October 11, 2017, 5:59am Community
Evergreen Habitat for Humanity’s annual “Raising the Roof” fundraising breakfast on Sept. 19 raised $136,410. The money will be used to build the remaining four homes in the McKibbin Commons subdivision, which will go to low-income families. The benefit featured short videos showing interviews with two local families, one who… Read story
October 11, 2017, 5:59am Community
The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership hosted its Paddle, Pick Up and Picnic event Sept. 23 at Vancouver Lake. The partnership had 68 people come out for a day filled with canoe trips, beach and park cleanup and children’s nature activities. Throughout the day, the partnership offered up six canoe paddles… Read story
October 11, 2017, 5:59am Community
Rotary Club of Vancouver members visited Share on Sept. 8 for a service project. Read story
October 11, 2017, 5:59am Community
Workforce Southwest Washington received a $20,000 grant from the Honorable Frank L. and Arlene G. Price Foundation to help at-risk youth in Kelso learn work-related skills through design and creation of a community mural. Read story
October 11, 2017, 5:59am Community
At the Clark County Music Teachers Association meeting on Sept. 19, association members decided to send $1,000 to the Music Teachers National Association Benevolence Fund. The money from that fund will go to the Florida State Music Teachers Association and the Texas State Music Teachers Association, states that were both… Read story
October 11, 2017, 5:59am Community
Woodland Intermediate School second-graders received a visit from some of their elders recently: Woodland Intermediate School fourth-graders. The fourth-grade students visited with second-graders as part of the school’s Buddy Reading program, in which older students read to younger ones. The program is designed to be mutually beneficial for students in… Read story
October 4, 2017, 6:05am Clark County Life
I played the saxophone in various dance bands while attending high school and college in Arizona. The best band I played with in Phoenix was Freddy Duarte’s 15-piece band that played only Mexican music, which at that time included a lot of mambos. Read story
October 4, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Life
For more than nine months, Sifton Market has remained boarded up and fenced off. Read story
October 4, 2017, 5:59am Community
Norman Larkin, 58, of Vancouver was named Most Inspirational Client 2017 at the Gold’s Gym annual convention, July 24 to 26 in Las Vegas. Read story
