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Strategic U leader Melanie Shelton, from left, works with juniors Wadi Yakhour and Kelsie Reef and sophomore Kyle Yenne during the club&#039;s Monday afternoon meeting at Washington State University Vancouver. The club has been helping local nonprofits improve their messaging.

WSUV club brands nonprofits

Strategic U leader Melanie Shelton, from left, works with juniors Wadi Yakhour and Kelsie Reef and sophomore Kyle Yenne during the club&#039;s Monday afternoon meeting at Washington State University Vancouver. The club has been helping local nonprofits improve their messaging.

December 7, 2016, 6:05am Clark County News

Melanie Shelton and her classmates at Washington State University Vancouver debated the tagline for their club, Strategic U. Read story

Fire at Jason Lee Middle School outbuilding extinguished

December 5, 2016, 10:39pm Clark County News

Firefighters extinguished a fire that damaged a portable at Jason Lee Middle School on Monday night. Read story

Share Deputy Director Amy Reynolds, left, talks with parishioner Deb Stavig in one of the four rooms under renovation for the Women&#039;s Housing and Transition, or WHAT, shelter at St. Luke&#039;s Episcopal Church.

St. Luke’s readies shelter for homeless women

Share Deputy Director Amy Reynolds, left, talks with parishioner Deb Stavig in one of the four rooms under renovation for the Women&#039;s Housing and Transition, or WHAT, shelter at St. Luke&#039;s Episcopal Church.

December 1, 2016, 9:03pm Churches & Religion

Share aims to open a women’s homeless shelter, called Women’s Housing and Transition, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in west Vancouver later this month. Read story

Minnehaha: Emma Dacus, from left, Traci McMurray and Matthew McMurray were some of the 300 volunteers who folded bags Saturday at the Clark County Food Bank in preparation for this year&#039;s Walk &amp; Knock food drive, which will take place Dec.

Walk & Knock annual food drive is Saturday

Minnehaha: Emma Dacus, from left, Traci McMurray and Matthew McMurray were some of the 300 volunteers who folded bags Saturday at the Clark County Food Bank in preparation for this year&#039;s Walk &amp; Knock food drive, which will take place Dec.

December 1, 2016, 5:02pm Clark County News

After 31 years of running the largest annual one-day food drive benefitting the Clark County Food Bank, Walk & Knock volunteers aren’t afraid to experiment. Read story

Connections to housing open up for young adults

November 30, 2016, 6:21pm Clark County News

Homeless young adults have another option for getting off the streets and into housing, thanks to a couple of new programs at Janus Youth Services. Read story

Tasha Love, left, and her husband, Tim Mulkey, are in the process of adopting Love&#039;s 10-year-old half-brother, Tabor.

Her brother’s keeper, her brother’s mom

Tasha Love, left, and her husband, Tim Mulkey, are in the process of adopting Love&#039;s 10-year-old half-brother, Tabor.

November 26, 2016, 6:45pm Clark County Life

Tasha Love made a promise to a dying man that she intends to keep. Read story

Clark County councilor David Madore&#039;s LLC, Madore Properties, purchased Living Hope Church and its parking lot at 2711 N.E. Andresen Road for $4.7 million.

David Madore buys Living Hope Church for $4.7M

Clark County councilor David Madore&#039;s LLC, Madore Properties, purchased Living Hope Church and its parking lot at 2711 N.E. Andresen Road for $4.7 million.

November 22, 2016, 7:38pm Clark County News

Madore Properties, an LLC owned by David Madore, has purchased Living Hope Church for $4,746,700. Read story

Classic dishes fill plates at a free Thanksgiving 2015 supper at the Proto-Cathedral of St. James, 218 W. 12th St., Vancouver. The church offers a free meal every Thursday evening in honor of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.

4 places in Clark County with free Thanksgiving meals

Classic dishes fill plates at a free Thanksgiving 2015 supper at the Proto-Cathedral of St. James, 218 W. 12th St., Vancouver. The church offers a free meal every Thursday evening in honor of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.

November 21, 2016, 6:07am Churches & Religion

Several groups in Clark County are making sure nobody is hungry or lonely for Thanksgiving. Here are four places you can go to eat a free Thanksgiving meal: Read story

LEADOPTION With their belongings in boxes, storage containers and suitcases, Candi Stocks, from left, reads a bedtime story to her son, Isaiah Pippin, 9, while joined by her husband, John Stocks, at Orchards Inn on Tuesday night, Oct. 25, 2016.

Service providers, families grapple with lack of shelter space

LEADOPTION With their belongings in boxes, storage containers and suitcases, Candi Stocks, from left, reads a bedtime story to her son, Isaiah Pippin, 9, while joined by her husband, John Stocks, at Orchards Inn on Tuesday night, Oct. 25, 2016.

November 21, 2016, 6:00am Clark County News

More than 1,200 people, including 405 children, have used the local shelter system so far this year and more than 2,500 will be turned away. Officials say demand keeps increasing for people who've suddenly found themselves with no place to go. Read story

Officer Greg Zimmerman, second from left, talks with a camper as cleanup crews clear the area in downtown Vancouver on Thursday morning.

One year later, camping ordinance yields little change for area’s homeless

Officer Greg Zimmerman, second from left, talks with a camper as cleanup crews clear the area in downtown Vancouver on Thursday morning.

November 20, 2016, 6:00am Clark County News

“It’s not fair. I’m not camping, I’m homeless,” said Crews, who had been living out of his Ford Focus for eight months. He said he lost his apartment after rent went up. “All we want is a little bit more leniency, a little bit more change. We’re all trying to… Read story