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Applause

February 7, 2018, 5:11am Community

GRADUATES Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Wide-eyed kid, older now, reflects on a giant – regal Uncle John

January 31, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Life

My uncle John seemed like a movie star! Read story

Just under an acre of land on the south side of WinCo Foods, along Northeast 119th Street, has been acquired as the site of a new Brush Prairie library.

Bookmarked: Brush Prairie library location

Just under an acre of land on the south side of WinCo Foods, along Northeast 119th Street, has been acquired as the site of a new Brush Prairie library.

January 31, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Life

A blank space in Clark County's library map is starting to get filled in. Read story

Woodland: From left: Stacy Brown, Woodland Public Schools’ business services manager, Jillian Jacobs, TEAM High School teacher, Jake Hall, executive director of learning supports and alternatives, and Stacie Crochet, local mental health provider, stand outside TEAM High School, where students can now access free mental health services thanks to federal funding.

Woodland receives funding for free mental health services

Woodland: From left: Stacy Brown, Woodland Public Schools’ business services manager, Jillian Jacobs, TEAM High School teacher, Jake Hall, executive director of learning supports and alternatives, and Stacie Crochet, local mental health provider, stand outside TEAM High School, where students can now access free mental health services thanks to federal funding.

January 31, 2018, 5:14am Community

Woodland Public Schools will offer free mental health services to students at TEAM High School, the district’s alternative high school program, thanks to funding received from the Every Student Succeeds Act. Read story

Minnehaha: About 100 Kaiser Permanente employees volunteers at the Clark County Food Bank for Kaiser Northwest’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day service event. From left: Matt Edmonds, communications manager for Clark County Food Bank, Frank Hurtarte, vice president of Human Resources for Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Ruth Brinkley, president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals of the Northwest, and Tracy Dannen-Grace, director of community partnerships and philanthropy with Kaiser Permanente Northwest.

Kaiser employees volunteer for MLK Day

Minnehaha: About 100 Kaiser Permanente employees volunteers at the Clark County Food Bank for Kaiser Northwest’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day service event. From left: Matt Edmonds, communications manager for Clark County Food Bank, Frank Hurtarte, vice president of Human Resources for Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Ruth Brinkley, president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals of the Northwest, and Tracy Dannen-Grace, director of community partnerships and philanthropy with Kaiser Permanente Northwest.

January 31, 2018, 5:12am Community

About 100 Kaiser Permanente employees spent Jan. 15 volunteering at Clark County Food Bank. Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

January 31, 2018, 5:11am Community

Clark County seeks to fill three positions on its Commission on Aging, for 3-year terms. The commission manages and implements the county’s Aging Readiness Plan, addressing the needs of people older than 50, and meets from 3 to 6 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. Read story

Turkey Trot brings in donations for Ridgefield resource center

January 31, 2018, 5:10am Community

The Ridgefield Public Schools Foundation raised more than $12,000 in its first ever Turkey Trot on Nov. 23. Read story

Fairway-164th Avenue: Foster kids and families at the Cascade Park festival celebration, a twice-yearly event.

Kiwanis Club holds celebration for foster kids, families

Fairway-164th Avenue: Foster kids and families at the Cascade Park festival celebration, a twice-yearly event.

January 31, 2018, 5:10am Community

Cascade Park Kiwanis provided food for nearly 500 foster children recently as part of a twice yearly event. Read story

North Garrison Heights: Jim Obester’s picture of a fluorescent anemone taken at Sound Rock, for which he earned first place in the underwater category in National Geographic’s 2017 Nature Photographer of the Year contest.

Vancouver anesthesiologist wins National Geographic photo award

North Garrison Heights: Jim Obester’s picture of a fluorescent anemone taken at Sound Rock, for which he earned first place in the underwater category in National Geographic’s 2017 Nature Photographer of the Year contest.

January 31, 2018, 5:09am Community

Jim Obester, an anesthesiologist with the Columbia Anesthesia Group, earned a first-place finish in National Geographic’s 2017 Nature Photographer of the Year contest on its website. Read story

Cascadia Technical Academy Foundation re-elects chairwoman

January 31, 2018, 5:08am Community

The Cascadia Technical Academy Foundation board elected Nancy Nunn as their 2018 chairwoman and Jim West as chair-elect. Read story