Brush Prairie News

Heritage High School student Cheyann George 14 unsaddles Domingo on Saturday at Silver Buckle Ranch.

Bee Tree School, pictured here in the 1920s, was among dozens of tiny schools absorbed by the Battle Ground School District.

Sara Emrick watches a balloon expand with carbon dioxide generated by a bottle filled with water, yeast and corn syrup during a lesson on biofuel Wednesday at the Center for Agricultural, Scientific and Environmental Education in Brush Prairie.

Members of the Clark County Bar Association have overwhelmingly endorsed Superior Court Commissioner Daniel Stahnke in a preference poll regarding a replacement for Superior Court Judge Robert Harris.

A 16-year-old girl struck by a minivan in Brush Prairie remained in critical condition Tuesday night.

Three people, including a mother and baby, escaped injury Wednesday morning in a crash on Northeast 119th Street that caused a traffic backup for a mile.

District 3 firefighters extricate a passenger from a flatbed truck that was rear-ended by a logging truck Tuesday afternoon.

TOTEM POLE TOASTMASTERS meet at 6:20 a.m. in the inner courtyard behind Java House, 210 W. Evergreen Blvd.

Day of race registration was busy at the Pace of Courage 5k and 10k ! 237 runners and walkers finished the 5k and 125 finished the 10k.

Mary Meyers and chocolate cake judge Vickie Miller talk things over before Miller takes her first bite.

The city of West Linn is in the final stretch of choosing a new planning director.

The city of West Linn is in the final stretch of choosing a new planning director.

The public will have an opportunity to meet candidates for the city's vacant planning director position during a reception from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday at West Linn City Hall.

Tyler Barnes, left, 28, of Washougal, tosses a football to a friend on the crowded beach Sunday at Wintler Park along the Columbia River.

The city of Vancouver will hold a pre-application conference Aug. 6 to discuss plans to subdivide a Brush Prairie land parcel into 258 lots for single-family homes.

Donna Gladen, left, picks up a week's worth of fresh produce from Eloyse O'Connor of Garden Delights in Brush Prairie.

Normally our weather turns hot after the Fourth of July but this year the forecast charts show a low currently spinning off the coast to park itself over the Pacific Northwest for most of the coming week.

Jessica McMahon of Eugene, Ore., rides Buddy around a barrel during barrel races at a previous Fort Vancouver Rodeo.

LAURELWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH, 17015 N.E. Sixth St., Vancouver, is offering a free summer series, First Aid for Families, with advice for dealing with conflicts, raising strong-willed children, bitterness and forgiveness in relationships, anger management and problem solving.

Cinematographer John Harrison , 28, a 1998 graduate of Hudson's Bay High School, won his second consecutive student Oscar award this month.