Brush Prairie News

Jim Grandy puts the finishing touches on a gate he built with bamboo, cedar and lodgepole pine for a Portland estate.

Shelley Brooks of Washougal holds up a shirt for inspection by her daughter Emma, 6, at the East Vancouver Target on Monday as dad Keith Brooks looks on.

I am 10 years old and I hate to see litter in our parks. Recently I went with a few friends to Wintler Park.

Dozens of residents of northwest Oregon and southwestern Washington are asking for more study about the effect of industrial pollution on local children.

Rescuers who usually pull up to an accident scene in a fire truck or ambulance used a golf cart Tuesday for a rescue rig.

The Greater Brush Prairie Neighborhood Association will not appeal a ruling clearing the way for an asphalt plant in the area.

Dan Szmania of Brush Prairie suffered burns as a result of trying to save a man from a burning Jeep Aug.

Passersby spotted the burning car on the side of Rawson Road, north of Brush Prairie.

Family Environmental Club: Meetings are 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays, Aug. 9 and 23.

A local antidrug effort has received a renewal of a $100,000 federal grant, a spokesman for U.S. Rep Brian Baird, D-Vancouver, said Tuesday.

The Columbian's July 13 coverage of "Anatomy of a campaign: Washington's Initiative 1000," was contrary to the initiative's principles.

Mail: Letters from Readers, The Columbian, P.O. Box 180, Vancouver, WA, 98666. Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Reject Adams' intentions Kudos must go to Mayor Royce Pollard for defending Washingtonians against Portland ...

The onramp to Interstate 205 northbound from Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard will be closed from 10 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday, according to a bulletin from the state Department of Transportation.

VHA withdraws bid to buy Kyocera land. Fisher Investments reveals HQ site proposal in Camas.

In her July 6 column, "An open letter to Fed chief," Julia Anderson sent her urgent requests to the wrong man.

Technician The USDA Farm Service Agency office in Brush Prairie, WA has one opening for a full-time Program Technician .

Teens who make a pledge to not have sexual intercourse before marriage are more likely to postpone sexual activities than their peers who do not make the pledge, according to a Rand Corp.

Purity rings are the most popular form of expression for teens making a pledge of abstinence until they marry.

Potluck on second Mondays. * Nancy, 360-694-3419. TUESDAY LEWIS RIVER ROTARY, 7 a.m. at The Cedars at Salmon Creek, 15001 N.E. 181st St., Brush Prairie.

Brush Prairie residents could make reservations at their long-awaited sit-down restaurant by early summer 2009, when businesses will likely start welcoming customers to a planned 10-building shopping center at ...