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Mountain View grad earns state AP honor

November 4, 2015, 5:59am Community

Mountain View -- Mountain View High School graduate Emily Leland, Class of 2015, earned the Outstanding Female Advanced Placement State Scholar Award for Washington state. Each state has one male and female student who earns the scholar award. Evergreen Public Schools had 67 students, out of 612 in the state,… Read story

Innovative Services surpasses goal at Give More 24!

November 4, 2015, 5:59am Community

Innovative Services NW, the Vancouver-based nonprofit group that works with more than 1,300 children and adults facing disabilities and disadvantages, raised $6,220 from 115 donors, including a $1,000 prize from the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington, during Give More 24! Innovative Services set a goal of 75 donors during the… Read story

Camas: The Camas High School DECA team --which includes Chris Okimoto, from left, Kevin Chen, Cameron Vega, Kris Ahn, Andrew Carson and Amanda Shi -- raised $3,837 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association at a golf tournament on Oct.

DECA team raises money for muscular dystrophy with golf tournament

Camas: The Camas High School DECA team --which includes Chris Okimoto, from left, Kevin Chen, Cameron Vega, Kris Ahn, Andrew Carson and Amanda Shi -- raised $3,837 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association at a golf tournament on Oct.

November 4, 2015, 5:59am Community

Camas High School's DECA team raised $3,837 through its Muscular Dystrophy Association Golf Tournament on Oct. 25 at Camas Meadows Golf Course. DECA members enrolled 64 golfers, and organized sponsors and donations for raffle prizes. The tournament was part of the DECA Community Service Chapter Project, headed by Amanda Shi… Read story

(The Columbian files)
If fear really isn&#039;t your thing, try some truly life-affirming fun -- like pressing apples for cider -- at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill.

SHRIEK! and giggle at spooky celebrations

(The Columbian files)
If fear really isn&#039;t your thing, try some truly life-affirming fun -- like pressing apples for cider -- at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill.

October 30, 2015, 12:59pm Clark County Health

Why is fear fun? Brain researchers have learned a lot in recent years about the chemistry, the electrical impulses, the ancient fight-or-flight response that couldn't care less whether you're facing a real monster or just a monster in a movie. Read story

A candle illuminates a framed photo of Cadence Boyer at her grandmother&#039;s house in Vancouver. Cadence was struck by an allegedly intoxicated driver on Halloween night last year and died two days later.

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A candle illuminates a framed photo of Cadence Boyer at her grandmother&#039;s house in Vancouver. Cadence was struck by an allegedly intoxicated driver on Halloween night last year and died two days later.

October 29, 2015, 10:28pm Clark County Health

Annie Boyer can't go into her 7-year-old daughter's old bedroom, its walls decorated with photos of Paris. She can't read the messages of love that the first-grader wrote in crayon on dozens of pieces of paper. Read story

Jim Mains of Vancouver looks over the Nextdoor Treat Map on his iPad outside his home in Northwest neighborhood. People across the county are using the map to mark their homes as trick-or-treat friendly.

Trick-or-treating? There’s an app for that

Jim Mains of Vancouver looks over the Nextdoor Treat Map on his iPad outside his home in Northwest neighborhood. People across the county are using the map to mark their homes as trick-or-treat friendly.

October 28, 2015, 11:59am Clark County Life

Trick-or-treating is getting high-tech. Read story

Pork pulls in $2,000 for Woodland YMCA

October 28, 2015, 5:59am Community

More than $2,000 was raised for the Woodland YMCA Building Fund at Woodland High School's homecoming game. At the game, Burgerville donated food and supplies, and had employees volunteer on site for the Pulled Pork Homecoming Event. The Woodland Community Swimming Pool Committee and YMCA of Columbia-Willamette are teaming up… Read story

Battle Ground: Captain Strong Primary fourth-graders baked bread at home to donate to shelters after a display from King Arthur Flour, featuring students Oliver Cristaudo and Kallie Carrigan.

Students bake bread for shelters

Battle Ground: Captain Strong Primary fourth-graders baked bread at home to donate to shelters after a display from King Arthur Flour, featuring students Oliver Cristaudo and Kallie Carrigan.

October 28, 2015, 5:59am Community

Battle Ground -- A representative of King Arthur Flour brought flour and yeast to Captain Strong Primary and showed fourth-graders how to bake bread. For their homework, students had to bake two loves of bread each while at home over a recent weekend, and bring the bread into school. The… Read story

Fairway neighbors discuss emergency preparedness

October 28, 2015, 5:59am Community

More than 160 residents visited a safety fair at Fairway Village on Oct. 1 and 6, where they learned how to better prepare for a personal or area emergency. Eric Frank, Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency emergency management coordinator, and Judi Bailey, Vancouver neighborhoods program manager, made presentations and told… Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Scary movie put money in her pocket

October 28, 2015, 5:59am Community

October, late 1980s. My husband and son want to watch a "Friday the 13th" movie one Saturday afternoon. After they reassure me that the movie is indeed just a movie and doesn't have a grain of truth in it, we settle down in the living room to watch. Read story