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Mark Ross, superintendent of Battle Ground Public Schools, center, and others refresh screens to keep up with election results at a restaurant in Battle Ground on Tuesday night.

Battle Ground’s school bond gets rejected again

Mark Ross, superintendent of Battle Ground Public Schools, center, and others refresh screens to keep up with election results at a restaurant in Battle Ground on Tuesday night.

April 24, 2018, 8:22pm Clark County News

It’s another “no” from Battle Ground Public Schools voters as the district, for the third time since 2016, failed Tuesday to pick up enough votes to approve a school facilities bond. Read story

Kohl’s robbery prompts lockdown at school

April 23, 2018, 7:34pm Clark County News

A robbery at a Kohl’s in east Vancouver sent a nearby elementary school into a short lockdown Monday afternoon, and at least one boy was taken to the county juvenile jail. Read story

Panel discusses opioid addiction among area youth

April 23, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Health

The percentage of Clark County 10th-graders misusing prescription medications may have declined over the last decade, but local teens are still using opioids and dying from overdoses. Read story

FILE- In this March 14, 2018, file photo, students rally outside the Capitol Building in Washington. Students risked disciplinary action at nearly 3,000 high schools in the first nationwide walkout for gun policy reform in March. According to a database maintained by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, hundreds of colleges nationwide have expressed support for student activists on Twitter and their websites.

Will high school activism hurt your college chances?

FILE- In this March 14, 2018, file photo, students rally outside the Capitol Building in Washington. Students risked disciplinary action at nearly 3,000 high schools in the first nationwide walkout for gun policy reform in March. According to a database maintained by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, hundreds of colleges nationwide have expressed support for student activists on Twitter and their websites.

April 22, 2018, 6:05am Life

Students risked disciplinary action at nearly 3,000 high schools in the first nationwide walkout for gun policy reform in March. Read story

Christina Gay, left, administers medication to Gene Wickstrom of Cathlamet during the April 5 night shift at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver. Gay’s class at Hough Elementary School was tapped for the local I Have a Dream program in 1997 and she studied nursing at Clark College and Washington State University Vancouver.

Cancer couldn’t derail this ‘I Have a Dream’ alum’s goal to be a nurse

Christina Gay, left, administers medication to Gene Wickstrom of Cathlamet during the April 5 night shift at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver. Gay’s class at Hough Elementary School was tapped for the local I Have a Dream program in 1997 and she studied nursing at Clark College and Washington State University Vancouver.

April 22, 2018, 6:00am Clark County News

A lot of people helped Christina Gay move forward in life. Read story

Four teens found unconscious from suspected opiod overdose

April 20, 2018, 1:10pm Clark County News

Four teenagers were hospitalized Friday morning for suspected opioid overdoses after three of the teens were discovered unconscious outside in an east Vancouver neighborhood. Read story

Voters use a drive-up collection box to cast ballots.

Ballots due Tuesday in Battle Ground schools bond election

Voters use a drive-up collection box to cast ballots.

April 20, 2018, 6:02am Clark County News

Ballots are due Tuesday for this month’s special election, which will determine the fate of school facilities funding in Battle Ground Public Schools. Read story

Stephanie Porter, assistant professor at Washington State University Vancouver, describes one of her current research projects in the WSU Vancouver greenhouses on Tuesday. Porter’s lab is investigating whether crops have evolved to rely on fertilizer instead of the beneficial bacteria their wild counterparts use to succeed. If so, the wild ancestors of some crops may offer clues as to how to grow agricultural crops more sustainably.

WSUV professor describes challenge of raising children in academia

Stephanie Porter, assistant professor at Washington State University Vancouver, describes one of her current research projects in the WSU Vancouver greenhouses on Tuesday. Porter’s lab is investigating whether crops have evolved to rely on fertilizer instead of the beneficial bacteria their wild counterparts use to succeed. If so, the wild ancestors of some crops may offer clues as to how to grow agricultural crops more sustainably.

April 20, 2018, 6:01am Clark County News

Biologist Stephanie Porter’s first child was six months old in 2011 when she and her husband, a fellow scientist, first ventured to an academic conference together. Read story