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County Public Works coordinator honored for conservation work

November 8, 2017, 5:55am Community

The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership named Patrick Lee, coordinator with Clark County Public Works, as the organization’s Steward of the Year. Read story

Minnehaha: Trudi Inslee, the state’s first lady, visited the Clark County Food Bank on Oct. 24, helping volunteers pack boxes and prepare ingredients.

Trudi Inslee visits Clark County Food Bank

November 8, 2017, 5:55am Community

Trudi Inslee, the state’s first lady, visited the Clark County Food Bank on Oct. 24. She packed food boxes with the Fresh Alliance volunteer team and prepared ingredients with the Nutrition Education team. Read story

Woodland: A partnership between Woodland Public Schools and Love Overwhelming received a $55,000 grant to provide services to homeless students and their families. From left: Leslie Mohlman, community, family, student resource coordinator for the district; Jake Hall, executive director of learning support and alternatives for the district; Chuck Hendrickson, founder and executive director of Love Overwhelming; and Jill Boaglio, a housing navigator from Love Overwhelming.

Woodland partnership for homeless families gets grant

November 8, 2017, 5:55am Community

Woodland Public Schools worked with Love Overwhelming, a Cowlitz County-based nonprofit, to provide resources and assistance to homeless students and their families. Read story

Battle Ground: Members of the Lewis River Rotary present a check for $20,000 to Ashley Homer, center, director of the Red Sweater Project, a nonprofit which looks to help kids in Tanzania continue education after elementary school.

Rotarians match challenge to donate $20,000 for school in Africa

November 8, 2017, 5:55am Community

At the Lewis River Rotary Club’s Oct. 24 meeting, the club presented a check to the Red Sweater Project to match a challenge from Rotarian Steve Mays. The challenge issued by Mays was for group members to match his $20,000 donation for the project, which will be used to build… Read story

In the Service

November 8, 2017, 5:25am Community

BASIC TRAINING Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Tristan R. Lawson has completed basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. He is the son of Patricia A. Lawson of Vancouver and a 2016 graduate of Union High School. Air Force Airman Ethan S. Thompson has completed basic training at… Read story

Everybody has a story: Shaving lesson leads to precious moment

It was a bright sunny day in the summer of 1956. I was only weeks away from my 16th birthday and was wondering if I was every going to see any kind of whisker on my face. Some of my friends were shaving at least once or twice a week. Read story

Community

County Public Works coordinator honored for conservation work

Trudi Inslee visits Clark County Food Bank

Woodland partnership for homeless families gets grant

Rotarians match challenge to donate $20,000 for school in Africa

In the Service

Supporters of new Ridgefield library eager for more progress

Everybody has a story: Shaving lesson leads to precious moment

Local insurance agency honored for best practices

New Seton Catholic football field blessed by bishop

Captain Strong Primary School students collect change for hurricane relief