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First Lieutenant Stephanie Simon at the junior and cadet national championships in Fargo, N.D.

In The Service

First Lieutenant Stephanie Simon at the junior and cadet national championships in Fargo, N.D.

July 27, 2019, 5:36am Community

After countless hours waking before sunrise to hit the wrestling mat, First Lt. Stephanie Simon, a 2012 graduate of Evergreen High School and a 2017 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, has qualified for the World Team Trials. Read story

BATTLE GROUND: Fourth-graders try their hand at the Automotive Careers booth at the first-ever Career Exploration Fair, held by Battle Ground Public Schools last month. Students from seven primary schools in the district attended.

Battle Ground fourth-graders learn about work

BATTLE GROUND: Fourth-graders try their hand at the Automotive Careers booth at the first-ever Career Exploration Fair, held by Battle Ground Public Schools last month. Students from seven primary schools in the district attended.

July 27, 2019, 5:36am Community

Fourth-graders from Battle Ground Public Schools had the opportunity to learn about the workforce at the districts first-ever Career Exploration Fair last month. Read story

Ridgefield: Sunset Ridge Intermediate School students looked at growth in the city, and were asked to plan for the future of the city’s needs. One student created a model in “Minecraft” for a Ridgefield community pool.

Ridgefield students look to tackle growth in community

Ridgefield: Sunset Ridge Intermediate School students looked at growth in the city, and were asked to plan for the future of the city’s needs. One student created a model in “Minecraft” for a Ridgefield community pool.

July 27, 2019, 5:36am Community

Ridgefield has been named the fastest-growing city in the state multiple times in recent years, and a group of Sunset Ridge Intermediate School fifth- and sixth-graders were asked to come up with ideas on how to plan for growth in the city before the end of the most recent school… Read story

Vancouver nonprofit receives grant from local credit union

July 27, 2019, 5:35am Community

Vancouver-based nonprofit Innovative Services NW received a $500 follow-up grant from OnPoint Community Credit Union, which has headquarters in Portland and three branch locations in Clark County. Read story

Camas: Camas Friends Church was one of two churches in Clark County to host a Lights for Liberty vigil on July 12 to protest conditions faced by asylum-seekers and refugees in the United States.

Camas church hosts local vigil for asylum-seekers and refugees

Camas: Camas Friends Church was one of two churches in Clark County to host a Lights for Liberty vigil on July 12 to protest conditions faced by asylum-seekers and refugees in the United States.

July 27, 2019, 5:35am Community

A group of more than 60 people attended a vigil at Camas Friends Church on July 12 to protest conditions faced by asylum-seekers and refugees in the United States. Read story

Edgewood Park: Clark County Genealogical Society volunteer librarians Jodi Helton Siewert, left, and Marcia Grubb stand with some of the 13 boxes full of genealogical publications destined for the Paradise Genealogical Society. After the Paradise society’s library burned down in the 2018 wildfire, local genealogical organizations, including the Clark County one, chipped in to send materials so the Paradise group could start building back up their library.

Clark County genealogists help restock California library burned in 2018 wildfire

Edgewood Park: Clark County Genealogical Society volunteer librarians Jodi Helton Siewert, left, and Marcia Grubb stand with some of the 13 boxes full of genealogical publications destined for the Paradise Genealogical Society. After the Paradise society’s library burned down in the 2018 wildfire, local genealogical organizations, including the Clark County one, chipped in to send materials so the Paradise group could start building back up their library.

July 27, 2019, 5:33am Community

Last year, when wildfires devastated the town of Paradise, Calif., the Paradise Genealogical Society library and contents burned to the ground. Read story

WASHOUGAL: Members from Team Mean Machine, a Camas-based robotics team, visited students in Gause Elementary School’s after-school Robotics Club.

Gause Elementary students learn robotics

WASHOUGAL: Members from Team Mean Machine, a Camas-based robotics team, visited students in Gause Elementary School’s after-school Robotics Club.

July 27, 2019, 5:32am Community

Students in Gause Elementary School’s after-school Robotics Club visited with members of Team Mean Machine, a club based in Camas that builds robots to operate at competitions on the district and international levels. Read story

Clark County Korean War vets continue fundraising for memorial

July 27, 2019, 5:32am Community

The Clark County chapter of the National Korean War Veterans Association Inc., the Richard L. Quatier Chapter, continued fundraising efforts to build a national Wall of Remembrance in Washington, D.C. Read story

A sign marking the edge of the Clark College Foundation’s property is seen here near the site of a proposed development at the corner of East Fourth Plain Boulevard and Fort Vancouver Way. The Clark College Foundation hopes to some day develop the property into a welcoming entrance to the Vancouver community college.

Clark College Foundation working to corner entryway project

A sign marking the edge of the Clark College Foundation’s property is seen here near the site of a proposed development at the corner of East Fourth Plain Boulevard and Fort Vancouver Way. The Clark College Foundation hopes to some day develop the property into a welcoming entrance to the Vancouver community college.

July 20, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

The southwest corner of Fourth Plain Boulevard and Fort Vancouver Way isn’t the city’s most inviting intersection. But the Clark College Foundation has lofty goals to change that. Read story

You can help

July 20, 2019, 6:00am Community

A Caring Closet is looking for volunteers to assist people looking for durable medical equipment. Volunteers help people fill out paperwork for equipment, answer phones and assist donors who drop off equipment. A Caring Closet is 100 percent volunteer-staffed. Read story