February 20, 2011, 12:00am Community
OGDEN -- Information about abandoned shopping carts included in the latest Ogden Neighborhood Newsletter was only about half true: Vancouver does not work with an independent contractor to sweep streets of shopping carts and return them to supermarkets. "A number of years ago, we had a fellow who approached us… Read story
February 20, 2011, 12:00am Community
HUDSON'S BAY -- The School of Piano Technology for the Blind, otherwise know as the Piano Hospital, received a $9,000 grant from the Northwest Lions Foundation. The money will help the school upgrade the school's HVAC system and replace existing heat pumps with new gas pack units. An LCIF Grant… Read story
February 20, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News
Two Vancouver residents were shot in the legs by an intruder Saturday night, according to Clark County sheriff's deputies. None of the wounds was life-threatening. Read story
February 19, 2011, 12:00am Community
SHUMWAY -- The Shumway Neighborhood Association recently won a $200 grant from the Neighborhood Traffic Safety Alliance for traffic calming projects. At a recent meeting, Shumway neighbors voted unanimously to use the money to repaint the piscine street mural at the corner of F and 31st streets, in front of… Read story
February 16, 2011, 12:00am Community
Van Mall -- The Fort Vancouver Library Foundation got some help from the Vancouver Barnes & Noble in securing more books for the library system. The bookstore held a holiday book drive, Nov. 1 to Jan. 1. Customers at the book store purchased 834 books and donated them to the… Read story
February 16, 2011, 12:00am Community
VAN MALL -- Camp Fire Girls Meena Mortazavi and Maegan Davidson, with the help of the residents at Van Mall Retirement Center, recently made cards for our overseas troops. The Camp Fire youth are sending boxes of candy overseas to local troops and the cards will be included. The candy… Read story
February 16, 2011, 12:00am Community
HUDSON'S BAY -- Val Ogden has been appointed to the Washington State Center for Childhood Deafness & Hearing Loss Board of Trustees. The CDHL maintains the Washington State School for the Deaf. Ogden's term runs through July 2015. She is a Washington native and has worked many years in state… Read story
February 16, 2011, 12:00am Community
I blew in on a fierce South Dakota blizzard in January 1919. My father rode his horse across what my mother always called the "godforsaken prairie" to fetch the doctor, who arrived after my grandmother had both delivered me and prepared a fine chicken dinner. The doctor pronounced me healthy,… Read story
February 14, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News
Inside quiet meeting rooms at Vancouver and Evergreen district headquarters, serious conversation is taking place that could rock the school days of thousands of students. A pair of ad hoc committees have worked to brainstorm and prioritize budget reductions that could affect every classroom and campus. Read story
February 12, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News
A joint arson task force is investigating a fire that apparently was set at a vacant house this morning. The fire was reported at 4:14 a.m. at 2417 Markle St., near the intersection of Kauffman Avenue and East Fourth Plain Boulevard. Read story
