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Boy Scout adds info to curbs in Northfield

September 24, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Northfield -- Boy Scout Jeffrey Niquette's project to paint address numbers on the curbs of each residence in the Northfield neighborhood was a success, resulting in a $300 donation to his Troop 462. Northfield Neighborhood Association leaders asked Niquette if he would take on the project as part of his… Read story

Christian writers pick up awards

September 24, 2013, 5:00pm Entertainment

Jantzen Beach -- Two writers from Vancouver won honors last month at the Oregon Christian Writers Conference's Cascade Awards. Sharon Bernash Smith won in the Published Fiction category for "The Train Baby's Mother" and Velyn Brown won for "Gospel Song in the Rain" in the Unpublished Nonfiction/Memoir category. More than… Read story

Customers crowd the Clark College bookstore this morning, the first day of classes for the fall quarter.

Clark College begins fall quarter

Customers crowd the Clark College bookstore this morning, the first day of classes for the fall quarter.

September 22, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

The parking lots are crammed. Fort Vancouver Way is busy. There's a line at the bookstore. Clark College is back in session. Read story

Lily Ritton, 5, of Venersborg helps make strawberry freezer jam during Homestead Day at the Venersborg Schoolhouse on Sunday.

Homestead Day at Venersborg: Learn, celebrate the old ways

Lily Ritton, 5, of Venersborg helps make strawberry freezer jam during Homestead Day at the Venersborg Schoolhouse on Sunday.

September 22, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

VENERSBORG -- There were chickens to slaughter, ice cream to crank, cider to press, pickles to preserve and more to learn here on Sunday as folks celebrated the old ways. Read story

What’s up with that? County counts cars to plan painting of rural roads

September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

The county recently put down gravel and tar on Southeast 17th Avenue, which turns into Coffey Road, which turns into Northeast 312th Avenue. The road used to have a double yellow line but they did not restripe it. It's really dark at night, and now you cannot see the road.… Read story

Vancouver Police Department Officer Charlie Ford talks with a group of teens on Southeast147th Avenue near Mountain View High School on Wednesday.

Hangout spot ‘420 Gate’ near Mountain View High School riles neighbors

Vancouver Police Department Officer Charlie Ford talks with a group of teens on Southeast147th Avenue near Mountain View High School on Wednesday.

September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

The fenced-off pathway from Mountain View High School to Southeast 147th Avenue has been known as the 420 Gate for longer than anyone can remember. That number being code for "time to get high." Read story

Neighbors calendar

September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Community

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Sideways ship was “turning at anchor,” port explains

September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Frenchman's Bar -- "Was the pilot smoking something?" is what one passerby wondered. But it only looked that way to folks strolling the beach on a recent Sunday morning: a huge ship, the Ken Sei, appeared to be stopped sideways across the Columbia River, perpendicular to the bank, and swinging… Read story

Esther Short: The Clark County Newcomers Club, above during a tour of Vancouver in September 2012, recently raised nearly $4,500 for The Children's Center.

Newcomers offer Children’s Center “heavy help”

Esther Short: The Clark County Newcomers Club, above during a tour of Vancouver in September 2012, recently raised nearly $4,500 for The Children's Center.

September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Truckies

Esther Short -- The Clark County Newcomers Club has spent the last year raising money for the Children's Center, a charitable clinic that provides mental health treatment for children and families. Read story

Humane Society names new board members

September 17, 2013, 5:00pm Pets & Wildlife

Bennington -- The Humane Society for Southwest Washington has appointed two new members to its board. Read story