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Mountain View band earns national honor

January 17, 2018, 5:55am Community

Mountain View High School was named a 2017 national winner of the Programs of Excellence Blue Ribbon Award. Mountain View was one of four high schools in the country to earn the distinction from the National Band Association. Read story

Central Park: Grace Hines, left, and Julia Hines raised more than $350 by selling their toys, clothes and shoes, and used the money to buy video games and board games. They donated the games to the Fisher House, which serves as a home away from home for families with veterans being treated at local Veterans Affairs medical centers.

Girl Scouts raise money for donation to veterans’ families

Central Park: Grace Hines, left, and Julia Hines raised more than $350 by selling their toys, clothes and shoes, and used the money to buy video games and board games. They donated the games to the Fisher House, which serves as a home away from home for families with veterans being treated at local Veterans Affairs medical centers.

January 17, 2018, 5:55am Community

Local Girl Scouts Grace Hines and Julia Hines raised more than $350 by selling their own toys, clothes and shoes. Read story

Fairway-164th Avenue: The Beach Boys, from left, Gil Stahl, Jim Knight, John Berg, Jim Mewhirter and Duke Silva, sang at the Fairway Village Veterans Day Program. The group, all veterans themselves, previously performed at the event 10 years ago.

Vets return to perform Beach Boys songs at ceremony

Fairway-164th Avenue: The Beach Boys, from left, Gil Stahl, Jim Knight, John Berg, Jim Mewhirter and Duke Silva, sang at the Fairway Village Veterans Day Program. The group, all veterans themselves, previously performed at the event 10 years ago.

January 17, 2018, 5:55am Community

Fairway-164th Avenue -- A few veterans brought some much-needed warmth to Fairway Village earlier this winter when they performed a few songs by the Beach Boys. Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

January 17, 2018, 5:25am Community

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

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January 10, 2018, 6:03am 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: Small last gift a painful reminder of love

January 10, 2018, 6:02am Clark County Life

It began like any other Tuesday morning. Little did I dream what Jan. 9, 2001, would unleash, events that would explode the rest of my life. Read story

The painted median between state Highway 500 and Interstate 205 in Vancouver. Last summer, the Washington State Department of Transportation took a lane out and changed this interchange to improve traffic flows onto the Interstate. But some southbound drivers lost quick route to the Mill Plain exit during heavy traffic.

Clark Asks: Change to I-205 interchange straightforward solution

The painted median between state Highway 500 and Interstate 205 in Vancouver. Last summer, the Washington State Department of Transportation took a lane out and changed this interchange to improve traffic flows onto the Interstate. But some southbound drivers lost quick route to the Mill Plain exit during heavy traffic.

January 10, 2018, 6:00am Clark County Life

Why did the Washington Department of Transportation take away one lane on southbound Interstate 205 at the mall exit? Read story

Free Clinic of Southwest Washington receives grant to help fund X-rays

January 10, 2018, 5:55am Community

The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington received a $4,000 grant from Columbia Credit Union to help fund X-ray services. Read story

Pleasant Valley: Rachel Friesen earned her private pilot’s license after passing her exams on Dec. 30 at age 17, the youngest someone can obtain their license through the Federal Aviation Administration.

Vancouver high school student earns pilot’s license

Pleasant Valley: Rachel Friesen earned her private pilot’s license after passing her exams on Dec. 30 at age 17, the youngest someone can obtain their license through the Federal Aviation Administration.

January 10, 2018, 5:55am Community

Rachel Friesen, 17, passed her verbal and flight examinations with the Federal Aviation Administration on Dec. 30 to earn her private pilot’s license. Read story

Hudson’s Bay: Members of the Fort Vancouver chapter of The Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington at the Miracle of a Million Lights in Portland. The chapter recently earned an award for most new members in the last fiscal year out of all chapters in the state.

Vancouver’s Daughters of Pioneers earn state award for increased membership

Hudson’s Bay: Members of the Fort Vancouver chapter of The Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington at the Miracle of a Million Lights in Portland. The chapter recently earned an award for most new members in the last fiscal year out of all chapters in the state.

January 10, 2018, 5:55am Community

The Fort Vancouver chapter of The Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington recently earned the large silver membership tray from The Daughters of the Pioneers state group. Read story