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Woodland: Woodland High School AP Government students shake hands after participating in a debate over various Supreme Court cases that they had studied throughout the year.

Woodland students debate court cases

Woodland: Woodland High School AP Government students shake hands after participating in a debate over various Supreme Court cases that they had studied throughout the year.

April 27, 2019, 5:21am Community

WOODLAND -- Students in the AP Government class at Woodland High School recently participated in a debate project that analyzed the merits of Supreme Court cases, which they studied throughout the year. Read story

Northeast Hazel Dell: Columbia River chapter of the Military Officers Association of America President Evelyn Brady accepts the chapter’s 12th consecutive 5-Star Level of Excellence Award from the national organization.

Local military association earns excellence award from national headquarters

Northeast Hazel Dell: Columbia River chapter of the Military Officers Association of America President Evelyn Brady accepts the chapter’s 12th consecutive 5-Star Level of Excellence Award from the national organization.

April 27, 2019, 5:20am Community

The Columbia River chapter of the Military Officers Association of America received the 5-Star Level of Excellence Award from the national association, the highest level that can be awarded. Read story

Ridgefield: A “Friendship Bench” at South Ridge Elementary School will help promote connection and kindness between students.

‘Friendship Bench’ inspires connection

Ridgefield: A “Friendship Bench” at South Ridge Elementary School will help promote connection and kindness between students.

April 27, 2019, 5:20am Community

Karen Moses’ fourth-grade class at South Ridge Elementary School has a new place to sit on the playground. Read story

Salmon Creek: Volunteers at Earth Day Fest planted 1,085 trees, pulled garlic mustard and picked up trash all to help restore critical habitat for migratory salmon.

Volunteer turnout more than doubles for Earth Day Fest

Salmon Creek: Volunteers at Earth Day Fest planted 1,085 trees, pulled garlic mustard and picked up trash all to help restore critical habitat for migratory salmon.

April 27, 2019, 5:20am Community

Earth Day Fest continued a 28-year tradition of community engagement, education and habitat restoration, with 489 volunteers — up from 237 in 2018 — at Salmon Creek Regional Park on April 20. The volunteers planted 1,085 trees, pulled garlic mustard and picked up trash to help restore critical habitat for… Read story

Drivers traveling north on Interstate 5 pass a closed ramp for the Washington State Patrol weigh station just north of Ridgefield. The station has been closed since October for a $3.7 million renovation project.

Clark Asks: Why is I-5 weigh station closed?

Drivers traveling north on Interstate 5 pass a closed ramp for the Washington State Patrol weigh station just north of Ridgefield. The station has been closed since October for a $3.7 million renovation project.

April 20, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

Denise Gardner of La Center authored the winning question in the most recent voting round for The Columbian’s Clark Asks feature. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Church mishap gets shepherd’s goat

April 20, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

In preparation for Easter, our senior pastor has encouraged us to memorize the 23rd Psalm. This is the hopeful essay on the idea that the “Lord is our shepherd.” Read story

Eagle Scout

April 20, 2019, 5:35am Community

Five Boy Scouts from the Columbia River District passed their Eagle Scout Board of Review in March and advanced to the rank of Eagle Scout. Find out more at www.cpcbsa.org/columbiariver Read story

Hazel Dell: Bonnie Etson was selected as the Columbia Mothers of Twins Club’s Convention Mother of the Year and will represent the local group at a regional convention later this month.

Local twins club selects representative for regional convention

Hazel Dell: Bonnie Etson was selected as the Columbia Mothers of Twins Club’s Convention Mother of the Year and will represent the local group at a regional convention later this month.

April 20, 2019, 5:34am Community

Columbia Mothers of Twins Club selected Bonnie Etson as their Convention Mother of the Year, meaning she will represent the club at the Northwest Association of Mothers of Twins Club’s convention, April 25-27 in Silverdale. Read story

Washougal: Gause Elementary School fourth-graders Vanessa Barela, left, and Keilene Brown work on their scribble bots, which are robots the students were asked to build to scribble onto paper.

Gause Elementary students build robots that scribble

Washougal: Gause Elementary School fourth-graders Vanessa Barela, left, and Keilene Brown work on their scribble bots, which are robots the students were asked to build to scribble onto paper.

April 20, 2019, 5:32am Community

Gause Elementary fourth-graders in Colleen Davis and Robyn Riat’s classrooms were asked to use scientific knowledge and creativity to draw scribbles by creating robots to do the scribbling. Read story

Meadow Homes: Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, right, shows off a new pitching machine, which she and the International Association of Fire Fighters local 452 chapter donated to Alcoa Little League. The league lost equipment and mementos in a fire in late March.

Vancouver Fire union, mayor donate new pitching machine to Little League after fire

Meadow Homes: Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, right, shows off a new pitching machine, which she and the International Association of Fire Fighters local 452 chapter donated to Alcoa Little League. The league lost equipment and mementos in a fire in late March.

April 20, 2019, 5:32am Community

Local firefighters teamed up to help Alcoa Little League after a fire in late March at the Fort Vancouver High School baseball announcer’s booth destroyed the league’s score tower and its contents, including equipment and decades of mementos. Read story