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Fort Vancouver High School junior Ricky Bui talks with peer mediators during a mock mediation session Monday at Fort. Andrew Hillen, the Community Mediation Services youth program director, said peer mediators go through training to learn the process of mediation and what to do in certain scenarios.

Peer reviewed: Clark County students get mediation training to help resolve conflicts peacefully

Fort Vancouver High School junior Ricky Bui talks with peer mediators during a mock mediation session Monday at Fort. Andrew Hillen, the Community Mediation Services youth program director, said peer mediators go through training to learn the process of mediation and what to do in certain scenarios.

April 24, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News Updated 2 days ago

A Clark County nonprofit offers mediation training for Clark County students to help resolve nonviolent conflicts with their peers. Read story

Audience members stand to show their support for testimony defending the La Center School District Board of Directors Tuesday, April 22, 2025, during a La Center School District board meeting at La Center High School. Public comment at the meeting focused on the controversy surrounding the district’s policy on gender identity and preferred pronoun usage, which the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction found discriminated against students and staff. The district has appealed the ruling.

Pronoun policy supporters, opponents flock to La Center school board meeting

Audience members stand to show their support for testimony defending the La Center School District Board of Directors Tuesday, April 22, 2025, during a La Center School District board meeting at La Center High School. Public comment at the meeting focused on the controversy surrounding the district’s policy on gender identity and preferred pronoun usage, which the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction found discriminated against students and staff. The district has appealed the ruling.

April 22, 2025, 10:21pm Clark County News Updated 1 day ago

More than 100 people attended the La Center school board meeting Tuesday, an unusually large crowd for the small school district that has recently made national headlines for its policy on pronouns. Read story

Visitor Holden Castillo, 1½, from left, is all smiles while exploring the children’s play area with his mom, Veronica, at Vancouver Community Library in March. On Monday, trustees for the regional library system agreed on plans for both passage and failure of the levy, which they had earlier decided to place on the Aug. 5 ballot.

FVRLibraries braces for 30% cut in staff if August levy lid lift fails

Visitor Holden Castillo, 1½, from left, is all smiles while exploring the children’s play area with his mom, Veronica, at Vancouver Community Library in March. On Monday, trustees for the regional library system agreed on plans for both passage and failure of the levy, which they had earlier decided to place on the Aug. 5 ballot.

April 22, 2025, 12:57pm Clark County News

If a levy lid lift before voters in August fails, FVRLibraries would cut 30 percent of its staff, reduce hours and close the Vancouver Mall Library. Read story

A voter drops off his ballot at a Clark County ballot drop box in the Vancouver Mall parking lot Nov. 3, 2020.

Special election ballots due today in Clark County

A voter drops off his ballot at a Clark County ballot drop box in the Vancouver Mall parking lot Nov. 3, 2020.

April 22, 2025, 6:05am Clark County News Free

Today is the last day for Clark County residents to submit their ballots to be counted in the special election. Read story

Sheldon Angelo (left), Albert Angelo III (middle) and Al “Corky” Angelo Jr.

Vancouver real estate executive Al ‘Corky’ Angelo Jr. dies at 76

Sheldon Angelo (left), Albert Angelo III (middle) and Al “Corky” Angelo Jr.

April 21, 2025, 1:37pm Business Updated 1 day ago

Al “Corky” Angelo Jr., co-owner of the Vancouver property management company founded by his father and namesake, died Saturday. He was 76. Read story

Alicia Kaye Stowe sits at the defense table Tuesday during her trial for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. The former Daybreak Youth Services skills coach was accused of having sexual contact with a minor patient while at the Brush Prairie facility. Judge Jennifer Snider dismissed the case Wednesday for lack of evidence.

Judge cites accuser’s lack of certainty in dismissing the sexual misconduct case against a Daybreak youth counselor

Alicia Kaye Stowe sits at the defense table Tuesday during her trial for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. The former Daybreak Youth Services skills coach was accused of having sexual contact with a minor patient while at the Brush Prairie facility. Judge Jennifer Snider dismissed the case Wednesday for lack of evidence.

April 17, 2025, 12:47pm Clark County News

A judge on Wednesday dismissed the criminal case against a former Daybreak Youth Services skills coach accused of having sexual contact with a then-16-year-old patient. In her dismissal, Clark County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Snider cited the accuser’s lack of certainty on the stand that the incident happened. Read story

Union High School senior and student advocate Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, 17, speaks to the Evergreen school board Feb. 11. He taught himself Spanish his freshman year. By his sophomore year, he said his teachers started asking him to translate for multilingual learners.

‘Do I step in?’: In Evergreen and Vancouver districts, students are asked to translate for ‘multilingual learner’ classmates

Union High School senior and student advocate Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, 17, speaks to the Evergreen school board Feb. 11. He taught himself Spanish his freshman year. By his sophomore year, he said his teachers started asking him to translate for multilingual learners.

April 17, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

During his freshman year, Union High School student Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, a native English speaker, asked his Spanish-speaking family members to help him learn that language, too. By his sophomore year, his teachers started asking him to translate for fellow students, he said. Read story

Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, estudiante de último año en Union High School y defensor estudiantil, de 17 años, habla ante el consejo escolar de Evergreen el 11 de febrero. Aprendió español por su cuenta en su primer año. En su segundo año, dijo que sus maestros comenzaron a pedirle que tradujera para los estudiantes multilingües.

¿“Debería intervenir?”: En los distritos escolares de Evergreen y Vancouver, se le puede pedir a los estudiantes que traduzcan para compañeros que son “estudiantes multilingües”

Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, estudiante de último año en Union High School y defensor estudiantil, de 17 años, habla ante el consejo escolar de Evergreen el 11 de febrero. Aprendió español por su cuenta en su primer año. En su segundo año, dijo que sus maestros comenzaron a pedirle que tradujera para los estudiantes multilingües.

April 17, 2025, 6:07am Clark County News

Durante su primer año, Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, estudiante del Union High School y hablante nativo del inglés, pidió a sus familiares hispanohablantes que lo ayudaran también a aprender ese idioma. Durante su segundo año de estudios, sus profesores comenzaron a pedirle que tradujera para sus compañeros, según indicó. Read story

Hudson’s Bay High School students gather in front of the Vancouver Public Schools administrative services building Jan. 6 while protesting the district’s handing of sexual allegations against a Hudson’s Bay teacher. Vancouver Public Schools’ teachers shared their outrage at Monday’s board meeting.

‘Your apologies mean nothing if it is not accompanied by change’: Vancouver teachers confront school board about facing parents’ outrage sparked by misconduct investigation

Hudson’s Bay High School students gather in front of the Vancouver Public Schools administrative services building Jan. 6 while protesting the district’s handing of sexual allegations against a Hudson’s Bay teacher. Vancouver Public Schools’ teachers shared their outrage at Monday’s board meeting.

April 9, 2025, 1:22pm Clark County News

Teachers told the Vancouver school board on Tuesday they felt blindsided when the district released results of an investigation into a former teacher’s alleged sexual misconduct the day before parent conferences. Read story

The former Peter S. Ogden Elementary School, background, is seen here behind a portion of the new Peter S. Ogden Elementary School in 2019. Peter S. Ogden Elementary will drop the “Peter S.” starting next school year.

Vancouver Public Schools board cites violent history in vote to change names of Harney, Peter S. Ogden elementary schools

The former Peter S. Ogden Elementary School, background, is seen here behind a portion of the new Peter S. Ogden Elementary School in 2019. Peter S. Ogden Elementary will drop the “Peter S.” starting next school year.

April 9, 2025, 11:54am Clark County News

The Vancouver school board voted to rename two elementary schools at their Monday meeting, citing the violent histories of their namesakes. Read story