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Reach Community Development employee Rachael Meeks, right, and her husband, William Meeks, stand outside Isabella Court and look at a plot of land where Isabella Court II will be built. The couple live off Fourth Plain Boulevard and are interested to see how all of the planned developments will change the area.

Affordable housing projects dot 1-mile stretch of Fourth Plain

Reach Community Development employee Rachael Meeks, right, and her husband, William Meeks, stand outside Isabella Court and look at a plot of land where Isabella Court II will be built. The couple live off Fourth Plain Boulevard and are interested to see how all of the planned developments will change the area.

March 22, 2017, 6:04am Clark County Life

The Fourth Plain corridor could become a mecca of affordable housing over the next couple of years, with six subsidized apartment projects slated to be built along a 1-mile stretch of the central Vancouver boulevard. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Surprise storm turns walk home into near-tragedy

March 22, 2017, 6:01am Clark County Life

In 1956, we often danced in our stocking feet. That was called a sock hop. It was usually held in the high school gymnasium after a basketball game. As our parents left one such game, my friend Jeannie and I assured them that if we could stay for the dance,… Read story

Walnut Grove: Maggie, 1, was recently adopted out from Furry Friends, which received a $1,000 emergency medical grant from the Petfinder Foundation to help pay for surgery to remove a nasal polyp from her nose.

Furry Friends receives emergency medical grant

Walnut Grove: Maggie, 1, was recently adopted out from Furry Friends, which received a $1,000 emergency medical grant from the Petfinder Foundation to help pay for surgery to remove a nasal polyp from her nose.

March 22, 2017, 5:55am Community

Furry Friends received a $1,000 grant from the Petfinder Foundation. Read story

Bagley Downs: The Vancouver Sunrise Rotary collected shoes for students at Roosevelt Elementary School.

Rotarians hold shoe drive for Roosevelt students

Bagley Downs: The Vancouver Sunrise Rotary collected shoes for students at Roosevelt Elementary School.

March 22, 2017, 5:55am Community

The Vancouver Sunrise Rotary held a shoe drive for Roosevelt Elementary School, collecting more than 30 pairs of shoes for the students. Read story

Clark College journalists score awards at conference

March 22, 2017, 5:55am Community

Clark College student journalists scored first- and fourth-place finishes during the annual Associated Collegiate Press’ midwinter conference, held March 2-5 in San Francisco, Calif. Read story

Northwest: Members of the Northwest Neighborhood Association with Scott McHale, the neighborhood&#039;s mail carrier for the last 17 years who is retiring, on his last day of work.

Neighbors honor retiring mail carrier

Northwest: Members of the Northwest Neighborhood Association with Scott McHale, the neighborhood&#039;s mail carrier for the last 17 years who is retiring, on his last day of work.

March 22, 2017, 5:55am Community

Scott McHale delivered mail in the Northwest Neighborhood for the last 17 years until he retired on March 3. Read story

Five Corners: Orchard Elementary School&#039;s Shelly Waymire was named Evergreen School District Foundation&#039;s Educator of the year.

Orchards teacher earns Educator of the Year

Five Corners: Orchard Elementary School&#039;s Shelly Waymire was named Evergreen School District Foundation&#039;s Educator of the year.

March 22, 2017, 5:55am Community

Orchards Elementary School’s Shelly Waymire was awarded the Evergreen School District Foundation’s Educator of the Year award during a school staff meeting March 8. Read story

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March 22, 2017, 5:55am Community

Volunteer opportunities Read story

Washougal: Through a Washougal Schools Foundation mini grant, advanced arts students, such as Haleigh Metz, left, and Tianna Godin, made Zulu Coconuts by painting coconut shells that came in from Florida.

Grant flies in coconuts to help students study Mardi Gras

Washougal: Through a Washougal Schools Foundation mini grant, advanced arts students, such as Haleigh Metz, left, and Tianna Godin, made Zulu Coconuts by painting coconut shells that came in from Florida.

March 22, 2017, 5:55am Community

Using a Washougal Schools Foundation mini grant, a group of Washougal High School students received a shipment of coconut shells from Florida and painted them in honor of Mardi Gras recently. Read story

Woodland: Holland America Flower Gardens owner Benno Dobbe, left, presented U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, with a scarf during his visit to Washington D.C.

Florist heads to D.C. to speak for flowers

Woodland: Holland America Flower Gardens owner Benno Dobbe, left, presented U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, with a scarf during his visit to Washington D.C.

March 22, 2017, 5:55am Community

Holland America Flower Gardens owner Benno Dobbe was in Washington, D.C., earlier this month to meet with representatives to discuss issues in flower industry. Read story