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Battle Ground: Battle Ground Public Schools Superintendent Mark Ross, left, and Clark County Fire District 3 Chief Steve Wrightson show the Automated External Defibrillator donated to the district by the fire district and American Medical Response.

Battle Ground schools receive defibrillator donation

Battle Ground: Battle Ground Public Schools Superintendent Mark Ross, left, and Clark County Fire District 3 Chief Steve Wrightson show the Automated External Defibrillator donated to the district by the fire district and American Medical Response.

August 23, 2017, 5:55am Community

Battle Ground Public Schools received a new Automated External Defibrillator thanks to a donation from Clark County Fire District 3 and American Medical Response. The lightweight, portable device delivers an electric shock that can potentially stop an irregular heartbeat and allow a normal rhythm to resume following sudden cardiac arrest.… Read story

Ridgefield: The Friends of Ridgefield Community Library used chairs such as this one in their CHAIR-ITY fundraiserm which helped raise more than $5,000 for a new library.

Refinished chairs raise money for new Ridgefield library

Ridgefield: The Friends of Ridgefield Community Library used chairs such as this one in their CHAIR-ITY fundraiserm which helped raise more than $5,000 for a new library.

August 23, 2017, 5:55am Community

A $60 investment turned into more than $5,000 going toward a fund for a new library in Ridgefield. Read story

Vancouver woman raising money to build home for widows in India

August 23, 2017, 5:55am Community

Bonnie Bourdage went to India in 2015 to work in an orphanage. Read story

Esther Short: Esther Short Park hosted a celebration for Indian Independence Day for the first time ever, as a crowd of about 45 people, including Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, center, came to the park to celebrate Indian culture.

Indian community celebrates Independence Day

Esther Short: Esther Short Park hosted a celebration for Indian Independence Day for the first time ever, as a crowd of about 45 people, including Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, center, came to the park to celebrate Indian culture.

August 23, 2017, 5:55am Community

Indian Independence Day was celebrated for the first time in Esther Short Park on Aug. 15, when about 45 people gathered at the park’s gazebo to support Indian culture and feel a sense of community, even though India is more than 7,000 miles away. Read story

Volunteer Opportunities

August 23, 2017, 5:52am Community

Volunteer Connections provides opportunities through the Human Services Council. For information on the following and other opportunities, call 360-735-3683. Read story

John Keller

Eagle Scout

John Keller

August 23, 2017, 5:52am Community

John Keller, 18, a graduate of Jesuit High School in Portland, received his Eagle Scout award Aug. 5 at a ceremony at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Vancouver. For his Eagle project, John worked toward the rehabilitation of an American Civil War-era cannon for the Fort Vancouver National Trust which… Read story

Air Force Airman Brittney J.

In The Service

Air Force Airman Brittney J.

August 23, 2017, 5:52am Community

Air Force Airman Brittney J. Zipperian, a 2015 graduate of Union High School, has completed basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio. She is the daughter of Jon C. Conway and wife of Tyierre A. Zipperian, both of Vancouver. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Sure, when hell freezes over, she thought

August 16, 2017, 6:05am Clark County Life

I began nurse’s training at Providence Hospital in Everett in September 1952. We were a small class of 18 girls, just out of high school, scared and nervous about the future. Read story

For some people living outside of Ridgefield, N.W. 319th Street is the road home. But they say that when the casino gets busy, they are blocked from getting home.

Casino complicating access to road home, nearby residents say

For some people living outside of Ridgefield, N.W. 319th Street is the road home. But they say that when the casino gets busy, they are blocked from getting home.

August 16, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Life

When the much-anticipated Ilani Casino Resort opened in the spring, traffic was backed up for miles with visitors eager to check out the new venue. Read story

Central Park: Clark College student Castine Cruz earned a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship through the U.S. Department of State, which will allow her to spend four weeks studying in Costa Rica this upcoming school year.

Clark College student earns scholarship to study abroad

Central Park: Clark College student Castine Cruz earned a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship through the U.S. Department of State, which will allow her to spend four weeks studying in Costa Rica this upcoming school year.

August 16, 2017, 5:58am Community

Clark College’s Castine Cruz was one of nearly 1,000 undergraduate students to earn a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship courtesy of the U.S. Department of State. The scholarship allows students to study abroad during the 2017-2018 academic year. Cruz is an international student from Guam who came to Clark to… Read story