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Yacolt: Volunteers from Unchained Prison Ministries, from left: Sarah Oancea, Ron Brandon, Donna Schafte-Brandon, Bob Keller, Nick Bruns, Scott Newman and Tad Winiecki.

Volunteers honored for work with prison ministries

Yacolt: Volunteers from Unchained Prison Ministries, from left: Sarah Oancea, Ron Brandon, Donna Schafte-Brandon, Bob Keller, Nick Bruns, Scott Newman and Tad Winiecki.

October 5, 2019, 5:56am Community

Volunteers from Unchained Prison Ministries celebrated another year of work at Larch Corrections in Yacolt last month. Read story

East Fisher&#039;s Landing: A local bunco group celebrated its 50th anniversary recently. Five of the founding 12 members still participate. Front row left: Jean Cooper, Renee Van Rosky, Marge Brown and Patty Westby. Second row from left: Cindy Mattix, Marlene Seifert, Oral Siewert, Rondi Grant and Jean Beaty.

Local bunco group celebrates 50th anniversary

East Fisher&#039;s Landing: A local bunco group celebrated its 50th anniversary recently. Five of the founding 12 members still participate. Front row left: Jean Cooper, Renee Van Rosky, Marge Brown and Patty Westby. Second row from left: Cindy Mattix, Marlene Seifert, Oral Siewert, Rondi Grant and Jean Beaty.

October 5, 2019, 5:50am Community

It was a celebratory afternoon on Sept. 5 at Gustav’s Restaurant in Vancouver, when a group of local residents gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their bunco group. Read story

Woodland resident Bob Nelson now owns one of the totem poles that used to be in the old Totem Pole Restaurant.

Clark Asks: What happened to the totem pole at the old Totem Pole Restaurant?

Woodland resident Bob Nelson now owns one of the totem poles that used to be in the old Totem Pole Restaurant.

September 28, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

In the latest installment of Clark Asks, the Columbian’s online project that lets readers enlist reporters to answer all their burning questions, one reader posed an inquiry about a historic, now-defunct restaurant. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Abandoned old house was time capsule

September 28, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Life

I lived in Denver for 10 years and spent a lot of time hiking the mountains and looking for ghost towns. Read story

Battle Ground schools receive $300,000 grant for technology

September 28, 2019, 5:39am Community

Battle Ground Public Schools received a $300,000 grant from the Federal Communication Commission’s E-rate program to replace the district’s entire wireless network this year. Read story

Esther Short: Attorney Jill Sasser served as emcee for the fifth annual Battle of the Lawyer Bands.

Battle of Lawyer Bands raises money for volunteer court program

Esther Short: Attorney Jill Sasser served as emcee for the fifth annual Battle of the Lawyer Bands.

September 28, 2019, 5:39am Community

The Clark County Volunteer Lawyers Program helps people who can’t afford an attorney navigate the court system, but one night a year, the lawyers turn against each other and face off in the Battle of the Lawyer Bands. Read story

Eagle Scouts

September 28, 2019, 5:36am Community

The following 17 Boy Scouts from the Columbia River District passed their Eagle Scout Board of Review in July and August, and advanced to the rank of Eagle Scout. Find out more at www.cpcbsa.org Read story

New playground equipment a hit at Vancouver Lake Park

September 28, 2019, 5:36am Community

With the support of a Clark County Parks Foundation grant, a new Spin-Max Tower was installed at Vancouver Lake Regional Park over the summer to replace deteriorating equipment. Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

September 28, 2019, 5:09am Community

Clark County Public Works and Vancouver Parks and Recreation will partner to clean up cigarette butts and other litter at local parks starting at 9 a.m. on Oct. 26. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at various parks in the Vancouver area. Wear weather-appropriate clothing, long pants, closed-toe shoes and… Read story

Applause

September 28, 2019, 5:08am Community

Washington State University Vancouver has been awarded a 2019 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, in recognition of an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. Read story