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Kathy Decker, a candidate for Vancouver Public Schools Board of Directors Position 4, studies her campaign material in the parking lot of Grocery Outlet before campaigning at the Fourth Plain Community Market. Decker resigned her position as a kindergarten teacher at Peter S. Ogden Elementary School to run for school board, saying her experience as a teacher will help her frame policy and direction for Clark County’s second-largest school district. She’s one of several other teachers running for political office this campaign cycle.

Educators in Clark County strive to be sent to office

Kathy Decker, a candidate for Vancouver Public Schools Board of Directors Position 4, studies her campaign material in the parking lot of Grocery Outlet before campaigning at the Fourth Plain Community Market. Decker resigned her position as a kindergarten teacher at Peter S. Ogden Elementary School to run for school board, saying her experience as a teacher will help her frame policy and direction for Clark County’s second-largest school district. She’s one of several other teachers running for political office this campaign cycle.

July 28, 2019, 6:05am Clark County News

First they turned out to the picket lines. Now they're showing up on your ballot. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Lesson: Keep kids in front

July 27, 2019, 6:01am Clark County Life

We were on our yearly trip along the Oregon Coast with our 5-year-old daughter, Samantha, and 7-year-old son, Jordan. A “Log Trucks 500 feet” sign greeted us on Highway 101. We stopped at Bullards Beach State Park, where a bright yellow and black sign warned us of danger from the… Read story

Bid to lift ECFR levy lid back on ballot

July 22, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

East County Fire and Rescue is making another attempt, with one major difference, at a property tax levy increase after a rejection last November. Read story

This isn’t some Ozzian magic, just a studio mirror at DanceWorks Performing Arts in Vancouver — where pro dancer Lauren Cannon, center, teaches a class on a recent Monday. Cannon, who grew up dancing at this studio, which her mother founded, is now 28 years old and back in the area, performing in this month’s run of the musical “Wicked” at the Keller Auditorium in Portland.

Vancouver native dances in Portland ‘Wicked’ run

This isn’t some Ozzian magic, just a studio mirror at DanceWorks Performing Arts in Vancouver — where pro dancer Lauren Cannon, center, teaches a class on a recent Monday. Cannon, who grew up dancing at this studio, which her mother founded, is now 28 years old and back in the area, performing in this month’s run of the musical “Wicked” at the Keller Auditorium in Portland.

July 21, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

Lauren Cannon, a featured dancer in the touring musical “Wicked,” decided to leave show business when she was 6 years old. Read story

Riveridge: Dave Clark of Vancouver celebrated his 70th birthday with a trip to the Mason Wing Walking Academy in Sequim to take a ride on the wing of an airplane.

Vancouver veteran celebrates birthday with airplane wing walking

Riveridge: Dave Clark of Vancouver celebrated his 70th birthday with a trip to the Mason Wing Walking Academy in Sequim to take a ride on the wing of an airplane.

July 20, 2019, 5:57am Community

Dave Clark celebrated his 70th birthday in the air. Clark visited the Mason Wing Walking Academy in Sequim. According to the school’s website, wing walking “involves leaving the cockpit and climbing about on the aircraft.” Clark decided to go on a wing-walking excursion to support the veterans organizations he’s a… Read story

A kitten emerges from his cage at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington in July.

Wanted: Homes for furry friends

A kitten emerges from his cage at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington in July.

July 17, 2019, 8:52am Clark County News

With kitten season upon us, the Humane Society for Southwest Washington is offering 50 percent off on adoption fees for select kittens as part of its Kittenpalooza. Read story

Block 10, seen here in 2016, has remained undeveloped since the early 1990s, but Holland Partner Group is moving forward on a plan to built a 154-foot-tall office and residential tower on the site.

Block 10 plan includes housing, retail, office space in Vancouver tower

Block 10, seen here in 2016, has remained undeveloped since the early 1990s, but Holland Partner Group is moving forward on a plan to built a 154-foot-tall office and residential tower on the site.

July 16, 2019, 5:06pm Business

Hot on the heels of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Vancouvercenter’s fourth tower, developer Holland Partner Group is already moving forward on its next big project for downtown Vancouver: a new office and residential tower on Block 10, which would also serve as a new headquarters for the company. Read story

Jan Berichon, a child safety health educator at the Randall Children’s Hospital Safety Center, demonstrates how some of the window safety devices work in 2016. In the summer, window falls become more common, particularly in the Northwest, because many people use open windows to cool their homes.

Vancouver family continues to advocate for window safety

Jan Berichon, a child safety health educator at the Randall Children’s Hospital Safety Center, demonstrates how some of the window safety devices work in 2016. In the summer, window falls become more common, particularly in the Northwest, because many people use open windows to cool their homes.

July 15, 2019, 6:30am Clark County Health

If it wasn’t for the six-inch scar across the right side of Thomas Keen Cunningham’s head, it’d be difficult to tell he fell out of a window in 2010 and almost died. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Life in Depression aftermath

July 13, 2019, 6:04am Clark County Life

In October 1941, my father made a trip from our home in Omaha, Neb., to Portland. He and a childhood friend had been buying cars for two brothers who owned car lots around the city. Cars sold for less in Nebraska than they did in Oregon, so the job of… Read story

Innovative Services NW receives grant

July 13, 2019, 5:57am Community

Innovative Services NW received a $1,000 grant from the Re/Max Equity Group Foundation, the charitable arm of the local real estate agency. The grant will help the Vancouver-based nonprofit group in purchasing specialty therapy equipment for its Pediatric Therapy and Neurodevelopmental Center. The pediatric program offers speech, occupational, physical and… Read story