October 29, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News
From terrifying "live" monsters to a "barely scary, rather friendly" Haunted Hall built onto a porch, many Clark County residents are going gangbusters this season with festive yard displays. Here are some homes, submitted by Columbian readers, where you are invited to pass by and check out their chilling creations.… Read story
October 29, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News
Spooky or scary, creative or cute? How does your Halloween look this year? Read story
October 29, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News
LA CENTER -- If you want to see an explosion of excitement, just ask a group of kindergartners about their favorite candy. Read story
October 29, 2013, 5:00pm Community
It has puzzled me that a household with one person pays the same amount for wastewater (just went up to $70 a month) as a family of four or more. I was told that the wastewater department doesn't have a way to monitor the amount of sewage each household generates.… Read story
October 29, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
La Center and Woodland -- Justin Keeler, the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District community librarian for La Center and Woodland, went to Port Townsend in mid-October for a week of "cultivating leadership skills in library staff," he said, via the Pacific Northwest Library Association's Leadership Institute. Read story
October 29, 2013, 5:00pm Schools
Camas -- Camas High School students vied to be the top dog of hot dogs when the DECA club held its Hot Dogs for MDA fundraiser on Oct. 15 and 17, benefitting the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Club members in four groups ran hot dog stands with names such as "Buns… Read story
October 29, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News
Hockinson -- Hockinson author Dan Strawn was recently nominated for a 2014 Pacific Northwest Book Sellers Association award for his novel "Black Wolf's Return." The book released in July by Bluewood Publishing tells a story spanning 300 years about the "parallel fates of both wolves and the Nez Perce Indians… Read story
October 29, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Brush Prairie -- Did you know that Washington state's first test tube baby grew up in Brush Prairie? Chris Easter, who now lives in Portland and turned 30 this past week, has been the subject of recent media attention. Easter was born in Spokane in 1983 to Kathy and Patrick… Read story
October 29, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Fruit Valley -- The woman who steered teetering nonprofit housing agency Affordable Community Environments back from the brink, and led the way to a merger with Portland housing agency REACH, has been honored as a Friend of Housing by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission. Leah Greenwood "put the housing… Read story
October 29, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies
Esther Short -- The late Darin Thorp's greatest love, aside from his children, was soccer. Read story
