Newbery Honor winner to speak at young writer event
Award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt will be special guest speaker and awards presenter at the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District’s event for teen writers on Saturday, Oct. 22. The Imagined Ink...
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Downtown ghost stories are fun — and disturbing
Let this be a lesson to you: Tilden Randall, a downtown accountant who was passionately in love with his wife and his tobacco, expired too young — his early 50s — right at his desk, upstairs from the...
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Dining Out: Rally Pizza revs up county’s dining scene
Why: Rally Pizza recently opened up in the newly remodeled shopping center called The Mill on Mill Plain Boulevard. The family-friendly restaurant is open for dinner seven days a week on a first-come,...
View ArticleVietnam Memorial event moved into gym
With rain in the forecast, Saturday’s ceremony to dedicate the new Vietnam Memorial in Vancouver has been moved indoors. The event will be at 11 a.m. in the gymnasium on Vancouver’s Veterans Affairs...
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Elk hoof disease appears spreading in Oregon
Oregon wildlife officials said they have confirmed 16 cases of elk hoof disease in the past couple of years including sporadic cases in the northeast portion of the state. Initial cases of elk hoof...
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Green Neighbors welcomes author Robert Michael Pyle
The scientist who’ll help celebrate four years of Clark County’s Green Neighbors program on Sunday afternoon is a really colorful guy. About as colorful as the butterflies he’s spent most of his life...
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Barbershop harmony convention, CouvFest on tap in Vancouver
Somewhere along the line, music stopped being sound produced by human beings with their bodies. It started being sound that’s generated, transformed and amplified by electronics and software. Drum...
View ArticleClark County avoids major overnight storm problems
While winds and rains walloped the area and caused power outages in Portland, Clark County residence seemed to have missed most of the mayhem. Dispatchers with the Clark Regional Emergency Services...
View ArticleKing’s Way announces new superintendent
King’s Way Christian Schools has selected John Griffin, the King’s Way High School principal, as its new superintendent. Griffin was the King’s Way High School principal for two years, and before that...
View ArticleNike Community Fund rewards 2 local organizations
The Nike Community Fund announced $300,000 in grants to 30 local nonprofits and schools, two of which are in Clark County. King’s Way Christian School received a grant to create a “multi-activity...
View ArticleHikers in Gorge offered discount at Stevenson businesses
STEVENSON — Those who hike in the Columbia Gorge next weekend and photograph it will be rewarded with a 10 percent discount at Stevenson businesses. It’s part of the fourth annual Fall Hike the Gorge...
View ArticleCity Bible Church signals plan for new school at ice rink
City Bible Church has signaled that it will be converting its ice rink into an elementary school. According to an application with the city of Vancouver, City Bible Church plans to convert an ice rink...
View ArticleClark Public Utilities seeks volunteer tree planters
Volunteers of all ages are invited to plant trees Clark Public Utilities’ StreamTeam for a local Make a Difference Day celebration. The event will be Oct. 22 in Battle Ground. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m....
View ArticleOpen house planned for Highway 14 improvements
WASHOUGAL — Drive state Highway 14 near Washougal? Have ideas on how the roadway could be better? Come to an open house hosted by the Washington State Department of Transportation and talk about it....
View ArticleTornadoes a reminder of 1972 tragedy
People watching TV coverage Friday of Oregon’s coastal tornadoes were able to say “I’m sure glad that didn’t happen here!” before clicking to another channel. Well, it did happen here. It happened 45...
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Morning Press: Tacky buildings, Pig stolen, Mielke and Madore investigated
How much more wind and rain is coming? Check our local weather coverage. In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories of the week: Is Vancouver ‘turning tacky’? Jacquie Simonds recently...
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Four Vancouver pianists on tap
It’s like going to see an all-star game, or an all-star cast performing an anthology of all your favorite dramatic scenes. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Piano Extravaganza returns to the Kiggins...
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Press Talk: No kitchen for old men, which I am
An inside look at making dinner for 900 of my closest friends: Razor-sharp knives, ladles so large your head could fit in them, pots boiling, oven doors slamming, requests ordered, feet shuffling,...
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Gusty winds bring down trees, power lines
RIDGEFIELD — The sound of a tall cottonwood tree crashing through his roof was like an explosion, Kemper Hall said Saturday afternoon. “It sounded like a bomb,” he said. “Just the noise — it was fast...
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Vietnam Memorial dedicated
Rae Cheney couldn’t believe that her son had been killed in Vietnam. She recalled her reaction upon hearing the news: “This can’t be true! He’s been in country for 17 days!” In that short span of...
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