May 13, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Submissions: Mail: P.O. Box 180, Vancouver, WA 98666; email: pauline.sipponen@columbian.com or phone: 360-735-4524. Read story
May 13, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Items for Spotlight on Youth should be brought to The Columbian, News Department, 701 W. Eighth St., mailed to P.O. Box 180, Vancouver, WA 98666, emailed to pauline.sipponen@columbian.com or neighbors@columbian.com, phoned to 360-735-4524. Read story
May 13, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Volunteer Connections provides opportunities through the Human Services Council. Read story
May 13, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Crystel Baye and her family were looking to move up in the world as they stretched their dollars to leave a manufactured home in Orchards and buy a two-story house in West Hazel Dell. Read story
May 13, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Felida -- Felida Elementary School fifth-graders got a chance to express thanks to their moms in a recent essay contest. Last month's "What My Mother Means to Me" contest was sponsored by the American Mothers organization. Three students won honors for their heartfelt essays: Zach Madrid, Brady Decker and Lucy… Read story
May 13, 2014, 5:00pm Community
Salmon Creek -- For her dedication to her identical twin sons and daughter, the Columbia Mothers of Twins Club recently picked club member Angela McKee as its 2014 Mother of the Year. Read story
May 13, 2014, 5:00pm Truckies
Brush Prairie -- Lloyd Stenersen, a developer and Ridgefield landowner who lives in Brush Prairie, is a new member of the American Angus Association, according to the national breed organization based in St. Joseph, Mo. Read story
May 13, 2014, 5:00pm Schools
Meadow Homes -- H.D. Weddel, a 1975 graduate of Fort Vancouver High School, was named Oregon Principal of the Year in late April. He's the principal of Bend High School. According to The Bend Bulletin, he is retiring at the end of this school year and will become chaplain with… Read story
