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Market shoppers raise more than $1,600 for food bank

January 13, 2016, 5:55am Community

Cascade Highlands -- As part of Feed4More, a national customer donation program through Whole Foods Market, shoppers at the Vancouver location at 815 S.E. 160th Ave., raised $1,696 for the Clark County Community Food Bank. Read story

Yacolt: Yacolt Primary kindergartner Martell Hervi reads a book with Joan Spence, the school&#039;s media specialist, who applied for and received a $4,000 grant for the school&#039;s library from the Scholastic Reading Club and best-selling author James Patterson.

Yacolt school receives grant from James Patterson

Yacolt: Yacolt Primary kindergartner Martell Hervi reads a book with Joan Spence, the school&#039;s media specialist, who applied for and received a $4,000 grant for the school&#039;s library from the Scholastic Reading Club and best-selling author James Patterson.

January 13, 2016, 5:55am Community

Yacolt -- Yacolt Primary School received a $4,000 grant, pending school board approval, to receive new materials for its library. Read story

Battle Ground: The Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington had their annual Christmas party and collected canned food items for the North County Community Food Bank.

Pioneer daughters celebrate Christmas, donate to food bank

Battle Ground: The Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington had their annual Christmas party and collected canned food items for the North County Community Food Bank.

January 13, 2016, 5:54am Community

Battle Ground -- The Fort Vancouver chapter of Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington hosted their annual Christmas party at a member's house on Dec. 10. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: This one is about Bigfoot

January 6, 2016, 6:00am Community

Having been reminded of an incident from my past by the History Channel, I feel compelled to share. Read story

Battle Ground: Daybreak Middle School seventh-grader Colby Marsh helps move some of the in 3,851 pounds of food he and other Daybreak students collected for Battle Ground Public Schools&#039; annual holiday food drive, which brought in 23,928 pounds of food for the North County Food Bank.

Battle Ground students collect 23,000 pounds of food

Battle Ground: Daybreak Middle School seventh-grader Colby Marsh helps move some of the in 3,851 pounds of food he and other Daybreak students collected for Battle Ground Public Schools&#039; annual holiday food drive, which brought in 23,928 pounds of food for the North County Food Bank.

January 6, 2016, 5:59am Community

Battle Ground -- Throughout the first two weeks of December, students at Battle Ground Public Schools collected nonperishable food items for the North County Food Bank as part of its annual holiday food drive. This year, the schools collected 23,928 pounds of food. In a friendly competition to collect the… Read story

Esther Short: The Children&#039;s Justice Center received a donation of 130 bikes and eight scooters from the Longshoremen of Vancouver International of Union Local No.

Longshoremen donate bikes to Children’s Justice Center for holidays

Esther Short: The Children&#039;s Justice Center received a donation of 130 bikes and eight scooters from the Longshoremen of Vancouver International of Union Local No.

January 6, 2016, 5:59am Community

Longshoremen donate bikes to Children's Justice Center for holidays Read story

Union debate team advances in international competition

January 6, 2016, 5:59am Community

Students from Union High School's debate team have advanced to the Round of 32 in the International Public Policy Forum, making them the only team in the state to advance this far in the competition, which pits students from around the world against each other in written debates sent back… Read story

Salmon Creek: Heavy winds knocked over a 120-foot white fir tree at Susan Wiggs&#039; home, but it fell in a direction that it narrowly missed all nearby homes.

Tree falls, narrowly missing homes

Salmon Creek: Heavy winds knocked over a 120-foot white fir tree at Susan Wiggs&#039; home, but it fell in a direction that it narrowly missed all nearby homes.

January 6, 2016, 5:59am Community

When Susan Wiggs and her family moved into the Knollridge neighborhood, there was a 120-foot white fir in the yard they made sure to build their house around. On Dec. 21, when heavy winds hit Clark County, Wiggs noticed the tree swaying more than usual. She called her neighbor who… Read story

Esther Short: Jesse Harvey won an auction for a TigerStop SawGear automated stop at the Southwest Washington Contractor&#039;s Association holiday party, which raised more than $15,000 for the association&#039;s scholarship program.

Auction raises money for scholarship program

Esther Short: Jesse Harvey won an auction for a TigerStop SawGear automated stop at the Southwest Washington Contractor&#039;s Association holiday party, which raised more than $15,000 for the association&#039;s scholarship program.

January 6, 2016, 5:59am Community

For the Southwest Washington Contractors Association's annual holiday auction, TigerStop donated a SawGear automated stop, which was won by Jesse Harvey, a Vancouver resident and sales representative for Sherwin-Williams. The tool helps with measuring and cutting materials without the need for a metal tape, and Harvey plans on using it… Read story

Central Vancouver: Members of the Rotary Club of Vancouver dressed up and brought toys to kindergarten students and first-graders at Roosevelt Elementary School, King Elementary School and Washington Elementary School on Dec.

Rotary members dress up, deliver toys to students

Central Vancouver: Members of the Rotary Club of Vancouver dressed up and brought toys to kindergarten students and first-graders at Roosevelt Elementary School, King Elementary School and Washington Elementary School on Dec.

January 6, 2016, 5:59am Community

The Rotary Club of Vancouver spread holiday cheer to a few different schools recently. On Dec. 18, Rotary members dressed up as elves, along with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, and brought tiny toys to elementary school students. The group brought toys to kindergarten students and first-graders at Roosevelt Elementary… Read story