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Culinary students cook Thanksgiving meals for the homeless

December 6, 2015, 10:43pm Truckies

Edgewood Park -- Students at the Northwest Culinary Institute prepared and delivered 100 Thanksgiving meals to Share on Nov. 24 to help feed the homeless community. The students cooked 100 servings of turkey, cornbread stuffing, gravy, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, rolls and cookies. "Anytime we can put the students… Read story

Body found along Blandford Drive in Vancouver

December 6, 2015, 8:47am Clark County News

Police are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found late Saturday night on North Blandford Drive in central Vancouver. Read story

Andy Matarrese/The Columbian Jim Morrison watches as a towing company&#039;s crane hoists a car from down the hill below his house. The car crashed into an apartment building below Tuesday night after it hit an embankment beneath Morrison&#039;s home, went airborne then down the hill on the far side.

Vancouver man fed up with crashes near his home

Andy Matarrese/The Columbian Jim Morrison watches as a towing company&#039;s crane hoists a car from down the hill below his house. The car crashed into an apartment building below Tuesday night after it hit an embankment beneath Morrison&#039;s home, went airborne then down the hill on the far side.

December 6, 2015, 6:02am Clark County News

The Vancouver man whose property served as the ramp that sent a car airborne in a police pursuit Tuesday night said that after five other crashes on the road below his home, he's tired of his requests that the city put in some kind of barrier falling on deaf ears. Read story

Central Vancouver: The Assistance League of Southwest Washington donated 166 books to Innovative Services Northwest, and League volunteers delivered the books themselves.

Assistance League donates books to children

Central Vancouver: The Assistance League of Southwest Washington donated 166 books to Innovative Services Northwest, and League volunteers delivered the books themselves.

December 2, 2015, 5:55am

Central Vancouver -- The Assistance League of Southwest Washington held a recent book drive, collecting 166 books for Innovative Services Northwest. League volunteers delivered the books to Innovative and stuck around to read through some of them with the children who will benefit from the donation. Innovative Services is a… Read story

Neighborhood Alliance seeks winter gear for homeless people

November 24, 2015, 9:30pm

Bagley Downs -- The Vancouver Neighborhood Alliance is hosting a Blanket and Coat Drive, and is seeking donations for homeless people. The Alliance is looking for winter jackets, blankets, sleeping bags, shoes, socks, gloves and beanies. Donations can be dropped off at the group's next meeting, 7 p.m. Dec. 9… Read story

Outgoing Vancouver Grocery Outlet operator Barry Sullivan, left, is passing the reins to incoming owner Carlos Rodriguez-Vega.

Grocery Outlet changes hands

Outgoing Vancouver Grocery Outlet operator Barry Sullivan, left, is passing the reins to incoming owner Carlos Rodriguez-Vega.

November 24, 2015, 6:04am Business

It seemed fitting when Bill Withers' trademark song "Lean on Me" filled the air at Grocery Outlet on Saturday. For 33 years, many thousands of customers have leaned on the store to take care of their shopping list. Read story

Kevin Wingate-Pearse, left, and Dan Valliere, Reach Community Development CEO, talk at a groundbreaking ceremony about Isabella Court, a future affordable housing development for seniors off Fourth Plain Boulevard. It&#039;s Reach&#039;s first construction project in Vancouver.

Vancouver projects eye affordable housing

Kevin Wingate-Pearse, left, and Dan Valliere, Reach Community Development CEO, talk at a groundbreaking ceremony about Isabella Court, a future affordable housing development for seniors off Fourth Plain Boulevard. It&#039;s Reach&#039;s first construction project in Vancouver.

November 20, 2015, 8:40pm Clark County News

Three apartment projects planned along Fourth Plain Boulevard could bring some much-needed affordable housing to the corridor, as well as fill vacant lots. Read story

The Rev. John Bishop of Living Hope Church in 2011.

Living Hope Church pastor steps down

The Rev. John Bishop of Living Hope Church in 2011.

November 18, 2015, 9:57pm Churches & Religion

The Rev. John Bishop is stepping down as senior pastor at Vancouver's Living Hope Church for moral indiscretions as he enters a restoration plan put in place by church leaders. Bishop said he plans to seek alcohol abuse treatment and might also receive marriage counseling. Read story

Ogden: Members of the Rotary Club of Greater Clark County built bunk beds for Community of Hope, a homeless shelter for women and children in Northwest Portland.

Rotary clubs build beds for Portland homeless shelter

Ogden: Members of the Rotary Club of Greater Clark County built bunk beds for Community of Hope, a homeless shelter for women and children in Northwest Portland.

November 18, 2015, 5:51am Truckies

Ogden -- Members of the Rotary Club of Greater Clark County came together on Oct. 24 to build bunk beds for Community of Hope, a homeless shelter for women and children in Northwest Portland. The Clark County group worked with the Downtown Portland Rotary Club and the Albina Rotary Club,… Read story

Business services consultant Marnie Farness gets settled into WorkSource&#039;s new offices, 204 S.E. Stone Mill Drive, on Monday.

WorkSource moves into new offices

Business services consultant Marnie Farness gets settled into WorkSource&#039;s new offices, 204 S.E. Stone Mill Drive, on Monday.

November 16, 2015, 4:51pm Business

Employees at WorkSource Vancouver settled into new offices Monday at 204 S.E. Stone Mill Drive, Suite 215, a central Vancouver location that the agency says will offer more space and better access to technology for employees and job seekers than the previous office. Read story