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Clark County News

Regional group receives $4M to aid job seekers

September 19, 2011, 5:00pm Business

The Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council has received $4.08 million to help job seekers in the region boost their skills and to find work. Read story

Washington View: When Alaska prospers, Puget Sound follows suit

September 19, 2011, 5:00pm Business

The 1896 Yukon gold rush triggered a boom for Seattle as prospectors flocked to ships bound for Alaska. In 1968, ARCO found black gold -- oil -- on Alaska's North Slope around Prudhoe Bay, triggering a boom for Tacoma's port, where equipment was loaded onto ships and barges set off… Read story

Carpenter Chris Kerle works during the August groundbreaking of Share's future headquarters, the former Timber Lanes on Northeast Andresen Road.

Sharing ups and downs with the homeless and hungry

Carpenter Chris Kerle works during the August groundbreaking of Share's future headquarters, the former Timber Lanes on Northeast Andresen Road.

September 19, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News

There’s good news and bad news for Share, Clark County’s leading provider of services to the homeless and hungry. Good news: A million bucks from local businesses to renovate a former bowling alley on Andresen Road into Share’s new headquarters and warehouse. Read story

Weather Eye: Final days of summer should be quite pleasant

September 19, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News

According to the calendar we only have a few days left of summer officially this week and it will indeed be quite pleasant. Highs should be in the upper 70s to maybe low 80s. I will call it about 80 degrees plus or minus. Autumn rolls in Friday around 2:05… Read story

Mark addiction recovery month with community forum

September 19, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News

Clark County residents can celebrate National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month this week at the 10th annual Community Recovery Forum. Read story

AP honors Columbian photographers

September 19, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News

Troy Wayrynen and Steven Lane of The Columbian have won top awards in this year’s Washington-Oregon Associated Press Photo Contest for daily newspapers with circulation of less than 50,000. Read story

Pediatrician will lecture on childhood obesity

September 19, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News

The first lecture in Washington State University Vancouver’s 2011 Chancellor’s Seminar Series will focus on childhood obesity. Read story

Community sports notes: Vancouver’s Tibbits falls in final of tournament, despite recording ace

September 19, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News

Twelve-year-old Spencer Tibbits lost in a playoff on Sunday during the Oregon Junior Golf Tournament of Champions. But the Vancouver seventh-grader came away from OGA Golf Course in Woodburn, Ore., with an achievement many golfers never enjoy. Read story

Talking Points: Another Raiders conspiracy

September 19, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News

What's the buzz from the world of sports? Here are some items that will have people talking: MNF advantages, disadvantages Read story

The natural sweetness of butternut squash makes it a wonderfully versatile ingredient.

What’s up, butternut?

The natural sweetness of butternut squash makes it a wonderfully versatile ingredient.

September 19, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News

The natural sweetness of butternut squash makes it a wonderfully versatile ingredient. This spiced and baked dish, for example, can be served as a sweet side alongside a roast and the traditional fixings or topped with ice cream for a delicious (and ever so slightly virtuous) dessert. Feel free to… Read story