June 22, 2024, 5:36am Community
VANCOUVER – Girl Scout Troop 60623 has spent the last few months collecting donations for Furry Friends Cat Shelter. Scouts also did some crafting and researching proper cat care for Furry Friends. They crafted some little toys for the cats at the no-kill shelter and collected wet food, dry food… Read story
June 15, 2024, 5:40am Community
SALMON CREEK – Washington State University Vancouver dedicated its new $63.8 million Life Sciences Building on June 6. Read story
June 15, 2024, 5:39am Community
VAN MALL – The annual meeting of Assistance League Southwest Washington was held May 16 at the Heathman Lodge. Read story
June 15, 2024, 5:37am Community
WASHOUGAL – Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School and Canyon Creek Middle School students used art skills developed throughout the year to compete in a contest celebrating local history, with winning submissions featured at the annual Parkersville Day celebration on June 1. Art teacher Alice Yang connected art lessons with history lessons,… Read story
June 15, 2024, 5:36am Community
WASHOUGAL – Fourth-graders in Khrista McBride’s and Samantha Howard’s classes at Columbia River Gorge Elementary school applied science and engineering concepts as they built, tested and raced balloon-powered hovercraft. Balloons were connected to bottlecaps, which were glued onto CDs, creating a small gap for air to flow out, resulting in… Read story
June 15, 2024, 5:34am Community
VANCOUVER – The Portland Rose Festival recently announced the awards and results from all three parades; Grand Floral Parade, Fred Meyer Junior Parade and CareOregon Starlight Parade. Read story
June 8, 2024, 5:17am Community
Jemtegaard Middle School students created a mural this spring to represent school pride. The mural is now on display near the gymnasium and features a design by seventh-grader Aubrey Gale. Read story
June 8, 2024, 5:16am Community
Woodland High School recently hosted its first unified basketball game, an event designed to bring together students from the special education program and their general education peers to create a spirit of sportsmanship and unity. Students at Woodland High School gathered to cheer on the inaugural unified basketball game during… Read story
June 8, 2024, 5:16am Community
VANCOUVER – David Rich, a philanthropist and community leader, was inducted into the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation’s Hall of Fame at the MD-36 Multiple District Convention held May 17 in Bandon, Ore. Rich, currently a member of Fort Vancouver Lions and a 30-year member of Lions International, has… Read story
June 8, 2024, 5:14am Community
CAMAS – More than 80 golfers teed off at the 32nd Annual SW Washington Kiwanis & RE/MAX Golf Tournament at Camas Meadows to raise money for the Kiwanis Doernbecher Children’s Hospital cancer program. The tournament netted $14,750 to help fund pediatric oncology and hematology fellowships. Read story
