August 23, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Esther Short -- The gardens around the Slocum House got a face-lift on July 22 thanks to the friends and family of New Hope Foursquare Church. Volunteers teamed up with Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation AmeriCorps volunteer coordinator, Nastassja Pace, to weed and revitalize the gardens around the historic theater in… Read story
August 23, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hudson's Bay -- The School of Piano Technology for the Blind, also known as the Piano Hospital, drew the winners of its Spring Extravaganza Raffle on Aug. 11. The winning tickets were drawn by Melissa Sutton, a member of the executive board for the Miss Clark County Scholarship Organization, who… Read story
August 18, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Fall term starts Aug. 22 at WSU Vancouver and, if a trend continues, students who don't want to pay to park on campus will seek spots on nearby public streets. Last year, county commissioners responded to neighborhood complaints by prohibiting daytime parking on some residential streets west of the campus. Read story
August 16, 2011, 5:00pm Community
A weekly list of neighborhood meetings and events Read story
August 16, 2011, 5:00pm Business
Folks who shop at Clark County's three Target stores are wondering about the big trailers and storage units lined up near the stores. These couldn't possibly be extremely early arriving holiday items, could they? It's still August. Summer seems only to have just arrived. It's not time for candy canes… Read story
August 16, 2011, 5:00pm Community
When I saw the title of a new book by Chris Licht, "What I Learned When I Almost Died," I flashed back to my own near-death experience. Had I learned anything that could be of use to others? I was an archaeology graduate student on my first dig outside of… Read story
August 16, 2011, 5:00pm Community
These pets are among those available for adoption from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington, 1100 N.E. 192nd Ave., Vancouver. Fees -- which can include registered microchip, health exam, a spay or neuter certificate… Read story
August 16, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Woodland -- When he graduated last month from Walden University, an online school, Roger Cook received not only his doctorate in psychology, but special recognition as well. Cook's dissertation, "Predicting Recidivism of the Convicted Sexual Offender Using the Polygraph and the Static-99," won a Contribution to the Profession Award from… Read story
August 16, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Bennington -- If you ask Rachel Lee, she will tell you the benefits of social media and mobile phones. The 13-year-old Shahala Middle School student won a laptop thanks in part to those two things. Lee was part "The 'Couve," a team her older sister Kaitlyn formed that joined more… Read story
August 16, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Arnada -- A heartfelt going-away party for Fit Sisters, a small downtown Vancouver gym for women on Broadway, was held Aug. 11. Fit Sisters was in business for five years but became a casualty of the sluggish economy. Its many fans bombarded The Columbian with glowing emails about their love… Read story
