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OnPoint Community Credit Union has announced that Jesse Bolt, a teacher at the Washington State School for the Blind, has been named as one of its Excellence in Education winners.

Washington State School for Blind teacher honored for excellence

OnPoint Community Credit Union has announced that Jesse Bolt, a teacher at the Washington State School for the Blind, has been named as one of its Excellence in Education winners.

June 11, 2022, 5:45am Community

Jesse Bolt, a high school English, reading intervention and Braille teacher at the Washington State School for the Blind, is one of three winners of OnPoint Community Credit Union’s 2022 OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education Educator of the Year awards. Read story

"Nathan: Together we did it!" reads a message on Mackenzie McVicker's graduation cap, an honor to her best friend, Nathan Dao, who was killed along with four siblings in a 2011 house fire set by his father, Tuan Dao. Alongside the message are photos of Nathan Dao and McVicker from kindergarten, as well as Dao's official class photo.

Legacy High School graduate honors friend who died in east Vancouver house fire

"Nathan: Together we did it!" reads a message on Mackenzie McVicker's graduation cap, an honor to her best friend, Nathan Dao, who was killed along with four siblings in a 2011 house fire set by his father, Tuan Dao. Alongside the message are photos of Nathan Dao and McVicker from kindergarten, as well as Dao's official class photo.

June 10, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

As she prepared to walk across the graduation stage at Legacy High School on Thursday, Mackenzie McVicker carried the memories of an old friend with her. Read story

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Clark County schools continue to see decline in COVID-19 cases

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June 8, 2022, 5:58pm Clark County Health

Clark County schools have reported 372 new cases of COVID-19 since last week, a decrease from 448 cases reported the week prior. This marks a second week of noticeable decline in cases after a mini-peak in mid-May. Read story

Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School teacher Darcy Hickey (left) and principal Brian Amundson attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the debut of the school's new little free library on May 1.

‘Little free library’ an instant hit in Washougal

Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School teacher Darcy Hickey (left) and principal Brian Amundson attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the debut of the school's new little free library on May 1.

June 8, 2022, 2:30pm Clark County News

Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School teacher Darcy Hickey said she has been thinking about bringing a little free library to the rural Washougal school for the better part of a decade. Read story

Jerri Clark, center, shares her son’s story and a vision board for a proposed behavioral health crisis triage and stabilization center in Vancouver on Jan. 6, 2017, with members of the Southwest Washington Regional Health Care Advisory Committee at the Clark County Public Service Center.

Washington students can get excused absences for mental health under new law

Jerri Clark, center, shares her son’s story and a vision board for a proposed behavioral health crisis triage and stabilization center in Vancouver on Jan. 6, 2017, with members of the Southwest Washington Regional Health Care Advisory Committee at the Clark County Public Service Center.

June 8, 2022, 8:44am Health

Students in Washington will be able to take time off from school for mental health reasons beginning next school year, under a new state law and rules approved by the state superintendent's office. Read story

While the state Legislature allocated funds to expand nursing programs at schools statewide, the funding wasn't distributed equally.

Washington nursing programs see new funding from Legislature but some were left out

While the state Legislature allocated funds to expand nursing programs at schools statewide, the funding wasn't distributed equally.

June 7, 2022, 7:40am Health

As the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated a health care staffing shortage in Washington and nationally, the state Legislature this year provided more than $38 million to nursing programs statewide. Read story

Fifth grader James Saldua, from left, dumps a cup full of homemade slime on his physical education teacher, Devin Cast, as Associate Principal Casey Greco looks on at Felida Elementary School on Monday afternoon. Students and staff were celebrating a successful fundraiser for the American Heart Association's Kids Heart Challenge. James was one of 10 students who raised over $500.

It’s slime time at Felida Elementary fundraiser celebration

Fifth grader James Saldua, from left, dumps a cup full of homemade slime on his physical education teacher, Devin Cast, as Associate Principal Casey Greco looks on at Felida Elementary School on Monday afternoon. Students and staff were celebrating a successful fundraiser for the American Heart Association's Kids Heart Challenge. James was one of 10 students who raised over $500.

June 6, 2022, 5:55pm Clark County News

Devin Cast capped off his Monday afternoon with a bucket of slime over his head. Read story

Students from Ridgefield, VSAA earn statewide art honors

June 4, 2022, 5:55am Community

Over the past year, high school artists across Washington have channeled their emotions into their art. Read story