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Bill Iyall, chairman of the Cowlitz Tribe, is pictured near the new Ilani Casino Resort near La Center.

Cowlitz leader bets on casino

Bill Iyall, chairman of the Cowlitz Tribe, is pictured near the new Ilani Casino Resort near La Center.

February 26, 2017, 5:00am Clark County News

As long as Bill Iyall can remember, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe had a central quest. Read story

Each morning before class at the Camas Project-Based Learning Middle School, Principal Aaron Smith greets students and meets with them in assembly room for announcements, and the occasional session of callisthenics or meditation.

Teacher aligning passion & career

Each morning before class at the Camas Project-Based Learning Middle School, Principal Aaron Smith greets students and meets with them in assembly room for announcements, and the occasional session of callisthenics or meditation.

February 26, 2017, 5:00am Clark County News

Aaron Smith’s favorite memory of his two-year stint teaching music at the American Community School of Athens, Greece, isn’t his apartment at the foot of the Acropolis, although that was certainly a perk. It isn’t the travel or going on an adventure to a new country alone. Read story

Bob Prinz looks up while slicing a piece of chicken in the kitchen at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Tuesday, January 10. Prinz has been volunteering at Fort Vancouver for nearly 3 years as a re-enactor, demonstrating the techniques and ingredients that would have been used at the original fort in the 1800s.

World traveler embraces history as Fort Vancouver steward re-enactor

Bob Prinz looks up while slicing a piece of chicken in the kitchen at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Tuesday, January 10. Prinz has been volunteering at Fort Vancouver for nearly 3 years as a re-enactor, demonstrating the techniques and ingredients that would have been used at the original fort in the 1800s.

February 26, 2017, 5:00am Clark County News

Bob Prinz set some chicken to roast over the small fire burning in his hearth, readying some protein to go with the colcannon light supper the steward at Fort Vancouver might have made for the fort’s lead manager in the mid-19th century. Read story

Sydney Brugman has taken on many leadership positions at Fort Vancouver High School. She is the captain of the basketball, soccer and softball teams. She is also the school&#039;s student body president.

Senior uses boundless energy as team captain of three sports

Sydney Brugman has taken on many leadership positions at Fort Vancouver High School. She is the captain of the basketball, soccer and softball teams. She is also the school&#039;s student body president.

February 26, 2017, 5:00am Clark County News

Six in the morning. It's a familiar hour for many student athletes. It's an hour that Sydney Brugman knows well. Read story

The Rev. Jessie Smith sings a hymn during a Sunday service in December at St. Anne&#039;s Episcopal Church in Washougal.

Episcopal leader and church reflect Washougal community’s values

The Rev. Jessie Smith sings a hymn during a Sunday service in December at St. Anne&#039;s Episcopal Church in Washougal.

February 26, 2017, 5:00am Clark County News

The Rev. Jessie Smith’s tattoo sleeve on one arm has an Alice in Wonderland theme. The other may be called her religious arm: There’s a tattoo of a seraphim, an angel that accompanies God’s spirit, a cross she got done while in Jerusalem, a wheel within a wheel as seen… Read story

The North Clark Historical Museum is in the former Amboy United Brethren Church, built in 1910.

Museum illuminates north county history

The North Clark Historical Museum is in the former Amboy United Brethren Church, built in 1910.

February 26, 2017, 5:00am Clark County News

Over the years, people who lived in Clark County’s northern tier didn’t worry much about their places in history. Read story

Whipple Creek Park Restoration Committee President Anita Will, on her horse Russell, shows some of the finished work and some of the work in progress at the park in 2014.

Restoring, revitalizing neglected park

Whipple Creek Park Restoration Committee President Anita Will, on her horse Russell, shows some of the finished work and some of the work in progress at the park in 2014.

February 26, 2017, 5:00am Clark County News

Anita Will remembers the first time she saw the forest that would become her obsession. It was about 1980 when she and a friend loaded up a horse trailer and went for a ride in Whipple Creek Regional Park. Read story

Melanie Green, the administrator of the Family and Community Resource Centers for Evergreen Public Schools, carries toilet paper donated in December to her car from The Reserve at Columbia Tech Center, an apartment complex in east Vancouver. The Family and Community Resource Center received toiletry donations from various Vancouver apartment complexes with the help of ZipEco Recycling &amp; Waste and Investment Development Management in Vancouver.

Advocate started and leads Family and Community Resource Centers

Melanie Green, the administrator of the Family and Community Resource Centers for Evergreen Public Schools, carries toilet paper donated in December to her car from The Reserve at Columbia Tech Center, an apartment complex in east Vancouver. The Family and Community Resource Center received toiletry donations from various Vancouver apartment complexes with the help of ZipEco Recycling &amp; Waste and Investment Development Management in Vancouver.

February 26, 2017, 5:00am Clark County News

Melanie Green’s heart beats for the families she serves. Read story

Audrey Miller of Planned Parenthood talks to people gathered for a Saturday rally to save the Affordable Care Act from repeal at Clark College in Vancouver.

Supporters rally in defense of Affordable Care Act

Audrey Miller of Planned Parenthood talks to people gathered for a Saturday rally to save the Affordable Care Act from repeal at Clark College in Vancouver.

February 25, 2017, 10:35pm Clark County Health

As Congress gears up to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a crowd met Saturday morning at Clark College to make their message clear: Health care is a human right. Read story

Vehicle hits Vancouver woman, flees scene

February 25, 2017, 7:58pm Clark County News

A 26-year-old Vancouver woman has a broken leg after she was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene early Saturday morning. Read story