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Columbian Education Reporter

Evergreen High School in the Evergreen Public Schools district.

Evergreen district cancels group events through April 3

Evergreen High School in the Evergreen Public Schools district.

March 12, 2020, 4:39pm Clark County News

Evergreen Public Schools, Clark County’s largest school district, is suspending all group events due to the ongoing spread of the new coronavirus. Read story

Washington State University Vancouver is seen in February 2018.

COVID-19 to push Washington State University classes online after spring break

Washington State University Vancouver is seen in February 2018.

March 11, 2020, 12:19pm Clark County News

Washington State University announced Wednesday that it would be moving all classes, including those at the Vancouver campus, online after spring break due to ongoing concerns about the new coronavirus. Read story

Woman, 80, dies in crash at roundabout in Vancouver

March 7, 2020, 9:10pm Clark County News

An 80-year-old woman died Saturday after she struck another vehicle in a roundabout. Read story

Rosa Wilson, pictured at center, and her 5-year-old daughter Juniper Kate Wilson were killed in a car accident near Brush Prairie Friday. Her two other children, Elliot and Iona Wilson, were in the vehicle. They survived but suffered critical injuries. Rosa Wilson is also survived by her husband Brian Wilson, pictured left. Kristi Byars was driving northbound on Highway 503 when she drove over the center lane, striking Rosa Wilson head on. Byars also died at the scene.

Victims in Brush Prairie crash identified

Rosa Wilson, pictured at center, and her 5-year-old daughter Juniper Kate Wilson were killed in a car accident near Brush Prairie Friday. Her two other children, Elliot and Iona Wilson, were in the vehicle. They survived but suffered critical injuries. Rosa Wilson is also survived by her husband Brian Wilson, pictured left. Kristi Byars was driving northbound on Highway 503 when she drove over the center lane, striking Rosa Wilson head on. Byars also died at the scene.

March 7, 2020, 8:55pm Clark County News

The Washington State Patrol has identified one of the victims in Friday’s crash north of Brush Prairie as 41-year-old Kristi J. Byars. Read story

This illustration shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.

First COVID-19 case confirmed in Clark County

This illustration shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.

March 7, 2020, 7:11pm Clark County Health

A man in his 70s was confirmed as Clark County’s first COVID-19 case late Friday night. Read story

Tsering Wangden, left, and Sharon McConnell, right, volunteer on a construction site as part of Habitat for Humanity International Women Build Week 2020 on Saturday. About a dozen women worked on the site, preparing it for future resident Ting Mangshang and his family.

Women wield tools of empowerment during Habitat for Humanity program

Tsering Wangden, left, and Sharon McConnell, right, volunteer on a construction site as part of Habitat for Humanity International Women Build Week 2020 on Saturday. About a dozen women worked on the site, preparing it for future resident Ting Mangshang and his family.

March 7, 2020, 6:49pm Clark County News

Habitat for Humanity volunteer Julie Gilbertson gave a little cheer as she tapped a nail into the siding of a Hough neighborhood home. Read story

Eleven displaced by fire at adult family home

March 7, 2020, 12:42pm Clark County News

Vancouver firefighters responded Saturday to a blaze at an adult care facility east of Orchards that displaced 11 residents. Read story

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

Report: Vancouver Public Schools keeps black kids out of class longer than whites

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

March 5, 2020, 7:20pm Clark County News

Black students in Vancouver Public Schools are kept out of school longer than their white classmates, particularly for minor infractions. Read story

Nadine Shane, 6, a first-grader at Orchards Elementary School, dives into her lunch while dining with friends in the school&#039;s cafeteria in early 2020.

17 Clark County schools eligible for free meal program, but none participate

Nadine Shane, 6, a first-grader at Orchards Elementary School, dives into her lunch while dining with friends in the school&#039;s cafeteria in early 2020.

March 4, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

More than a dozen Clark County schools are eligible for a federal program that would allow them to feed every one of their students for free. Read story

A medical worker walks past a sign informing visitors of health safety measures meant to prevent the spread of coronavirus at an entrance to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical on Monday afternoon, March, 2, 2020.

Clark County Public Health testing seven people for coronavirus

A medical worker walks past a sign informing visitors of health safety measures meant to prevent the spread of coronavirus at an entrance to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical on Monday afternoon, March, 2, 2020.

March 2, 2020, 5:20pm Clark County Health

Clark County Public Health is sending seven specimens to Washington’s Public Health Laboratories in Shoreline today for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing. Results are expected to be returned to Public Health by Tuesday or Wednesday. There are no confirmed COVID-19 cases in Clark County now.   Read story