February 1, 2017, 6:01am Community
The Clark County Genealogical Society received a $3,140 grant from the Clark County Department of Community Planning for a historical preservation project. The Genealogical Society will work with the Clark County Historical Society and Washington State University to purchase equipment and train personnel and volunteers to digitize, transcribe and index… Read story
February 1, 2017, 6:00am Community
On campus UNIVERSITY GRADUATES In December, these people from Clark County received university degrees: Anna Borden of Battle Ground, at Montana State University, Bozeman. Melany Budiman of Vancouver, at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Ga. Christina Chen of Vancouver, at George Fox University, Newberg, Ore. Carolyn Fiorillo of Vancouver, at Montana… Read story
February 1, 2017, 6:00am Community
Volunteer Connections provides opportunities through the Human Services Council. Read story
February 1, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Life
I’m getting ready for Friday dinner with friends in downtown Vancouver. Then comes the phone call from our grandson, River. He’s just received a call from his dad who is stuck in rush hour traffic. Dad wants him to pick up his sisters — one at basketball practice at Mac-Arthur… Read story
February 1, 2017, 6:00am Community
More than two dozen students from the Ridgefield School District participated in the school-level Poetry Out Loud contest on Jan. 18 at Old Liberty Theater, reading the works of both famous and lesser-known poets. Senior Autumn Bochart scored a first-place finish with her rendition of William Wordsworth’s “Wandered Lonely as… Read story
February 1, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Life
Nancy Schultz stood on the corner of Mill Plain Boulevard and Franklin Street with a wagon full of plastic bags, buckets and garbage grabbers. She put on a neon yellow vest — “I Hough” emblazoned on the back — and peered toward a sound wall along the north side of… Read story
February 1, 2017, 5:50am Community
The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington received a $15,000 grant from the Dwight and Anna Schwab Charitable Foundation, which will be used to supply medications for low-income uninsured and underinsured patients. Read story
February 1, 2017, 5:45am Community
Kaiser Permanente employees split up around seven different locations Jan. 16 to participate in different volunteer projects as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Read story
February 1, 2017, 5:42am Community
Orchards Elementary School second- and third-graders participated in an Hour of Code recently. Read story
January 31, 2017, 6:00am Community
Lucille Eva (Ellson) Zgonc was born on Feb. 1, 1917, in a farmhouse in Gary, Minn., during a snowstorm. The doctor who braved the storm brought the family a Christmas cactus as a gift, and the cactus lives to this day. Read story
