Playworks helps teach students how to play nice
WOODLAND -- Up until about a month ago, recess at Woodland Primary School had more kids bickering, running around and getting sent to the office, according to Nicole Metteer, recess supervisor at the...
View ArticlePress Talk: Is Madore going it alone?
Clark County Councilor David Madore moved with purpose toward the podium at the county’s Republican convention. Would he, or wouldn’t he? “If you will have me, I will be glad to continue to represent...
View ArticleVancouver police warn of traffic congestion around Sanders rally
Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sander’s rally in Vancouver on Sunday is prompting warnings of traffic congestion. No street closures are planned in connection with the rally at Hudson’s Bay...
View ArticleBill addresses local readiness for oil-train derailments
U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler introduced a measure this week to help Southwest Washington's first responders be more prepared to respond to derailed oil trains. The measure would direct the Federal...
View ArticleVancouver Farmers Market opens 27th season
The Vancouver Farmers Market opened its 27th season with warm, sunny weather and a large crowd Saturday along Sixth and Esther streets downtown. Shoppers gathered around Vicki Allenback's Skamokawa...
View ArticleChildren enjoy Beeping Easter Egg Hunt for the Blind
About 40 children -- both blind kids and their sighted siblings -- enjoyed the Beeping Easter Egg Hunt for the Blind on Saturday morning at the Washington State School for the Blind. Organized by the...
View ArticleThings to know about Bernie Sanders’ Vancouver stop
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will be making a campaign stop at Hudson's Bay High School on Sunday, part of a whirlwind tour through Washington a week ahead of the Democratic Caucuses....
View ArticleWeather Eye: After eventful week, spring has sprung with chance of showers
In just one short week we set our clocks ahead for daylight saving time, jumped for joy with the Ides of March, wore the green on St. Patrick’s Day and welcomed the new season of spring. And spring...
View ArticleReview process has seen energy projects get derailed
It's not supposed to be easy for Vancouver Energy to build the nation's largest oil terminal on the banks of the Columbia River. Washington's environmental regulations guarantee that. But there is a...
View ArticleWSUV scientists can predict coastal dead zones
Coastal dead zones are about as hospitable to marine life as their name implies. Although they are a persistent and growing problem around the globe, scientists couldn't predict where they would...
View ArticleBill Clinton coming to Vancouver on Monday
Where one presidential campaign goes hunting for votes, others are sure to follow. Democrats who rose Sunday looking forward to candidate Bernie Sanders’ appearance at Hudson’s Bay High School got a...
View ArticleSheriff’s deputies make hit-and-run arrest within hours
Clark County Sheriff’s Deputies investigating a Sunday morning hit-and-run collision that put a pedestrian in the hospital with serious injuries quickly located a parked car with fresh damage that...
View ArticleThousands greet Bernie Sanders inside, outside Hudson’s Bay in Vancouver
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke to a huge, energized crowd at Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver on Sunday afternoon. "You are doing something very unusual in American...
View ArticleVancouver roars at Bernie Sanders rally (videos)
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders brought his message of political revolution to Vancouver on Sunday. “What this campaign is essentially about is whether or not we retain our democratic...
View ArticleSupporters flood Hudson’s Bay school campus to hear Bernie (videos)
As a line of thousands of drenched supporters of presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders snaked its way across the grounds at Hudson’s Bay High School, it became clear early on that not everyone would have...
View ArticleCrowd packs student union to hear Bill Clinton at Clark College in Vancouver
Former President Bill Clinton took the stage to campaign for his wife and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton a little after 6 p.m. at Clark College in Vancouver. The president joked...
View ArticleMan resentenced in attempted-murder case
A Vancouver man serving more than 50 years in prison for the attempted murder, robbery and kidnapping of an Oregon man near Vancouver Lake has won a small reduction in his sentence. Pedro Godinez Jr.,...
View ArticleMan accused of exposing himself to boy
A convicted sex offender is accused of exposing himself to a 12-year-old boy in the restroom of the Fred Meyer store in Orchards. Rey F. Leno, 69, of Brush Prairie appeared in Clark County Superior...
View ArticleMotorist suspected in hit-and-run appears in court
A Vancouver motorist who allegedly struck a pedestrian and then fled the scene early Sunday morning appeared Monday in Clark County Superior Court. Treven Perry, 32, appeared in court to face an...
View ArticleTeachers in Battle Ground ratify new contract
After 10 months of contract negotiations, Battle Ground teachers voted overwhelmingly to ratify a contract agreement between the teachers union and the school district at a general membership meeting...
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