday near Klineline Pond.

Earth Day offers opportunities to volunteer

Students from the People To People student ambassador program help plant trees along the Salmon Creek Greenway for Earth Day in April 2007. Planting this year with Clark Public Utilities’ StreamTeam as part of its 18th Annual Earth Day Fest will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday near Klineline Pond.

April 16, 2017, 4:47pm Clark County News

It’s said that volunteering and serving others makes people happy. Working in the dirt also boosts happiness. On Earth Day, there’s a chance to get a double dose of happiness, as there are several opportunities to volunteer improving some of Clark County’s natural areas. Read story

Isabella Court on Northeast 62nd Avenue is pictured next to a plot of land where Isabella Court II will eventually be built, Tuesday March 14, 2017.

Adding to ‘capital stack’ for city’s affordable housing

Isabella Court on Northeast 62nd Avenue is pictured next to a plot of land where Isabella Court II will eventually be built, Tuesday March 14, 2017.

April 11, 2017, 9:19pm Clark County News

Building affordable housing is complex and costly, requiring multiple funding sources or, as it’s called in the industry, a “capital stack.” Read story

Innovative Services NW closing Adult Day Health Center

April 10, 2017, 6:01am Clark County News

Innovative Services NW recently decided to end its Adult Day Health Center program in Vancouver, impacting about 30 clients, most of whom have developmental disabilities. Read story

Economic scales tip out of balance

April 9, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

Vancouver is experiencing a "renaissance of economic prosperity," Mayor Tim Leavitt said during his State of the City address late last month. Read story

Tower Mall on East Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver in 1978.

Tower Plaza shifts from mall to offices to services

Tower Mall on East Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver in 1978.

April 9, 2017, 6:05am Clark County Business

Town Plaza, formerly known as Tower Mall, has undergone an evolution since its time as a retail center in the 1970s. Today, the largest tenant at 5411 E. Mill Plain Blvd. is Bethesda church. Read story

Bethesda church awash in gratitude on Easter anniversary

April 9, 2017, 6:05am Churches & Religion

On the front of Town Plaza remains a faded outline of what used to be in this building: Columbia River Community Services. Or, as many people called it, the welfare office. Read story

Local artist Jonathon David Turner looks over his wood-burning pictures on display at Vancouver Community Library as part of the Homeless not Hopeless art show.

Art show spotlights works by homeless

Local artist Jonathon David Turner looks over his wood-burning pictures on display at Vancouver Community Library as part of the Homeless not Hopeless art show.

April 3, 2017, 6:02am Clark County News

One of Jonathon David Turner's wood-burning projects features cubes within cubes -- the sort of art piece you have to readjust your eyes to understand. It sits in a glass pedestal on the downtown library's first-floor atrium. Read story

Clint Brade of RSP Plumbing prepares the interior plumbing for Arcadia Crossing along Northeast 68th Street on Wednesday afternoon. Apartment construction in the suburbs of the Portland metro area is at its most active since 1996.

Apartment boom continues in Clark County

Clint Brade of RSP Plumbing prepares the interior plumbing for Arcadia Crossing along Northeast 68th Street on Wednesday afternoon. Apartment construction in the suburbs of the Portland metro area is at its most active since 1996.

March 30, 2017, 6:30am Business

Apartment construction in the suburbs of Portland is the most active it’s been since 1996. After an intense two years of low vacancies and high rents, the influx of new units may slowly provide some relief to renters. Read story

Community Service Northwest caseworker Jamie Spinelli takes information from a person experiencing homelessness during the Point-in-Time count that took place throughout Clark County on Jan. 26.

Number of unsheltered people in Clark County rises

Community Service Northwest caseworker Jamie Spinelli takes information from a person experiencing homelessness during the Point-in-Time count that took place throughout Clark County on Jan. 26.

March 29, 2017, 8:25pm Clark County News

The number of people living outside in Clark County increased 18 percent in a year. During a single-day census of the homeless population on Jan. 26, case workers and volunteers counted 269 unsheltered people, including 80 children. It’s 41 more people than in last year’s count. Read story

Physical therapists watch Dr. Todd Borus perform a partial knee replacement on a cadaver leg Saturday at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center.

Clark County unemployment falls to 5.9%

Physical therapists watch Dr. Todd Borus perform a partial knee replacement on a cadaver leg Saturday at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center.

March 28, 2017, 6:18pm Business

Unemployment in Clark County dropped by a half percentage point from 6.4 percent in January to 5.9 percent in February. Read story