September 25, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hudson's Bay -- More than 150 volunteers spent six hours Sept. 17 re-enacting the Night of the Shark at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. The historic re-enactment timeline began pre-World War II and traveled back to the night of Sept. 13, 1846, when the USS Shark shipwrecked on a… Read story
September 25, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Columbia Way -- More than 300 people attended the 16th-annual Sturgeon Festival on Sept. 17 at the Water Resources Education Center. Steven Lattanzi of Creature Feature kicked off the event, followed by Olaf Langness, of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, who dissected sturgeon and a steelhead. Children enjoyed… Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Central Park -- Gulf War veteran Allen Russell of the band OCDlove recently posted online a song and video he wrote about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Russell calls "The Madness of Ophelia" "a gentle and sweet reminder, and dedication to those lives lost on 9/11 and those who… Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Ogden -- A new Chase bank branch might be coming to the neighborhood. Planners are reviewing an application by Jon Thornburg of J.P. Morgan Chase to build a new, one-story 4,120-square-foot bank branch at 2025 N.E. Andresen Road, near the Andresen WinCo store. Plans for the branch call for an… Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hudson's Bay -- Jason Hudson of solid-waste services company Waste Connections Inc. and his dance partner were crowned champions of the Fort Vancouver National Trust's Dancing With the Local Stars fundraising event on Sept. 10. Read story
September 20, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Central Park -- A riverine area with bridge, a play boat, log walks and lily pad-shaped logs are among the new arrivals at Marshall Community Park. Read story
September 17, 2011, 5:00pm Clark County News
Nearly 18 months after the last drop of water was drained from the Hough Pool, its leaders have a new vision for its future. The Hough Foundation, which owns the pool, plans to convert the building into a multipurpose center with a cutting-edge early childhood education center, after-school programs and… Read story
September 13, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Harney Heights -- The Harney Heights Neighborhood Association turned 30 this year. To celebrate, the city of Vancouver provided a chocolate mousse cake for the July meeting; neighbors brought lemonade, watermelon and berries to share. Read story
September 7, 2011, 12:00am Community
Meadow Homes -- More than 400 volunteers from Living Hope Church descended on Fort Vancouver High School Aug. 20 to give the grounds a face-lift. In four hours, the volunteers spread 255 loads of donated bark dust, washed windows, painted, trimmed trees, pressure washed the entire facility and took out… Read story
August 30, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Harney Heights -- The Harney Heights Neighborhood Association is considering breaking in two. Read story
