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Adam Kravitz, left, speaks with Kilo Ulestad at an Unhoused Residents Association meeting. "We are all experts of what's not working. That's why we're here," said Kravitz, who used to be homeless.

Unhoused Residents Association advocates on its own behalf

March 30, 2016, 6:05am Churches & Religion

There are neighborhood associations for most every area in Clark County, but what about people without an address? Read story

Bagley Downs: A Hammond B3 organ donated to ReTails Thrift Store.

Organ, speaker donated to thrift shop

March 30, 2016, 5:51am Truckies

Bagley Downs -- ReTails Thrift Shop received a unique donation this month when someone dropped off a Hammond B3 organ and a Leslie 145 speaker. Read story

Washougal: Volunteer Karen Johnson uses a portable loom to create a woven rug.

Historical society sees upgrades to Two Rivers Heritage Museum

March 30, 2016, 5:50am Truckies

Washougal -- Even historical museums need the occasional update, and more than 50 members of the Camas-Washougal Historical Society were able to see firsthand the improvements made to the Two Rivers Heritage Museum. Read story

Veterinary staff, Fences for Fido volunteers build fence for golden retriever

March 30, 2016, 5:45am Truckies

Andresen/St. Johns -- Nine staff members from Columbian River Veterinary Specialists aided more than a dozen volunteers from unchaining group Fences for Fido in building a fence for a previously chained golden retriever named Maylie. Read story

Battle Ground: From left, Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Nancy Miller, president of Lewis River Rotary Club, Barb Crozier, district governor of Rotary District 5100, Jill Kurtz, president of Battle Ground Rotary Club, Tom Crozier, president of Camas-Washougal Rotary Club, and Phil Johnson, mayor of Battle Ground.

Lewis River Rotary Club hears Ferguson discuss AG duties

March 30, 2016, 5:45am Truckies

Battle Ground -- Bob Ferguson, attorney general for the state of Washington, addressed the Lewis River Rotary Club on March 22. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Grandpa cooked up real love and bad pancakes

March 30, 2016, 5:12am Community

When I was a little kid in the late 1950s, my maternal grandparents lived only a few miles away. It was always a treat to spend the night with "Pop and Grandma." Pop, who had worked in coal mines and driven a logging truck, was a crusty old coot with… Read story

Volunteers use grant to continue efforts at Countryside Park in Vancouver

Skip Paynter, from left, Joan McConnell and Steve Wille, residents in the Countryside Woods neighborhood, look at a woodpecker hole in a tree March 8 at Countryside Park in Vancouver. The neighborhood association obtained a grant in November from the Vancouver Watersheds Alliance to purchase native plants for the park.

Residents who have helped to maintain Countryside Park over the years would likely call it a labor of love. And now, with the help of a local grant, these same volunteers hope to get others just as excited about the neighborhood's park. Read story