March 6, 2012, 4:00pm Community
Ellsworth Springs -- A new assisted-living facility called Stephen's Place has been proposed for 501 S.E. Ellsworth Road. Planned is a two-story, 44,000-square-foot facility for as many as 60 developmentally disabled people, occupying a little less than 2 acres of the 2.77 acre site. The applicant is Kevin Sauser of… Read story
March 6, 2012, 4:00pm Community
Meadow Homes -- The Clark County Dining for Women chapter recently celebrated its first anniversary of raising funds for grassroots organizations supporting women and girls living in extreme poverty in developing countries. The chapter meets on the second Tuesday of the month for a potluck dinner and presentation about a… Read story
March 6, 2012, 4:00pm Community
Old Evergreen Highway -- There's good news and great news at the Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center. The good news is that 41 volunteers turned out Feb. 25 for the annual invasive plant survey at the 100-acre site in Southeast Vancouver. Volunteers explored the entire property in search of invasive… Read story
March 6, 2012, 4:00pm Community
Mountain View -- Kenny Kim, a senior at Mountain View High School, has won the Prudential Certificate of Excellence for his volunteer service. He also received the President's Volunteer Service Award and a letter of congratulations from President Barack Obama. Kim is president of the Southwest Washington Red Cross Youth… Read story
March 6, 2012, 4:00pm Community
Fircrest -- The mouse problem that arose last month in the Firstenburg Community Center's Loaves & Fishes room has been solved. According to Margy Flores, local organizer of the AniMeals, the pet food is simply being stored off-site. The AniMeals program provides pet food for people already getting Loaves &… Read story
March 6, 2012, 4:00pm Community
Rambin' Creek Estates/South Salmon Creek Avenue -- Liberty Bible Church, 12401 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., is looking to expand. The church has filed an application with Clark County to add 6,400 square feet to the existing building. Read story
March 6, 2012, 4:00pm Community
Columbia Way -- More than 100 people from throughout Clark County gathered for prayer in response to the county commissioners proclaiming a weekend of reflection and prayer for the county. The two-hour event at the Water Resources Education Center on Feb. 22 Ash Wednesday coincided with the kick-off of a… Read story
March 6, 2012, 4:00pm Community
Hudson's Bay -- Ben "Flaps" Berry, a Tuskegee Airman pilot during World War II and a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal, spoke at Pearson Air Museum on Feb. 25 to a near-capacity crowd of NAACP members and museum visitors. He regaled the audience with stories of piloting a B-25… Read story
March 6, 2012, 4:00pm Community
Clark County's new land-use regulations have prompted the operator of a state-funded home for foster children to pack up and leave its West Hazel Dell neighborhood. Read story
February 29, 2012, 12:00am Community
Woodland -- The colossal, 40-pound cabbage grown by Jael Clark, a third-grade student in Melissa Sanders' class at Woodland Primary School, was selected as Washington's winner in the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage program. Clark will receive a $1,000 savings bond toward her education. She was randomly chosen as the state's… Read story
