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First-grader Mia Pierce, 6, bundles up in a coat before attending hybrid classes at Crestline Elementary School on Tuesday morning. Evergreen Public Schools, plus other area school districts, welcomed more students into classrooms for hybrid learning -- the first time they&#039;ve been in a classroom since COVID-19 shut schools down in March. Hockinson and Washougal welcomed first-, second- and third-graders.

Clark County school districts to follow state, county guidance on masks

First-grader Mia Pierce, 6, bundles up in a coat before attending hybrid classes at Crestline Elementary School on Tuesday morning. Evergreen Public Schools, plus other area school districts, welcomed more students into classrooms for hybrid learning -- the first time they&#039;ve been in a classroom since COVID-19 shut schools down in March. Hockinson and Washougal welcomed first-, second- and third-graders.

February 17, 2022, 7:02pm Clark County News

Clark County school districts will continue to follow county and state health and safety protocols in the coming weeks before the statewide mask mandate ends on March 21, officials say. Read story

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks as he gives his annual State of the State address, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Due to cautions against COVID-19, Inslee gave his speech in the State Reception Room and it was shown by streaming video to lawmakers meeting remotely. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Inslee: Washington to lift indoor mask mandate March 21

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks as he gives his annual State of the State address, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Due to cautions against COVID-19, Inslee gave his speech in the State Reception Room and it was shown by streaming video to lawmakers meeting remotely. (AP Photo/Ted S.

February 17, 2022, 5:28pm Health Free

Washington’s statewide indoor mask mandate, one of the few left in the country, will lift on March 21, including at schools and child care facilities, Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday. Read story

Washington’s mandatory school age remains at 8, for now

February 17, 2022, 4:34pm Latest News

Another attempt by legislators to lower the minimum school age in the state has failed. Read story

John Boyd was appointed interim superintendent of Evergreen Public Schools on Dec. 28, following the firing of Mike Merlino earlier that month.

Interim Evergreen Public Schools chief remains ‘energized’

John Boyd was appointed interim superintendent of Evergreen Public Schools on Dec. 28, following the firing of Mike Merlino earlier that month.

February 17, 2022, 6:02am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

John Boyd has yet to see a dull moment in his first few weeks as the interim superintendent of Evergreen Public Schools. Read story

Students at Marrion Elementary School in Vancouver practice social distancing after getting off the bus at the beginning of the 2021-22 school year.

COVID-19 cases in Clark County schools keep declining

Students at Marrion Elementary School in Vancouver practice social distancing after getting off the bus at the beginning of the 2021-22 school year.

February 16, 2022, 5:46pm Clark County Health

Reported COVID-19 case totals in Clark County schools are continuing to steadily decline, as it appears the worst of the omicron wave is now in the rear-view mirror for most districts. Read story

The Evergreen Public Schools Administrative Service Center (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Evergreen Public Schools will try again for levy in April

The Evergreen Public Schools Administrative Service Center (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

February 16, 2022, 9:26am Clark County News

The Evergreen Public Schools Board of Directors approved placing a three-year replacement levy on the April 26 special election ballot. Read story

Clark County Public Works to repair two school-zone crossing beacons

February 15, 2022, 6:03am Clark County News

Clark County Public Works is replacing two sets of damaged school zone flashing beacons. Read story

Ally Orr, 22, has raised over $100,000 for her newly founded "Women in STEM, Medicine and Law Scholarship" at Boise State University. The scholarship was created after a professor at the school made a series of sexist remarks at a national convention, sparking outrage among students on campus.

Prairie grad gets national attention for scholarship spurred by professor’s sexist remarks

Ally Orr, 22, has raised over $100,000 for her newly founded "Women in STEM, Medicine and Law Scholarship" at Boise State University. The scholarship was created after a professor at the school made a series of sexist remarks at a national convention, sparking outrage among students on campus.

February 15, 2022, 6:01am Clark County News

Vancouver’s Ally Orr is a trailblazer. Read story