January 19, 2011, 12:00am Community
Staff members from Clark County Public Works and Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation will discuss the Chinook Neighborhood Park project at a meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday at Riverview Community Bank, 800 N.E. Tenney Road. Read story
January 19, 2011, 12:00am Community
Vancouver Urban Forestry is looking for tree fans interested in a free six-week training course on all things arboreal. Read story
January 19, 2011, 12:00am Community
My pet peeve is neighbors who place basketball hoops on sidewalks in front of their homes. Is this legal? I have to be careful when waking my dog to maneuver around them so I don't trip and fall. But I don't want to knock on the offenders' doors to ask… Read story
January 19, 2011, 12:00am 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
January 19, 2011, 12:00am Community
When my Aunt Beatrice Granger died at age 80 in June 2010, she had no living relatives other than us. She was that one in family photos who stood barely visible behind everyone else. Her mother, her sister (my mother) and her brother died years ago. She saw the Granger… Read story
January 18, 2011, 12:00am Community
RIDGEFIELD -- Love to fish? Wish you could get paid for doing something you love? Apparently, some avid fishermen have figured it out. In 2010, 11,624 reward-size northern pikeminnows were turned in to the Port of Ridgefield for cash rewards during the season, which runs May to October. At $4… Read story
January 18, 2011, 12:00am Community
ARNADA -- Transitions, a nonprofit program which offers help to foster youth who are aging out of foster care, won a $2,500 grant from Divine Friends and its Gifts for Our Community program. The program helps clients, ages 15 to 25, navigate current and future life changes. The program relocated… Read story
January 17, 2011, 12:00am Community
Fisher's Landing -- Fisher's Landing Elementary collected more than 4,000 food and paper products during its annual food drive in December. The school donated the items to the Salvation Army for its food pantry. It is the Salvation Army's largest single pickup each year according to Roseann Thomsen, a fourth-grade… Read story
January 17, 2011, 12:00am Community
SALMON CREEK -- How much does a nurse make? Does lab work at a hospital look anything like it does on TV? What's the toughest case you've had? Questions about working in medicine filled a conference room at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center as about 20 Fort Vancouver High School… Read story
January 17, 2011, 12:00am Community
Evergreen -- Students from Evergreen High School won second place in the Jan. 8 We the People state competition in Olympia. Before the competition, students studied the rights and duties of Americans under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. During the competition, the students were asked questions about the… Read story
