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Kevanna Park: The Washington State Department of Transportation is using goats to help get rid of invasive weeds near a stormwater pond.

Goats help clear invasive weeds

September 21, 2016, 5:59am Community

For the second straight year, the Washington State Department of Transportation brought some adorable friends out to get rid of invasive weeds. Read story

Esther Short: Sandi Long coordinated the Furry Friends booth at the Peace and Justice Fair, where the Vancouver-based cat shelter raised more than $500 to renovate a new shelter and put locator microchips in cats and dogs.

Furry Friends booth at fair raises $504

September 21, 2016, 5:59am Community

Furry Friends had a booth at the Peace and Justice Fair in Esther Short Park on June 10, and raised $504 at the event, which will go toward the Vancouver-based nonprofit’s renovation of a new shelter. Read story

From left, Tom Poffenroth and Devon Bray, co-owners of Loowit Brewing Company, enjoy a beer with Michael Perozzo, founder of ZZoom Media, at Loowit in downtown Vancouver. They're among the organizers of North Bank Beer Week, which begins Thursday.

Brotherhood of beer

September 18, 2016, 6:03am Business

These guys don’t know exactly how many breweries there are in Southwest Washington. And they’d be the ones to ask. Probably something like 27 or 28 by now, according to Michael Perozzo. Little ones come and go, so it’s hard to keep up. Read story

Vancouver to teach neighborhood leaders about resiliency

September 14, 2016, 6:04am Community

Esther Short -- The city of Vancouver will host another class in its Neighborhood Leadership Training series from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 29 in the Aspen Room at City Hall, 415 W. Sixth St., Vancouver. Read story

Jim Thomas rides his bicycle up the steep hill of East McLoughlin Boulevard, just past the X Street intersection, as a car passes him Sept. 6. Residents in the Central Park neighborhood and members of a local bicycle stakeholders group have proposed a project to install speed radar signs and eliminate on-street parking on the south side of East McLoughlin for an eastbound bike lane.

No consensus on calming East McLoughlin Boulevard traffic

September 14, 2016, 6:03am Clark County Life

Cars zipped by as a group of cyclists slowly rode up the steep curve that spans about two blocks of East McLoughlin Boulevard in Vancouver’s Central Park neighborhood. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Pregnant Supermom rushes to family’s rescue

September 14, 2016, 6:01am Clark County Life

I was expecting my second baby in May 1962, near the end of the school year. We had planned to go to Salt Lake City, where my husband would study for his master’s degree. My mother-in-law suggested that I fly down from Minot, N.D., to stay with her, so I… Read story

Community

Goats help clear invasive weeds

Furry Friends booth at fair raises $504

Brotherhood of beer

Vancouver to teach neighborhood leaders about resiliency

No consensus on calming East McLoughlin Boulevard traffic

Battle Ground church group visits Guatemala

Vancouver student summers in simulated outer space

Local students attend camp for kids with heart conditions

Everybody Has a Story: Pregnant Supermom rushes to family’s rescue

Evergreen students, police partner for summer camp