March 4, 2015, 12:00am Truckies
Clark County -- Three high school juniors were selected to take part in Phase One of the Washington Aerospace Scholars program, an online, distance learning curriculum designed by NASA and the University of Washington that focuses on the past, present and future of human space travel. The local students are… Read story
March 4, 2015, 12:00am Truckies
Battle Ground -- The American Music Program's Pacific Crest Jazz Orchestra took home first-place prizes from two competitions recently, one nearby and one from the other side of the country. First, the group of middle and high school students from Battle Ground and Portland won the Charles Mingus Jazz Festival… Read story
March 4, 2015, 12:00am Truckies
Central Vancouver -- Members of Innovative Services NW's Adult Day Health Center had a special visitor on Feb. 18 when they met Rojo, one of the Mountain Peaks Therapy Llamas. Rojo visits Innovative multiple times a year, and on his most recent visit, guests enjoyed petting, feeding and even sharing… Read story
March 4, 2015, 12:00am Truckies
North Image -- Image Elementary School received a donation of four iPad Minis last month from civil engineering firm MacKay Sposito. The iPads will be used by first-grade classes as part of the Lexia reading program. Lexia is an interactive program that reinforces fundamental literacy skills. Read story
March 4, 2015, 12:00am Truckies
Washougal -- Gause Elementary School students in third, fourth and fifth grades didn't quite hit the links on Feb. 26 and 27, but they were treated to a special lesson on golf during their physical education periods thanks to the Washington Youth Golf Academy at Camas Meadows. The classes went… Read story
March 3, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News
Jenna Jenkins of Camas was the first woman to finish the 12-kilometer course during Sunday's Fort Vancouver Run. Jenkins, 42, completed the race in 49 minutes and 12 seconds, 40 seconds in front of Jan Hunt from Sublimity, Ore. Jenkins was 11th among the 397 finishers, 266 of them female. Read story
February 28, 2015, 12:00am Schools
Washougal -- A group of Hathaway Elementary School fifth-grade girls took a special lunch field trip last week to Hearth, where they learned about table manners as part of the Young Women in Action program. Read story
February 25, 2015, 12:00am Community
Four Boy Scouts from the Fort Vancouver District passed their Eagle Scout Board of Review during the month of January. Read story
February 25, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News
The Shumway Neighborhood Association is believed to be one of the oldest in the region. Read story
February 25, 2015, 12:00am Community
Malden sits on the meandering boundary between the flat, arid Columbia Basin and the forested breaks of the Rocky Mountain foothills. It's circled by steep grassy hillsides with intermittent stands of scrub pine and rocky outcrops, and the vegetation, though often sparse, provides grazing for hardy white-faced cattle. Farmers also… Read story