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Fourth-grader Nash Bigelow claps along with camp volunteer Collin Stegner during a rhythm game at the two-week summer enrichment camp at Hough Elementary School in Vancouver on August 21, 2019. The free camp hosted by the Hough Foundation covered topics such as horticulture, Escola de Samba and beginning band.

Hands clapping, feet moving at new summer camp

Fourth-grader Nash Bigelow claps along with camp volunteer Collin Stegner during a rhythm game at the two-week summer enrichment camp at Hough Elementary School in Vancouver on August 21, 2019. The free camp hosted by the Hough Foundation covered topics such as horticulture, Escola de Samba and beginning band.

August 21, 2019, 6:20pm Clark County News

Elementary school students got their hands clapping and feet moving this week at Hough Elementary School at a new summer camp hosted by the Hough Foundation. Read story

Paul Scarpelli

Vancouver Public Schools board picks Scarpelli for open seat

Paul Scarpelli

August 20, 2019, 6:34pm Clark County News

Paul Scarpelli, former head of Clark County Animal Control, will be the newest member of the Vancouver Public Schools Board of Directors. Read story

After the district refused to walk down a hallway lined with teachers to meet with the union’s bargaining committee in a conference room, the teachers walked down the hall and filed through the room where the district was waiting at La Center High School this morning. After the teachers filed through the room, the bargaining team entered and began the bargaining session with the district. The union voted 75-1 on Thursday to go on strike if a new deal isn’t reached by the first day of school on Aug. 28.

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After the district refused to walk down a hallway lined with teachers to meet with the union’s bargaining committee in a conference room, the teachers walked down the hall and filed through the room where the district was waiting at La Center High School this morning. After the teachers filed through the room, the bargaining team entered and began the bargaining session with the district. The union voted 75-1 on Thursday to go on strike if a new deal isn’t reached by the first day of school on Aug. 28.

August 20, 2019, 2:13pm Clark County News

Bargaining this morning in La Center got off to a slightly later start as teachers gathered in a show of force in the lead-up to talks . Read story

Student debt in Washington is lower than in many states

August 20, 2019, 10:30am Latest News

Nationwide, Americans owe more than $1.6 trillion in student loans, making student debt the second-largest consumer debt segment in the country after mortgages, according to Federal Reserve data. But students in Washington have a slight advantage, thanks to some of the most generous tuition-assistance programs in the country. Read story

Teachers in the La Center School District voted Thursday and started informational picketing Friday. The next bargaining session between the union and district is scheduled for Tuesday.

La Center teachers vote to approve strike, 75-1

Teachers in the La Center School District voted Thursday and started informational picketing Friday. The next bargaining session between the union and district is scheduled for Tuesday.

August 19, 2019, 6:08pm Clark County News

A year after La Center teachers were some of the only ones in Clark County to avoid a strike, teachers have voted 75-1 to strike if a new contract isn’t reached by the first day of school on Aug. 28. Read story

Jessica Wells, program coordinator for development and alumni relations, center, joins Lisa Abrahamsson, assistant director of development and alumni relations, right, as they welcome incoming students on their first day back to campus at Washington State University Vancouver on Monday afternoon.

Welcoming waves at WSU Vancouver

Jessica Wells, program coordinator for development and alumni relations, center, joins Lisa Abrahamsson, assistant director of development and alumni relations, right, as they welcome incoming students on their first day back to campus at Washington State University Vancouver on Monday afternoon.

August 19, 2019, 5:44pm Clark County News

Monday was a banner day for Washington State University Vancouver students, who were welcomed to their first day of fall semester by flag-waving alumni, faculty and friends. Read story

A crowd of children are entertained Friday by a king cobra named Hannah during a demonstration by Steve Lattanzi of Steve’s Creature Feature at the Jack, Will and Rob Center. The Camas School District took over the center about a year ago after the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland ran operations at the center for the previous 14 years. Above, the center is seen from outside.

Camas School District finds Jack, Will and Rob Center a win-win

A crowd of children are entertained Friday by a king cobra named Hannah during a demonstration by Steve Lattanzi of Steve’s Creature Feature at the Jack, Will and Rob Center. The Camas School District took over the center about a year ago after the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland ran operations at the center for the previous 14 years. Above, the center is seen from outside.

August 19, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

The kids at the Jack, Will and Rob Center’s summer camp are allowed to pick how they spend their time. Many spent their Friday afternoon inching away from a king cobra. Read story

Adam Aguilera, an Evergreen Public Schools teacher and applicant for an open Vancouver school board seat, addresses a crowd of bus drivers, maintenance crew and others following a school board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. The staff, who are represented by the Service Employees’ International Union, Local 925, settled with the district on a three-year contract after months of bargaining.

Vancouver Public Schools reaches tentative pact with unionized bus drivers, maintenance crew, others

Adam Aguilera, an Evergreen Public Schools teacher and applicant for an open Vancouver school board seat, addresses a crowd of bus drivers, maintenance crew and others following a school board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. The staff, who are represented by the Service Employees’ International Union, Local 925, settled with the district on a three-year contract after months of bargaining.

August 15, 2019, 1:39pm Clark County News

After bargaining through the wee hours of the morning, Vancouver Public Schools on Thursday announced a settlement agreement with the Service Employees’ International Union, Local 925, on a three-year contract. Read story