Students give first aid to Camas teen hurt badly in car crash
A group of Mountain View High School students rendered first aid to a Camas teenager badly hurt in a car crash Saturday night while they waited for emergency medical personnel. Senior Grant Moog, 18,...
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Filing week gets off to busy start in Clark County
Things are already heating up in Clark County Councilor David Madore’s district as filing week kicked off Monday morning, marking the official start to the local election season. Tanisha Harris made a...
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Vancouver ends Cowlitz casino fight
Moments after Cowlitz tribal leaders urged the Vancouver City Council to begin working with them, the council unanimously voted Monday to overturn a 2007 resolution opposing the tribe's casino project...
View ArticleConcert in Camas to benefit Guatemala orphanage
CAMAS — A Camas-based nonprofit that operates an orphanage in Guatemala City is holding a fundraising concert at Camas Meadows Golf Club. Caryn Jamison and the Opus Student Ensemble will perform at the...
View ArticleClassic Wines Auction gives Metropolitan Family Service $361,371
The Classic Wines Auction awarded Metropolitan Family Service $361,371 — a chunk of the $3 million raised during this year’s auction. Metropolitan Family Service is a Portland-based nonprofit that...
View ArticleWeather Eye: More ‘normal’ May pattern continues, with some rain coming
The weather forecast panned out as we discussed Thursday, with a good soaking Saturday night and Sunday. Vancouver had 0.75 inch, and some outlying areas had an inch or more. The coastal beaches had...
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Income, location key in risk for lead in Clark County
Children's neighborhoods and their parents' income have a lot to do with their risk for lead poisoning. Although it's been about 40 years since lead was phased out of consumer products such as gasoline...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 5/17
Monday — 1,855 adult spring chinook, 360 jack chinook, 62 steelhead, 1,270 shad. Water temperature: 58.7 degrees. Visibility: 3 feet. Streamflow: 252,330 cubic feet per second.
View ArticleNAACP looking for Juneteenth T-shirt designs from kids
Central Park — The Vancouver NAACP is holding a Juneteenth T-shirt design contest for kids younger than 18 who live in the Vancouver area. Entries must be original and represent Juneteenth and what it...
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Battle Ground Public Schools art show winners announced
Battle Ground -- Battle Ground Public Schools announced the winners of the district's 57th annual art show, and this year featured a new award, the Bob Peck Award. It honors the former Battle Ground...
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PeaceHealth names David Lloyd Exceptional Nurse Award winner
North Garrison Heights -- Amy Ciecko was given the David Lloyd Exceptional Nurse Award on May 11 for her work at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. Ciecko started at PeaceHealth as an intern, and...
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Seventh-graders win NASA contest
East Vancouver -- Four Pacific Middle School seventh-graders won the middle school division of NASA's 2016 Optimus Prime Spinoff Promotion and Research Challenge, which asks students to create new uses...
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Camas inducts new honor society members
Camas -- Camas' National Honor Society members inducted 55 new sophomores and juniors at a ceremony on April 28. The inductees were selected by current members after submitting a cover letter, resume...
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Run/Walk for the Animals raises record total
Esther Short -- The Humane Society of Southwest Washington raised more than $185,000 at the 25th annual Walk/Run for the Animals on May 7. More than 1,200 people participated in the 5K run or 3-mile...
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Everybody Has A Story: Mail pickup a piece of cake for these Marines
I was a postal clerk with the 1st Marine Division during the Korean War, and I have two stories to tell. While we were picking up our mail at an airfield, the pilot came out and handed us a package...
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Mount St. Helens: Reid Blackburn and an array of equipment were lost; a...
Columbian photographer Reid Blackburn made a slight revision to the cover of his notebook that explained his role on Mount St. Helens 36 years ago. In a spot for his contact information, Blackburn...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 5/18
Tuesday — 3,166 adult spring chinook, 537 jack chinook, 57 steelhead, 921 shad. Water temperature: 58.4 degrees. Visibility: 5 feet. Streamflow: 263,000 cubic feet per second.
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Nonprofit Woodland Action seeks volunteers to help food bank, more
WOODLAND — While Woodland Action is primarily known as a food bank, the nonprofit's executive director sees the center differently. Leslie Mohlman envisions Woodland Action as a one-stop shop for...
View ArticleCamas Farmers Market to open for season June 1
The Camas Farmers Market will return on Wednesdays each week starting June 1. The market will be open 3 to 7 p.m. in front of the Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas. The market will...
View ArticleDisaster preparedness topic of new program
The American Red Cross is inviting community members to get ready for disasters at its first Prepare Out Loud forum. The agency’s Cascade Region office, which works in Vancouver, is hosting the event...
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