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Evergreen girls learn about STEM careers

January 9, 2019, 5:55am Community

College, Career & Technical Education hosted a Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math event at Heritage High School, drawing an audience of more than 300 fifth- through eighth-graders. Read story

Annual ball raises more than $230,000 for Free Clinic

January 9, 2019, 5:55am Community

The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington’s 10th annual Holiday Ball raised more than $230,000 for the nonprofit. Read story

Cascade Highlands: Residents at Park Crest Commons donated seven barrels of food to the Clark County Food Bank this holiday season.

Apartment complex tops donation to food bank

Cascade Highlands: Residents at Park Crest Commons donated seven barrels of food to the Clark County Food Bank this holiday season.

January 9, 2019, 5:55am Community

Park Crest Commons residents were interested in making a donation to Clark Count Food Bank this holiday season. Read story

Washougal: Washougal Superintendent Mary Templeton, from left, helps students Madison Reaves, Hannah Hassing and Tessandra Townsend look for presents at Hathaway Elementary School’s gift store.

Volunteers fill student gift store with holiday presents

Washougal: Washougal Superintendent Mary Templeton, from left, helps students Madison Reaves, Hannah Hassing and Tessandra Townsend look for presents at Hathaway Elementary School’s gift store.

January 9, 2019, 5:55am Community

Volunteers at the Hathaway Elementary School’s gift store helped students pick out holiday presents. Read story

Esther Short: Sincerely The Bride earned the Most Original Window award from the Vancouver's Downtown Association’s 2018 Holiday Storefront Window Contest.

Downtown association honors businesses in holiday window contest

Esther Short: Sincerely The Bride earned the Most Original Window award from the Vancouver's Downtown Association’s 2018 Holiday Storefront Window Contest.

January 9, 2019, 5:55am Community

The Vancouver Downtown Association announced the winners of the 2018 Holiday Storefront Window Contest. Read story

Woodland: Students learn gravity, slope, force and engineering design by building Rube Goldberg machines in Lyndal Mezes’ class for the Explorience program, a 70-minute weekly experiential learning program.

Woodland students in learning through Explorience

Woodland: Students learn gravity, slope, force and engineering design by building Rube Goldberg machines in Lyndal Mezes’ class for the Explorience program, a 70-minute weekly experiential learning program.

January 9, 2019, 5:55am Community

Woodland Primary School students are learning through Explorience, a weekly 70-minute event where students learn through classroom experiences such as creating a space habitat, understanding body movement through kinesthetics and becoming explorers on the Oregon Trail. Read story

Air Force Airman First Class Orion A.

In The Service

Air Force Airman First Class Orion A.

January 9, 2019, 5:18am Community

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Everybody Has a Story: Tale of the tire and the $5 bill never goes flat

January 2, 2019, 6:03am Clark County Life

To haul city water during hot, dry Southeast Kansas summers, we pulled a four-wheel utility trailer behind our ’36 Pontiac. Sometimes we made multiple 10-mile round-trips daily to Erie, hauling our big water tank for the sake of thirsty cows, hogs, chickens, and the rest of us. I always liked… Read story

Denny Heasley catches his breath while walking down to the Golden Gate Bridge replica at his home in Ridgefield. The bridge is 110 feet long and 17 feet high. In the decade since the bridge went up, the Heasleys have received a number of visitors.

Clark Asks: Golden Gate Bridge replica in Ridgefield spans interests

Denny Heasley catches his breath while walking down to the Golden Gate Bridge replica at his home in Ridgefield. The bridge is 110 feet long and 17 feet high. In the decade since the bridge went up, the Heasleys have received a number of visitors.

January 2, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

For more than a decade, passers-by in Ridgefield have enjoyed the sight of a small, orange bridge. It’s not just any bridge, though. Read story

You Can Help

January 2, 2019, 6:00am Community

Volunteer Connections provides opportunities through the Human Services Council. For information on the following, call 360-735-3690. Read story