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Battle Ground: Police dog Luca with his new protective vest.

Donation puts protective vest on Battle Ground police K-9 Luca

April 13, 2016, 5:59am Community

One of Battle Ground Police Department's furry finest, K-9 Luca, has received a bullet- and stab-protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from nonprofit organization Vested Interest in K-9s Inc. Read story

Piano school receives grant from Lions Clubs

April 13, 2016, 5:59am Community

Several local Lions Clubs recently donated $2,784 to the School of Piano Technology for the Blind. Read story

Meals on Wheels People supporters, volunteers raising money to feed senior citizens

April 13, 2016, 5:59am Community

Supporters and volunteers of Meals on Wheels People raised $145,500 in one hour to provide 19,688 hot meals to seniors in Clark County at their spring luncheon presented by Columbia Credit Union. Read story

Battle Ground: City Manager Jeff Swanson takes his oath of office.

Swanson sworn in as Battle Ground city manager

April 13, 2016, 5:59am Community

Jeff Swanson, Battle Ground's new city manager, took his oath of office at City Hall on April 1, and again ceremonially in front of City Council, staff, family and friends at a city council meeting April 4. Read story

HP employees collect, donate basic household items to Second Step Housing

April 13, 2016, 5:59am Community

HP's Vancouver employees collected and donated a supply of basic household items for Second Step Housing as part of their International Women's Day event. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: The poltergeist of pie-making is one persistent little creature

April 13, 2016, 5:59am Community

Maybe it was a poltergeist, or some kind of malevolent spirit. I was pretty sure that I was cursed, or to be more accurate, my pie-making was cursed. No matter how I tried I could never make a really good pie. Either I'd get the consistency of the crust wrong,… Read story

Heritage culinary team places second at competition

Sifton: Heritage High School culinary team members Michael James, from left, Dallas Brock, Kyle Scott and Katarina Breithaupt.

April 13, 2016, 5:59am Community

The Heritage High School ProStart Culinary team cooked up something good when it took second place at the National Guard High School culinary competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma. Five teams from high schools around the state competed. Heritage's team, made up of Katarina Breithaupt, Dallas Brock, Kyle Scott… Read story

Salmon chowder tasting at school food pantry

Ellsworth Springs: Nutrition educator Marty Fields, from left, partnered with Maria Dorshkind, outreach coordinator at the Ellsworth Elementary Fresh Food Pantry, on March 22 to provide a salmon chowder tasting.

April 13, 2016, 5:59am Community

Marty Fields, nutrition education for Washington State University's Food Sense (SNAP-Ed) program partnered with Maria Dorshkind, outreach coordinator at the Ellsworth Elementary Fresh Food Pantry, on March 22 to provide a salmon chowder tasting. Read story

C-Tran’s bus route revisions are further refined

C-Tran's Route 4 is one of two routes that will be replaced by The Vine, a bus rapid transit line. C-Tran is planning other route changes, too.

Efforts to revamp more than a dozen routes in C-Tran's bus system continued with a public meeting Tuesday on the sweeping changes, and much of the comment revolved around ensuring continued access for the elderly and disabled. Read story