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Anne Wiley, left, a multilingual specialist at Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School in Vancouver, greets teachers and school employees as they walk into the school after a rally outside Wednesday morning. The event was held to bring attention to the recent changes at the U.S. Department of Education, which are putting a number of funding sources and programs at risk.

Vancouver teachers ‘walk-in’: ‘With public education under attack, we show up and we fight back’

Anne Wiley, left, a multilingual specialist at Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School in Vancouver, greets teachers and school employees as they walk into the school after a rally outside Wednesday morning. The event was held to bring attention to the recent changes at the U.S. Department of Education, which are putting a number of funding sources and programs at risk.

March 19, 2025, 11:46am Clark County News

Nearly 30 teachers, staff, PTA members and students lined up at dawn Wednesday outside Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School in Vancouver to send a message to elected officials that public education needs their support. Read story

Adam Krasowski of Waste Connections, center with beard, greets fans along the route while taking part in the annual Paddy Hough Parade in downtown Vancouver on Monday afternoon.

Vancouver students learn it’s easy — and fun — to be green during Paddy Hough Parade

Adam Krasowski of Waste Connections, center with beard, greets fans along the route while taking part in the annual Paddy Hough Parade in downtown Vancouver on Monday afternoon.

March 17, 2025, 3:05pm Clark County News

Hundreds of Vancouver elementary school students and teachers decked head to toe in green streamed down Main Street for Monday’s Paddy Hough Parade. Read story

Mary Du Bois, longtime Vancouver resident, enjoys a foggy walk at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site with her dog, Lillyanne, in December. Fort Vancouver is commemorating 200 years since completion of the fort in 1825.

Fort Vancouver continues to commemorate bicentennial

Mary Du Bois, longtime Vancouver resident, enjoys a foggy walk at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site with her dog, Lillyanne, in December. Fort Vancouver is commemorating 200 years since completion of the fort in 1825.

March 14, 2025, 2:49pm Clark County Life

Festivities commemorating Fort Vancouver’s bicentennial continue this month with a series of speakers. Read story

A student walking toward the Vancouver Public Schools administrative services building.

Vancouver Public Schools is the only district in the Clark County to get a financial warning from state for 2023-24 school year

A student walking toward the Vancouver Public Schools administrative services building.

March 14, 2025, 10:34am Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools is the only Clark County district to receive a financial warning from the state for the 2023-24 school year. Read story

Co-directors April Duvic and Janet Reiter-Galbraith will lead the Reprise Choir in “Circlesong,” a choral work featuring Native texts. They’ll be joined by a combined student choir from Vancouver School of Arts and Academics for one of three concerts.

Reprise Choir to present ‘Circlesong,’ which explores the cycle of life through Indigenous texts

Co-directors April Duvic and Janet Reiter-Galbraith will lead the Reprise Choir in “Circlesong,” a choral work featuring Native texts. They’ll be joined by a combined student choir from Vancouver School of Arts and Academics for one of three concerts.

March 13, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

Life is often seen as a circle, no matter what culture you come from. For its upcoming concert series, Vancouver’s Reprise Choir is collaborating with student singers and musicians from Vancouver School of Arts and Academics to present “Circlesong,” a modern choral piece that explores the cycle of life through… Read story

Housing leaders speak in front of an audience Tuesday during “The Columbian Conversations: Innovative Housing Solutions” at Kiggins Theatre. As Vancouver’s population grows, developers and housing experts are looking to innovative solutions and each other to ensure a supply of affordable housing.

‘There’s no one single solution’: Panelists discuss affordable housing challenges at ‘Columbian Conversations’ event

Housing leaders speak in front of an audience Tuesday during “The Columbian Conversations: Innovative Housing Solutions” at Kiggins Theatre. As Vancouver’s population grows, developers and housing experts are looking to innovative solutions and each other to ensure a supply of affordable housing.

March 12, 2025, 2:45pm Business

Northwest affordable housing providers say it’s a volatile time for them as federal programs that have long fueled Clark County development are threatened. Read story

Demolition crews prepare for work on Vancouver’s historic Schofield building Monday morning. The building, which dates back to the 1880s, is the oldest commercial building downtown. The building’s owners hope to preserve as much of the building’s materials as they can.

Historic Schofield building demolition continues in Vancouver as owners look to preserve what history they can

Demolition crews prepare for work on Vancouver’s historic Schofield building Monday morning. The building, which dates back to the 1880s, is the oldest commercial building downtown. The building’s owners hope to preserve as much of the building’s materials as they can.

March 12, 2025, 6:10am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Vancouver residents must bid farewell to the city’s oldest commercial building as its owners, the Schofield family, look to honor its legacy with something new. Read story

Sharon Svec, curator of Art at the Cave’s new “Seeking Warmth” exhibit, looks at postcards painted by Romani Holocaust survivor Ceija Stojka. The exhibit is personal for Svec, who is also of Roma heritage.

‘I cannot think without remembering’: Exhibit at Vancouver gallery looks at lives upended by war

Sharon Svec, curator of Art at the Cave’s new “Seeking Warmth” exhibit, looks at postcards painted by Romani Holocaust survivor Ceija Stojka. The exhibit is personal for Svec, who is also of Roma heritage.

March 8, 2025, 6:10am Clark County Life

Art at the Cave, a contemporary art gallery in downtown Vancouver, is opening a new exhibit, “Seeking Warmth,” that explores not just the need for physical warmth but also emotional connection, especially in times of war and trauma. Read story

A motorist passes Who Song & Larry’s Restaurant & Cantina, background, and the former location of Joe’s Crab Shack on Tuesday morning. Kirkland Development’s waterfront venture just east of the Interstate 5 Bridge is nearing the permitting stage.

‘Prime real estate’: Vancouver developer pushing forward with plans for Who Song & Larry’s site

A motorist passes Who Song & Larry’s Restaurant & Cantina, background, and the former location of Joe’s Crab Shack on Tuesday morning. Kirkland Development’s waterfront venture just east of the Interstate 5 Bridge is nearing the permitting stage.

March 7, 2025, 6:07am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Plans are nearly finished for a four-building mixed-use development just east of the Interstate 5 Bridge along the Columbia River, according to the project’s developer. Read story

Burgerville Chef Becky McGrath assembles items from the chain’s seasonal menu at the chain’s 2200 E. Fourth Plain Blvd. She develops new menu items.

Burgerville’s Chef Becky has a taste for big ideas and vast culinary inspiration

Burgerville Chef Becky McGrath assembles items from the chain’s seasonal menu at the chain’s 2200 E. Fourth Plain Blvd. She develops new menu items.

March 7, 2025, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Chef Becky McGrath grew up in a food-focused family in Portland with roots in New York. A chance viewing of a “Today” show segment on Ballymaloe Cookery School in Cork County, Ireland, as a child began a culinary career that started at Western Culinary Institute and continued at the very… Read story