Veterans in Clark County will get a boost from world class entertainers on Monday, May 21. On behalf of the Clark County Veterans Therapeutic Court, Living Hope Campus, located at 2711 NE Andresen Rd., will host a musical fundraiser to benefit veterans. Cuban born, classical guitarist Hector Garcia headlines the ...
Vancouver fitness company Nautilus Inc. reported net sales of $48.3 million in the first quarter of 2011, a 5.8 percent increase from $45.6 million in the first quarter of 2010. During the first quarter of 2011, the company allocated a significantly greater portion of its television and online advertising budget ...
Get your garden on and learn how to turn organic yard materials and kitchen scraps into a valuable garden amendment with a free backyard composting class. The Clark County Master Composter/Recycler Program at Columbia Springs will teach a free backyard composting workshop on Saturday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to ...
Renowned local guitarist John Standefer will perform a Mothers Day concert on May 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Washburn Performing Arts Center in Washougal. Standefer is dedicating the evening to mothers — who are offered half price admission. The concert will also function as a semi-CD release party. Standefer ...
The Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council (SWWDC) is offering $30,000 in hiring incentives to Clark, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum County employers in an effort to spur hiring by Jun. 30 of the long-term unemployed. The hiring incentive, called the On-the-Job Training (OJT) Program, is designed to help offset training costs incurred ...
Jobs, transportation, health care, cost of power and the state budget were key themes expressed at the Building Industry Group’s Legislative Luncheon on Friday, Apr. 27.
State Rep. Paul Harris of the 17th District recognized...
One of the Vancouver’s prominent landmarks, The Academy, located at 400 E. Evergreen Blvd, changes hands with the intended purchase of the property by the Fort Vancouver National Trust. Known simply as The Academy, the four-story structure was originally designed and built in the form of a cross in the ...
A local robotics team, Team 2471 Mean Machine, took first place in the March FIRST Robotics state competition and over the weekend were semi-finalists in the FIRST Robotics world competition held in St. Louis, Mo. Out of the top 100 teams in the world Team Mean Machine placed 12th. The ...
After directing last year’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for Christian Community Theater, J. Scott Lapp is excited to be returning to Vancouver this summer to direct Footloose. Lapp has been working in the theatre business for over 24 years, performing in over 100 shows in and around his ...
Amidst very tough economic times an Orchards restaurant is thriving by serving up comfort food with a little southern flavor stashed in the spices. With its beginnings on the side of the road as a food stand, Charlie and his wife Goldie now operate Goldies BBQ at 15640 NE Fourth ...
The Building Industry Group is hosting its second annual Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt Legislative Review Luncheon on Friday, Apr. 27 at Club Green Meadows. The event will be held upstairs at the club house located at 7703 NE 72nd Ave. in Vancouver. The doors open at 11:30 a.m. We are ...
Two years ago the GOP Convention met at Prairie High School. In 2012 it was a packed ballroom at the Vancouver Hilton with overflow into adjacent rooms and spillways. The influx of first timers with seasoned conventioneers bogged down check-in, added to confusion, and the convention started almost an hour later than promoted, but once rolling it was difficult to stop.
It has taken two years of construction, more than 160,000 man hours and 3.8 miles of shelf space, but the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District is ready for its next chapter as it debuts Vancouver’s newest library July 17. The new facility replaces the old main community library that has stood at the corner of Mill Plain and Fort Vancouver Way for nearly fifty years.
