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On Feb. 11, Ridgefield School District officials recognized the February Employees and Students of the Month at the board of directors meeting.

Ridgefield School District celebrates February Students and Employees of the Month

On Feb. 11, Ridgefield School District officials recognized the February Employees and Students of the Month at the board of directors meeting.

February 22, 2025, 5:37am Clark County News

On Feb. 11, Ridgefield School District officials recognized the February Employees and Students of the Month at the regular board meeting. Read story

Students from around Clark County participated in the regional Knowledge Bowl meet at Washougal High School on Feb. 5.

Washougal High School hosts Knowledge Bowl competition

Students from around Clark County participated in the regional Knowledge Bowl meet at Washougal High School on Feb. 5.

February 22, 2025, 5:37am Clark County News

Students from around Clark County participated in the regional Knowledge Bowl meet at Washougal High School on Feb. 5. Read story

Members of 100 Women Who Care Clark County presented $6,900 to Charis Counseling Associates on February 5 at their first quarterly meeting of 2025.

Charis Counseling Associates receives $6,900 from 100 Women Who Care Clark County

Members of 100 Women Who Care Clark County presented $6,900 to Charis Counseling Associates on February 5 at their first quarterly meeting of 2025.

February 22, 2025, 5:36am Clark County News

CAMAS – Members of 100 Women Who Care Clark County presented $6,900 to Charis Counseling Associates on Feb. 5 at the group’s first quarterly meeting of the year. Read story

Fruit Valley Elementary kindergartners get new bikes through grant

February 22, 2025, 5:35am Clark County News

FRUIT VALLEY – Twenty-four kindergartners at Fruit Valley Elementary School received brand new bikes this month thanks to the All Kids Bike Learn-to-Ride Bicycle Program and a grant from the HDR Foundation. Read story

Health Worker Report, Feb. 22, 2025

February 22, 2025, 5:29am Clark County Health

The Washington State Department of Health recently took disciplinary actions or has withdrawn charges against these Clark County providers. Read story

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Clark County sheriff seeks info on possible other victims of child abuse after minister arrested

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February 21, 2025, 5:29pm Clark County News

Clark County sheriff’s deputies are seeking information about possible additional victims after they arrested a Hazel Dell minister who investigators say disciplined a 6-year-old by whipping the child with a belt. Read story

Jesse Bulakites, 22, left, appears Friday with his defense attorney for his sentencing hearing in Clark County Superior Court. A judge sentenced him to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Washougal man gets 5 years for possessing child sex abuse imagery

Jesse Bulakites, 22, left, appears Friday with his defense attorney for his sentencing hearing in Clark County Superior Court. A judge sentenced him to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

February 21, 2025, 3:53pm Clark County News

A judge on Friday sentenced a Washougal man who formerly worked with kids during after-school activities to five years in prison for possessing child sex abuse imagery. Read story

The Columbia River pours through the Bonneville Dam spillway Aug. 22. The Army Corps of Engineers owns and operates 21 locks and dams along the Columbia, Willamette and Rogue rivers. The Corps submitted the names of 157 employees this week expected to be in the next round of federal probationary employee firings.

Cuts to BPA, Army Corps could mean longer and more frequent power outages for Southwest Washington

The Columbia River pours through the Bonneville Dam spillway Aug. 22. The Army Corps of Engineers owns and operates 21 locks and dams along the Columbia, Willamette and Rogue rivers. The Corps submitted the names of 157 employees this week expected to be in the next round of federal probationary employee firings.

February 21, 2025, 1:36pm Business

Clark County may soon see longer and more frequent power outages, as the Bonneville Power Administration and region’s Army Corps of Engineers lose hundreds of employees after actions by the second Trump administration to reduce the size of the federal workforce. Read story

Economists Scott Bailey, from left, Mike Wilkerson, Emily Robertson and Matthew Gardner sit on a panel moderated by The Columbian’s Editor Will Campbell during The Columbian’s Economic Forecast event Thursday at the Hilton Vancouver Washington.

Experts split on what’s to come for Clark County’s economyvideo icon

Economists Scott Bailey, from left, Mike Wilkerson, Emily Robertson and Matthew Gardner sit on a panel moderated by The Columbian’s Editor Will Campbell during The Columbian’s Economic Forecast event Thursday at the Hilton Vancouver Washington.

February 21, 2025, 1:05pm Business

A panel of economists was split Thursday afternoon over their optimism for Clark County in the coming years. Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, answers questions during a press conference at Mount Pleasant School in Washougal. Perez and other local leaders called the press conference to underscore the need to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools program.

Without federal funding, Mount Pleasant School and Skamania County would be ‘devastated,’ says Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, answers questions during a press conference at Mount Pleasant School in Washougal. Perez and other local leaders called the press conference to underscore the need to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools program.

February 21, 2025, 10:01am Clark County News

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, said Thursday that the federal government’s failure to reauthorize a 25-year-old timber revenue program supporting rural counties would “devastate” Skamania County and its schools. Read story