May 28, 2011, 5:00pm Business
Even before New Seasons Market opens its first Vancouver store, the company's leader has good news for devotees of the organic grocery chain. Its planned site in east Vancouver won't be Clark County's only location, said Lisa Sedlar, chief executive officer of the Portland-based string of 10 New Seasons stores.… Read story
May 26, 2011, 12:00am Community
Fircrest -- Sunshine greeted 125 Fircrest and Burnt Bridge Creek elementary students during the Fircrest Elementary School bike rodeo. The students took part in an obstacle course, face-painting, minor bike repair provided by Schroder's Bicycles and a decorated bike parade near the school. The Fircrest Parent-Teacher Association organized the event… Read story
May 25, 2011, 12:00am Community
Cascade Highlands -- The Vancouver Whole Foods Market raised more than $2,000 during a fundraiser for Urban Abundance, a local group dedicated to promoting urban agriculture and the local slow-food movement. The money raised from the event will be used to purchase wildflower seeds, fruit trees, and landscaping material that… Read story
May 25, 2011, 12:00am Community
Mountain View -- Mountain View High School's Math, Engineering and Science Achievement team of Jonathan Wu, Kuei-Jih (Brian) Lu, and Arranan Baleswaran won the 2011 State MESA Day Competition on May 14. Their coach is Emika Allen. The team will participated in the national competition in June in Seattle. Read story
May 25, 2011, 12:00am Community
Fisher-Mill Plain -- The Union High School music department has scored some wins at recent music competitions. In April, it competed against bands from Washington, California, Utah and Canada at the Seattle Heritage Music Festival. The Wind Ensemble was named the best concert band. Union Jazz Ensemble 1 was the… Read story
May 24, 2011, 12:00am Business
PeaceHealth confirmed Monday it will move its headquarters to the same east Vancouver site that houses Nautilus, Inc. and that will soon be home to Hewlett-Packard Co. Read story
May 23, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News
Dozer Day, where kids are king on giant machines, just keeps getting more popular. An estimated 24,600 folks of all sizes got down in the dirt over the weekend at the 77-acre Cemex/Fisher Quarry at 192nd Avenue, just off state Highway 14. That's a record for the 7-year-old event. Read story
May 16, 2011, 12:00am Community
Evergreen -- Three students of vocal teacher Linda Appert placed first at the WIAA/WMEA State Solo and Ensemble Contest in Ellensburg on April 30. The winners in each category competed against either 22 or 44 high-quality vocalists. Appert's students were Christina Arroyo, a soprano from Union High School, Natalie Parks,… Read story
May 16, 2011, 12:00am Community
Bennington -- Shahala Middle School students took first place May 7 in the Washington State National History Day competition. The winners are Seraphina Meacham, Alia Hidayat, Patricia Chen and Amika Parr. The win gives the students the opportunity to attend the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest at the… Read story
May 16, 2011, 12:00am Community
Image -- Two students from the Clark County Skills Center placed fourth in the Washington State Finals of the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition. Dakota Berge and Maksim Salfetnikov represented their school in a race to correctly diagnosis and repair intentionally installed "bugs" on vehicles during the competition. They were… Read story
