February 23, 2012, 4:00pm Clark County News
Reaching a record high in 2011, more than 30 percent of Americans 25 and older have earned at least a bachelor's degree, according to a report released Thursday by the Census Bureau. Read story
December 26, 2011, 4:00pm Clark County News
Nine-year-old Darian Sund doesn't mind that his parents prohibit him from going outside to play without supervision. Defeating animated antagonists and overcoming challenges in the elaborate universe of Nintendo's "Legend of Zelda" fantasy action video game is infinitely more exciting. Read story
November 28, 2011, 4:00pm Clark County News
Fern Prairie resident Jim Fisher describes himself as the "old hermit of Skunk Hollow." He has lived in his modest home on 1.5 acres since 1969. At age 68, Fisher could be the poster child for the rural community's main demographic: older, well-rooted residents who live primarily on acreage. Read story
November 1, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News
When Marty and George Embleton's eldest son was incarcerated six years ago after a drug conviction, the Vancouver couple immediately sought legal custody of their son's 8-year-old twin boys, Nick and Alex. A time of life that might have otherwise been spent in retirement and the freedom of an empty… Read story
October 6, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News
Clark County homeownership plunged from 69.2 percent in 2000 to 65.8 percent in 2010, according to the Census Bureau. Read story
September 27, 2011, 5:00pm Nation & World
WASHINGTON -- Increasingly visible, the number of gay Americans telling the U.S. census they're living with same-sex partners nearly doubled in the past decade, to about 650,000 couples. And more than 130,000 recorded partners as husband or wife. Census figures released Tuesday provide a rare snapshot of married and unmarried… Read story
September 4, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News
Vancouver retirees Larry and Lois Sickles thought the days of providing room and board for their children were a distant memory, left to the annals of the kids’ childhood photo albums. The Great Recession changed that. As residential construction slowed to a near halt, their 47-year-old son, Loren, a project… Read story
August 24, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News
Vancouver resident Reve Oviedo, 21, wants a committed relationship, but she says it doesn't have to come in the form of marriage. "I would definitely live with someone before I got married," Oviedo said. "It wouldn't be set on marriage." Read story
August 21, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News
Instructors at Vancouver's Children's Home Society of Washington often convene classes around a dinner table to teach parenting skills to clients referred by state Child Protective Services. "It's part and parcel of what we are trying to focus on in most of our programs: building that positive relationship between parent… Read story
August 11, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News
Thirty times per year, Vancouver resident Doug Lehrman dresses up as Curious George's best friend, the Man in the Yellow Hat, and reads a storybook aloud to groups of youngsters in subsidized preschool programs around Southwest Washington. The executive director of Vancouver-based Educational Opportunities for Children & Families, which administers… Read story
