Scott Hewitt
Staff Reporter
Email: scott.hewitt@columbian.com
Call: 360-735-4525
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Scott covers Neighborhood / Social Issues
Recent Stories
Rebuilding Arc will host anniversary open house
Want to meet those legendary call ladies?
Robert Schaefer named Clark County First Citizen for 2013
Longtime local attorney influenced land use, education, child care, more
Robert Schaefer’s fingerprints are all over Southwest Washington.
Local women write summer reads
Books by local ladies can be found on Cover to Cover bookstore's shelves
Any dedicated reader will tell you that quality fiction -- like life itself -- twists and zigzags in vital and unpredictable ways. Before that becomes true for readers, it's got to be true for the writers.
Torch passed at community foundation
Luncheon honors outgoing president, key philanthropists
Richard Melching was so celebrated, honored and applauded at the Hilton Vancouver Washington on Tuesday, he said he found the whole thing embarrassing.
Expert will speak on behavior of people with disabilities
The Arc of Southwest Washington will host developmental disability expert David Pitonyak, Ph.D., on the evening of May 30 at Vancouver City Hall.
Vancouver Farmers Market board seeks new strengths
New members, new structure intended to make group more stable
The Vancouver Farmers Market on Thursday appointed a couple of new board members, elected interim officers, worked out a procedure to vet additional board members and reviewed a draft of proposed bylaws changes.
Parents protest New Vision removals
Children were moved; where and how they are now is a matter of debate
New Vision Programs, a chain of foster homes for troubled children in Vancouver and Lacey as well as Clackamas and Milwaukie, Ore., has sued the state Department of Social and Health Services for pulling its kids out of its facilities without proper notice or explanation.
Bits 'n' Pieces: Serving as Olympia page a Hockinson family's tradition
Ten children, nine pages. Actually, you could add Mom to the mix for an even 10. When Julie Curtiss was 15 years old in 1973 she was a legislative page for state Sen. Al Bauer, D-Vancouver. "I just remember it being a really good experience," she said. "I learned so much."
Stabbing, robbery at Grand Central Fred Meyer
Suspect arrested; stabbing victim wounds "non-life-threatening"
A security guard was stabbed Saturday afternoon after confronting a theft suspect at the Grand Central Fred Meyer store.
