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What’s Up With That? Sideways smoke may be breaking clean air rules

May 19, 2015, 5:00pm Community

Could you please explain why Vancouver residents are allowed to build campfires in their backyards, allowing smoke to blow into neighboring homes? When I informed my neighbors that their fire pit was hazardous to my family's health, I was told it's legal. Why would this blatant air pollution be allowed? Read story

Land-Use Review

May 19, 2015, 5:00pm Community

The following are local land-use proposals. The county or city may rate them in three categories: nonsignificant, no environmental impact study needed; nonsignificant, provided proponents meet certain conditions; and significant, requiring an environmental impact study. Read story

The outreach team at Memorial Lutheran Church holds a retirement tribute to Gary Schonberger, right, in mid-April. Schonberger has stepped down as the leader of the church's food ministry and daily soup kitchen.

Rose Village charity looking for new help as volunteers grow older

The outreach team at Memorial Lutheran Church holds a retirement tribute to Gary Schonberger, right, in mid-April. Schonberger has stepped down as the leader of the church's food ministry and daily soup kitchen.

May 19, 2015, 5:00pm Churches & Religion

Gene Scott, spry and wiry at 79, doesn't plan on slowing down. But he allowed that it may be somewhat inevitable. Read story

Neighborhoods Calendar

May 19, 2015, 5:00pm Community

Neighborhood association meetings and events Read story

Spotlight on youth

May 19, 2015, 5:00pm Community

NATIONAL HISTORY BEE & BOWL Read story

In the service

May 19, 2015, 5:00pm Community

BASIC TRAINING Read story

Applause

May 19, 2015, 5:00pm Community

Education awards Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Girls hid one little candle behind a blackout curtain

May 19, 2015, 5:00pm Community

I recently read someplace that the light from the flame of a single candle can be seen as far as a mile. It jolted my memory of an occasion many years ago, when I was about 11 years old and living with my family on a farm in Southern England. Read story

Fruit Valley: Friends of the Carpenter volunteers Bob Tait (left), Barbarita Gately, David Cambrey and Kate McCarthy were honored in April for faithfully building simple water thermometers that help people avoid waterborne diseases.

Volunteers honored by Friends of the Carpenter

Fruit Valley: Friends of the Carpenter volunteers Bob Tait (left), Barbarita Gately, David Cambrey and Kate McCarthy were honored in April for faithfully building simple water thermometers that help people avoid waterborne diseases.

May 19, 2015, 5:00pm Truckies

Fruit Valley — The volunteers at Friends of the Carpenter sure shine like stars. Read story

Battle Ground: Prairie High School 12th-grader Nadesda Gushtyuk's submission to the 56th annual Student Art Show, which earned her a Best of Show award.

Battle Ground schools announce honorees for annual Student Art Show

Battle Ground: Prairie High School 12th-grader Nadesda Gushtyuk's submission to the 56th annual Student Art Show, which earned her a Best of Show award.

May 19, 2015, 5:00pm Truckies

Battle Ground -- More than 50 Battle Ground students from preschool and kindergarten through high school were honored during a school board meeting on May 11 for their submissions to the 56th annual Student Art Show. Best of Show went to Nadesda Gushtyuk, a Prairie High School 12th-grader, Pleasant Valley… Read story