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The Evergreen Public Schools board of directors appointed former Chehalis School District superintendent Christine Moloney as its new interim superintendent Tuesday evening.
Moloney led Chehalis — a far smaller district than Evergreen, with about 3,000 students — for four years. Moloney also has several years of experience as a principal, classroom teacher and district administrator in Puyallup and Bethel.
A judge granted Brent Luyster III a mid-range sentence of 7½ years Wednesday for a December 2022 shoplifting robbery he committed five months after beating a murder charge.
Luyster, now 20, pleaded guilty June 7 to first-degree robbery and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Charges of second-degree assault and possession of a motor vehicle were dismissed as a part of the plea agreement, court records show.
COWLITZ INDIAN RESERVATION — As the crow flies, it’s 2 miles between sister bird sanctuaries in Clark County: the 314-acre La Center Bottoms and the 5,200-acre Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
Draw a line on a map between those points, and directly between them are the bright lights of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s ilani hotel and casino complex.
A Battle Ground man was killed in a crash late Sunday night on Northeast Lewisville Highway north of Battle Ground.
D’Antai L. Nelson, 20, died at the scene of the two-vehicle crash. The driver of the second vehicle, Larissa M. Matson, 37, also of Battle Ground, was injured and taken to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, according to a Washington State Patrol crash memo.
Susan Parrish positions a cluster of violet petunias in a planter, before placing them next to a sunbed she found on Facebook Marketplace. Her new house is finally starting to feel like home.
For more than a decade, Parrish, 64, navigated various temporary housing options, from a recreational vehicle in Eastern Oregon to a shed without electricity or running water. But she persevered, saving her money until she bought her manufactured home in Woodland last fall.
