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Free Clinic receives grant for urgent medical care services

September 21, 2019, 6:02am Community

The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington received a $7,500 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation to help fund urgent medical care services for low-income, uninsured people in Clark County. Read story

More than 80 volunteers from various local congregations joined together for a volunteer project scraping loose paint and putting primer on the resulting bare wood of the exterior walls of the Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter.

Volunteers from across congregations work on winter shelter

More than 80 volunteers from various local congregations joined together for a volunteer project scraping loose paint and putting primer on the resulting bare wood of the exterior walls of the Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter.

September 21, 2019, 6:02am Community

In late August, 82 volunteers — including families from La Center and Felida, congregants of St. Paul Lutheran Church and St. Andrew Lutheran Church and about 30 missionaries and other volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — helped scrape loose paint and put primer on the… Read story

Some of the recipients of PeaceHealth Southwest Foundationis Health Career Scholarship, which awards scholarships to PeaceHealth caregivers and volunteers studying to become healthcare professionals.

PeaceHealth awards scholarships to caregivers, volunteers

Some of the recipients of PeaceHealth Southwest Foundationis Health Career Scholarship, which awards scholarships to PeaceHealth caregivers and volunteers studying to become healthcare professionals.

September 21, 2019, 6:02am Community

The PeaceHealth Southwest Foundation’s Health Career Scholarship Program awarded $33,000 in scholarships to 17 students for the 2019-2020 school year. Read story

Spotlight on youth

September 21, 2019, 5:15am Community

From mountainous Boulder, Colo., Vancouver teen Abby Kinney has her sights set on the stars — or more accurately, on an asteroid passing near Earth. Read story

Vancouver School of Arts and Academics grad Hunter Stuehm will serve a one-year term as the student trustee at Western Washington University.

Vancouver student selected for WWU board of trustees

Vancouver School of Arts and Academics grad Hunter Stuehm will serve a one-year term as the student trustee at Western Washington University.

September 21, 2019, 5:11am Community

Vancouver School of Arts and Academics grad Hunter Stuehm was selected by Gov. Jay Inslee to serve a one-year term as the student trustee at Western Washington University. Read story

The Battle Ground Public Schools warehouse is full of pallets stacked with new learning materials.

Battle Ground swaps in tons of new learning materials for new school year

The Battle Ground Public Schools warehouse is full of pallets stacked with new learning materials.

September 21, 2019, 5:11am Community

It was a busy summer for warehouse employees in Battle Ground Public Schools. Read story

In addition to handing out backpacks filled with school supplies, Woodland Public Schools' third annual Back to School Bash also allowed kids to play in bounce houses.

Woodland Back to School Bash hands out backpacks to students

In addition to handing out backpacks filled with school supplies, Woodland Public Schools' third annual Back to School Bash also allowed kids to play in bounce houses.

September 21, 2019, 5:10am Community

More than 600 students from Woodland, Kalama and La Center received free backpacks filled with school supplies at Woodland Public Schools’ third annual Back to School Bash. Read story

Sunset Ridge Intermediate School teacher Nam Nguyen shows fifth-graders the dance animation sequence during a programming assignment in his computer science class.

Ridgefield fifth-graders learn computer programming by teaching rocks to dance

Sunset Ridge Intermediate School teacher Nam Nguyen shows fifth-graders the dance animation sequence during a programming assignment in his computer science class.

September 21, 2019, 5:10am Community

Sunset Ridge Intermediate School teacher Nam Nguyen spent an early day this school year teaching his computer science fifth-graders to dance. Sort of. Read story

Navy Counselor First Class Derrick Wolf, right, re-enlists for five more years of service in the U.S. Navy. U.S.

In the service

Navy Counselor First Class Derrick Wolf, right, re-enlists for five more years of service in the U.S. Navy. U.S.

September 14, 2019, 6:01am Community

Re-enlisting Read story

Residents of an unincorporated area near Ridgefield are concerned about the effects that a land-use amendment could have on water and traffic.

Ridgefield-area rezone raises questions

Residents of an unincorporated area near Ridgefield are concerned about the effects that a land-use amendment could have on water and traffic.

September 14, 2019, 6:01am Clark County News

The Clark County Council is currently considering changes to its 20-year comprehensive growth plan, which determines what can be built in different parts of the county. Read story