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Washougal School District board members and other staff sit and answer questions Tuesday at Washougal High School. Washougal School District is holding "listening sessions" to hear feedback from community members in the wake of February's failed levy vote.

Washougal School District: Leaders unveil preliminary budget numbers amid ‘challenging times’

July 5, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News

The Washougal School District’s general fund budget for the 2023-24 school year reflects the “challenging times” that the district is facing, but guarantees that “anyone who is with us now and wants to be with us next year is going to have a position,” according to Aaron Hansen, the district’s… Read story

Titan VanCoug, Washington State University Vancouver’s resident corpse flower, blooms Friday, June 30, 2023, at WSU Vancouver. The rare plant's bloom is fading, but visitors can still stop by the campus to take a look. The corpse flower is expected to bloom again in August.

Corpse flower at Washington State University Vancouver fades, visitation still open

July 4, 2023, 5:55am Clark County News Free

Washington State University Vancouver’s resident corpse flower Titan VanCoug completed its bloom on Friday, but the pungent giant flower remains on public display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays in the school’s Science and Engineering building. Read story

700K in Washington affected as Supreme Court rejects student loan debt plan

July 3, 2023, 7:30am Latest News

The Supreme Court on Friday blocked President Joe Biden’s $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans, including nearly 700,000 Washingtonians. Read story

FILE - This May 10, 2018, file photo shows an arrangement of fentanyl test strips in New York. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky has made gains in battling the drug epidemic. The governor pointed to efforts in "breaking down the stigma" to reach out for treatment. His comments came Thursday, June 15, 2023 while he released statistics showing overdose fatalities declined but remain high.

Washington schools try to catch up on warning students about fentanyl

July 2, 2023, 6:02am Health

When Dillon Hill took a small pill that he thought was Percocet, but was actually Tylenol laced with fentanyl, he felt like he was sitting by a warm fire on a winter night, wrapped in a blanket, sipping hot cocoa. Read story

People in favor of canceling student debt protest outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 30, 2023, in Washington. A sharply divided Supreme Court has effectively killed President Joe Biden's $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans. Biden says in a statement that "this fight is not over" and he's blasting Republicans over the issue. Biden says he'll have more to say when he speaks to the nation on Friday afternoon.

Students in Clark County challenged by college debt

July 1, 2023, 6:07am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Months ago, higher education leaders in Southwest Washington beamed at the possibility of seeing student loan debt forgiven. With President Joe Biden’s move blocked, thousands of local students are back in the same spot of financial vulnerability. Read story

Woodland High School chemistry teacher receives Crosby Award for Excellence

Stephanie Marshall, a science teacher at Woodland High School, received the Glenn and Jane Crosby Award for Excellence for the Northwest Region for 2023.

July 1, 2023, 5:45am Community Free

Stephanie Marshall, a science teacher at Woodland High School, has received the Glenn and Jane Crosby Award for Excellence for the Northwest Region for 2023. The award recognizes her efforts as an extraordinary high school chemistry teacher, based on the quality of her teaching, her unusually effective teaching methods, and… Read story