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Washougal: Jemtegaard Middle School seventh-grader Adel Cathey, left, and Dani Allen, Jemtegaard art teacher, with Adel’s three watercolor sunset paintings, which district staffers honored her for by hanging them in the district office.

Middle Schooler honored for foray into watercolors

Washougal: Jemtegaard Middle School seventh-grader Adel Cathey, left, and Dani Allen, Jemtegaard art teacher, with Adel’s three watercolor sunset paintings, which district staffers honored her for by hanging them in the district office.

July 12, 2017, 5:59am Community

Jemtegaard Middle School seventh-grader Adel Cathey was recognized by the Washougal School District office staff for excellence in art after an assignment asked her to work with watercolors. Read story

East Vancouver: Legacy High School students looking to work in science, technology, engineering and math settings visited Columbia Machine last week to learn about manufacturing, work flows and industrial safety. Back row from left: Jeffrey Culver, Dalton Coker, Christian Cramblett and Tristen Conn, and front row, from left: Genevieve Gomez, Emily Lovato and Makenna Every.

High schoolers receive on-site training with Vancouver manufacturer

East Vancouver: Legacy High School students looking to work in science, technology, engineering and math settings visited Columbia Machine last week to learn about manufacturing, work flows and industrial safety. Back row from left: Jeffrey Culver, Dalton Coker, Christian Cramblett and Tristen Conn, and front row, from left: Genevieve Gomez, Emily Lovato and Makenna Every.

July 12, 2017, 5:59am Community

Seven Legacy High School students received on-site training at Columbia Machine, where they learned about industrial safety, lean manufacturing, writing standard work instructions and continuous improvement practices. Read story

Innovative Services NW receives grant to upgrade administrative technology

July 12, 2017, 5:35am Community

Innovative Services NW received a $54,000 grant for an administrative technology upgrade from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Read story

Washougal: Author Gretchen McLellan taught Hathaway Elementary School students in kindergarten through second grade about change and coping with loss during a visit in June.

Author teaches students about change during visit

Washougal: Author Gretchen McLellan taught Hathaway Elementary School students in kindergarten through second grade about change and coping with loss during a visit in June.

July 12, 2017, 5:35am Community

Author Gretchen McLellan helped Hathaway Elementary School kindergarten through second-grade students approach the issue of change during a visit last month. Read story

Ridgefield: The new Free Little Library in Ridgefield, where residents can drop off a book and take some home.

Friends group opens new Free Little Library in Ridgefield

Ridgefield: The new Free Little Library in Ridgefield, where residents can drop off a book and take some home.

July 12, 2017, 5:34am Community

The Friends of the Ridgefield Community Library unveiled a new Little Free Library on June 17. Read story

Applause

July 12, 2017, 5:34am Community

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, SPRING 2017 GRADUATES These people have recently earned bachelor’s or master’s degrees: Amboy: Rosanna McClellan (magna cum laude). Battle Ground: Justin Aspon; Jeffrey Barnes; Layne Bauer; James Beavers; Jessie Bryant (cum laude); Colin Campbell; Kit Christopher (magna cum laude); Todd Crandall; Joshua Davenport (cum laude); Matthew DeBartolo;… Read story

Vancouver home builder named top place to work

July 12, 2017, 5:33am Community

Pacific Lifestyle Homes was named one of the top places to work in the state by Seattle Business Magazine. Read story

Hockinson: Miss Clark County 2017 Abbie Kondel scored a top-10 finish at the Miss Washington pageant, held July 1 in Burien.

Miss Clark County finishes in top 10 in state

Hockinson: Miss Clark County 2017 Abbie Kondel scored a top-10 finish at the Miss Washington pageant, held July 1 in Burien.

July 12, 2017, 5:32am Community

Abbie Kondel, Miss Clark County 2017, earned a top-10 finish at Miss Washington, held July 1 in Burien. Read story

Applause

July 12, 2017, 5:11am Community

Graduates Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Opposing soldiers played the hands dealt

July 5, 2017, 6:05am Clark County Life

My family comes from Germany. My father, Wilhelm, was 18 years old when World War I broke out in Europe. He was soon drafted and found himself on the Russian front. The term “Russian front” has nowadays a very ominous meaning because of the hardships suffered there in World War… Read story