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Ridgefield: New Ridgefield High School students spent part of their first day participating in Spudder Day activities, including a service project to help build a 2,000-foot trail at the Ridgefield Outdoor Sports Complex.

Ridgefield welcomes new schools, hosts service project

Ridgefield: New Ridgefield High School students spent part of their first day participating in Spudder Day activities, including a service project to help build a 2,000-foot trail at the Ridgefield Outdoor Sports Complex.

September 12, 2018, 6:04am Community

Classes started Sept. 4 in Ridgefield, with the district opening its new grades 5-8 campus, home to Sunset Ridge Intermediate School and the new View Ridge Middle School. It was Assurance Day at View Ridge as staff devoted the entire first day to only incoming seventh-graders and new eighth-graders. At… Read story

Gifford Pinchot seeking event proposals

September 12, 2018, 6:03am Community

Gifford Pinchot seeking applications for new events in 2019 Read story

Battle Ground: The intersection of Southeast Rasmussen Boulevard and Southeast Grace Avenue will become an all-way stop intersection in the coming weeks with the installation of a stop sign and painted stop bar on both the north and southbound lanes of Grace Avenue.

Battle Ground intersection will change to all-way stop

Battle Ground: The intersection of Southeast Rasmussen Boulevard and Southeast Grace Avenue will become an all-way stop intersection in the coming weeks with the installation of a stop sign and painted stop bar on both the north and southbound lanes of Grace Avenue.

September 12, 2018, 6:03am Community

The intersection of Southeast Rasmussen Boulevard and Southeast Grace Avenue will transition from a two-way stop to an all-way stop intersection with the installation of stop signs and painted stop bars on both the north and southbound lanes of Grace Avenue. The all-way stop will facilitate east and westbound traffic… Read story

Talkin’ Trash Crew Supervisor Matt Curry cleans trash from the Columbia River waterfront. This is one of the spots his crew frequently cleans. Curry was homeless as a young adult.

Talkin’ Trash: Homeless, formerly homeless people pitch in

Talkin’ Trash Crew Supervisor Matt Curry cleans trash from the Columbia River waterfront. This is one of the spots his crew frequently cleans. Curry was homeless as a young adult.

September 12, 2018, 6:02am Clark County Life

Jennifer Klein loves her job. It just so happens that her job is picking up other people’s trash. Read story

Vancouver Vineyard Church meets in park for services in August

September 12, 2018, 6:02am Churches & Religion

Vancouver Vineyard Church took some time this summer to break from its normal setup to host Prayer in the Park events in August. The congregation met at Quarnberg Park behind the church for four straight Sundays. In the church’s latest newsletter, pastor Marshal Prewitt wrote that one concern church officials… Read story

Launda Carroll

Innovative Services CEO emeritus retires

Launda Carroll

September 12, 2018, 6:01am Community

Launda Carroll, CEO emeritus of Innovative Services NW, retired over the summer after 33 years with the nonprofit, most of which were spent as executive director of the organization’s children and family programs. Carroll served as president and CEO from July 1, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2017. When she was… Read story

You Can Help

September 12, 2018, 6:00am Community

Volunteer Connections provides opportunities through the Human Services Council. For information on the following, call 360-735-3690. Read story

Evergreen Habitat for Humanity raises more than $125,000 at fundraiser

September 11, 2018, 5:24am Community

Evergreen Habitat for Humanity’s Annual Raising the Roof benefit breakfast was attended by 625 people and raised $125,700. Read story

Fruit Valley: During the third of Clark County Parks’ Frenchman’s Bar Summer Beach Cleanup Series, 28 volunteers picked up 25 bags of trash and recycling.

Volunteers help clean up Frenchman’s Bar Park in summer series

Fruit Valley: During the third of Clark County Parks’ Frenchman’s Bar Summer Beach Cleanup Series, 28 volunteers picked up 25 bags of trash and recycling.

September 5, 2018, 6:04am Community

The most recent of Clark County Parks’ Frenchman’s Bar Summer Beach Cleanup Series was Aug. 25, and 28 people volunteered to help. Read story

Andrea Duvall at her store, Rose & Thorn Boutique in Woodland, Aug. 28. The business offers gifts and goods from local vendors, and opened a new wing at the start of the month.

Woodland boutique Rose & Thorn expands

Andrea Duvall at her store, Rose & Thorn Boutique in Woodland, Aug. 28. The business offers gifts and goods from local vendors, and opened a new wing at the start of the month.

September 5, 2018, 6:02am Clark County Life

Rose & Thorn Boutique’s expansion in early August means more space for more local vendors to offer their wares, and ensuring that opportunity is afforded to those creators is part of why owner Andrea Duvall bought the shop. Read story