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'Bubble Bye' at Battle Ground's Daybreak Primary School sends students off to summer

After the last school bell of the year rang Tuesday at Daybreak Primary School in Battle Ground, doors were flung open and 620 gleeful students erupted, transforming the calm into jubilant chaos.

On Gaiser Pond: Middle-schoolers have been doing real science

Program has one year left on five-year federal grant

Four years ago, the wetland below Gaiser Middle School was being choked by invasive plants and garbage carried by stormwater runoff.

Expansion of state Highway 14 complete

Construction crews finished a two-year, $49 million project this week that expanded state Highway 14 in Camas and Washougal.

Battle Ground upgrades online facilities system

Battle Ground has updated its online reservation system for city facilities.

Expect detours for N.E. 39th Street project

Starting Wednesday, streets will be closed for the paving of a new double-lane roundabout at the intersection of Northeast 39th Street and Northeast 137th Avenue.

Correction: Baseball resolutions

Baseball resolutions: Clark County commissioners allowed a resolution on funding for a new baseball stadium to die on the floor without a second in 2011. A story that ran Tuesday on Page A1 incorrectly explained the process.

Correction: City government

City government: Vancouver has a council-manager government with an elected mayor. A story that ran Sunday on Page C3 incorrectly identified Vancouver's form of government; it also incompletely described the council-manager government and the ways cities using it choose their mayors.

UPDATE: Grass fire burns beside I-205

Two blazes along interstate show fire season is here

A grass fire ripped up a hillside beside Interstate 205 on Tuesday evening in Cascade Park, threatening stores just south of the Fred Meyer at Mill Plain Boulevard and Chkalov Drive.

Campaign Trail: Vancouver City Council, Position 1

Vancouver City Council, Position 1: Otto Guardado is hosting a Hawaiian barbecue from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at 19755 S.E. 37th Way, Camas. The public is welcome. Register by sending an email to electotto@gmail.com.

Kimsey and Stuart team up with bipartisan 'Team ClarkForward'

Electeds will discuss home rule, vision for better government structure

Two elected officials from two different parties say they will present one direction for Clark County as it prepares to undertake a home rule charter.

UPDATE: U.S. House plan offers no money for CRC

Senate drafting its own version of transportation budget

U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, issued a statement Tuesday reiterating that the Columbia River Crossing project must meet all of its funding and permitting requirements before it is eligible for federal dollars.

UPDATE: Collective marijuana gardens still hazy in Woodland

City council split on whether to let temporary moratorium sunset

The Woodland City Council is split on whether to sunset a temporary moratorium on collective marijuana gardens to allow them within specifically zoned areas of the city.