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Battle Ground: Pleasant Valley Primary School classes were each assigned a different country to study while the Olympics were going on.

Pleasant Valley students study countries to honor Olympics

Battle Ground: Pleasant Valley Primary School classes were each assigned a different country to study while the Olympics were going on.

March 7, 2018, 5:57am Community

While the Winter Olympics were taking place last month, students at Pleasant Valley Primary School toured the world to learn about different countries. Read story

Woodland: Tyson Vogeler, superintendent of Green Mountain School District, plows the school campus early Feb. 21, as captured by the school district’s security cameras.

Green Mountain superintendent, district volunteers clear snow

Woodland: Tyson Vogeler, superintendent of Green Mountain School District, plows the school campus early Feb. 21, as captured by the school district’s security cameras.

March 7, 2018, 5:57am Community

Green Mountain School District Superintendent Tyson Vogeler arrived on campus about 5:30 a.m. Feb. 21 and got to work plowing. Yes, plowing. Read story

Battle Ground: Everett Buck.

Two Battle Ground students named candidates for presidential honor

Battle Ground: Everett Buck.

March 7, 2018, 5:57am Community

Seniors Everett Buck of CAM Academy and Kylie Sahota of Battle Ground High School were named two of 4,500 national candidates for the 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, which is in its 54th year. Read story

Hazel Dell: The Washington State University Master Food Preservers honored their volunteers at its annual awards and recognition event. Front row, from left: Malia Myers, Judi Seifert, Helen Redmond, Jennifer Kootstra, Elizabeth Dutson and Zena Edwards. Back row, from left: Vicki Ivy, Debra Basquez, Carolyn Heniges, Scotty Parrish, Lori Bryan, Laurie Burgess and Sandra Brown.

WSU Master Food Preservers honor volunteers

Hazel Dell: The Washington State University Master Food Preservers honored their volunteers at its annual awards and recognition event. Front row, from left: Malia Myers, Judi Seifert, Helen Redmond, Jennifer Kootstra, Elizabeth Dutson and Zena Edwards. Back row, from left: Vicki Ivy, Debra Basquez, Carolyn Heniges, Scotty Parrish, Lori Bryan, Laurie Burgess and Sandra Brown.

March 7, 2018, 5:57am Community

Washington State University Master Food Preservers had its annual awards and recognition event Feb. 10. Read story

Woodland Action Center, a thrift store and food bank, now offers a job resource center to their clients.

Woodland Action Center adds employment assistance program

Woodland Action Center, a thrift store and food bank, now offers a job resource center to their clients.

February 28, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Life

WOODLAND -- The volunteers at Woodland Action Center don't want any regular clients. Read story

Delona Moore taught piano to generations of Clark County students throughout her life. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday among friends and family.

100th Birthday Milestone

Delona Moore taught piano to generations of Clark County students throughout her life. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday among friends and family.

February 28, 2018, 6:00am Community

Lifelong Vancouver resident Delona Moore quietly celebrated her 100th birthday Feb. 18 with friends and family, including her two daughters, five granddaughters, and eight great-grandchildren. Read story

Washougal: Nevaeh McCallister and other Hathaway Elementary School fifth-graders in Andrew Schlauch’s class had to make boxes to collect Valentine’s Day cards using at least two simple machines, such as pulleys, wedges and levers.

Hathaway Elementary School students use machines to collect Valentine’s cards

Washougal: Nevaeh McCallister and other Hathaway Elementary School fifth-graders in Andrew Schlauch’s class had to make boxes to collect Valentine’s Day cards using at least two simple machines, such as pulleys, wedges and levers.

February 28, 2018, 6:00am Community

Students in Andrew Schlauch’s fifth-grade class at Hathaway Elementary School showed their love of simple machines leading to Valentine’s Day by creating boxes to collect classroom cards. Read story

Esther Short: Windermere Realty Trust employees during a service day in Vancouver. The company’s charitable foundation donated more than $405,000 to nonprofits supporting low-income families, including $139,480 that went to organizations in Southwest Washington.

Realtors donate to charities supporting low-income families

Esther Short: Windermere Realty Trust employees during a service day in Vancouver. The company’s charitable foundation donated more than $405,000 to nonprofits supporting low-income families, including $139,480 that went to organizations in Southwest Washington.

February 28, 2018, 6:00am Community

Windermere Realty Trust supported 43 charitable organizations throughout Southwest Washington and Oregon in 2017 through the Windermere Foundation. Read story

You Can Help

February 28, 2018, 6:00am Community

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

Everybody Has a Story: What it was like when the missile alert came in Hawaii

February 28, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Life

It was our last full day in Hawaii, and I woke up around 7:20 a.m. to another beautiful morning on Maui. My sister Sherry and I were having coffee on the lanai, watching the sunrise over the mountains, while my brother-in-law Mike was making breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast. Read story