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

April 24, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News Updated 16 hours ago

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

‘I knew if I was going to win, it had to be as myself’: Miss Clark County 2025 dedicates platform to mental health advocacy

April 23, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Health Updated 16 hours ago

Sandra Fachiol, a self-professed nerd and childhood tomboy, never saw herself as the pageant type. Read story

Buggy Eakin, a member of the Washougal Girl Scout Troop 45703, second from right, asked friends and other Girl Scouts to help her make 1,000 reusable menstrual pads for women and girls in Uganda. The group began the project in the spring of 2023 and finished in September 2024.

Washougal Girl Scout created 1,000 washable, reusable menstruation pads for women in Ugandan villages

April 19, 2025, 6:05am Clark County News

Buggy Eakin has always been a traveler at heart. Read story

Executive Director Kim Schneiderman gives a tour of NAMI Southwest Washington’s new headquarters on Tuesday in Vancouver.

‘What we’re trying to do is heal a community’: NAMI program helps businesses learn to deal with people in crisis

April 18, 2025, 6:10am Clark County Health

Communicate. Assess. Listen. Mediate. Read story

YWCA CEO Brittini Lasseigne, left, sits with Washington Sen. Patty Murray, right, as the organization’s staff express concern about federal funding cuts affecting services.

‘We don’t know what’s going to happen’: YWCA Clark County tells Murray federal funding cuts will hurt survivors of domestic violence

April 17, 2025, 6:33pm Clark County News

YWCA Clark County staffers told U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Thursday they fear federal funding cuts will curtail services they provide to survivors of domestic violence. Read story

The city of Vancouver has created a playground concept for Elizabeth Austin Playground at Fruit Valley Park.

Fruit Valley Park gets a new name and new inclusive play equipment thanks to $1.2M donation

April 15, 2025, 12:39pm Clark County News

The city of Vancouver plans to replace playground equipment at Fruit Valley Park with inclusive play equipment for children of all abilities, thanks to a $1.2 million donation from the Vancouver-based Kuni Foundation. The park will be renamed Elizabeth Austin Playground. Read story

‘Anxiety is through the roof’: Federal cuts worry Meals on Wheels People leaders as need increases in Clark County

Washougal resident Tanya Irvin, left, enjoys a fresh salad while chatting with Vancouver resident Ann Wygal at the Washougal Community Center on Thursday afternoon. Meals on Wheels People is warning that federal staffing cuts could negatively impact programs throughout the Portland metro area, including several dining centers in Clark County that serve lunch to older adults in Washougal, Amboy, La Center, Ridgefield and Vancouver.

Meals on Wheels People is asking for community support as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lays off 10,000 employees, a move that may hamper the nonprofit’s ability to address hunger and isolation among older adults. Read story

DOGE cuts imperil Clark County nonprofits’ cultural, educational programming

Humanities Washington musician and historian Joel Underwood delivers a musical talk about Woody Guthrie at The Historic Trust in Vancouver in September 2024.

April 12, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Cultural and educational programming hosted by local nonprofit agencies including schools, libraries, the Clark County Historical Museum and The Historic Trust are in jeopardy after sweeping federal grant cuts earlier this month. Historical speakers and research, free event programming and literacy help for elementary students and their families all appear… Read story

Southwest Washington senior citizens can apply for $80 benefit cards to use at farmers markets, farm stores

April 11, 2025, 3:52pm Business

The Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington is offering eligible seniors a limited number of $80 benefit cards to use at participating farmers markets and farm stores for fresh produce, herbs and honey. The benefit is available from June 1 to Oct. 31. Read story