Woodland News

Woodland, Wash., is famous for lilacs. But that's not what the bomb squad found today.

Recent commercial real estate transactions as reported by area brokerage firms. A-1 Performance, a transmission machine shop, has leased 15,000 square feet of warehouse and office space from Seattle-Tacoma Box Company at 2826 Kauffman Ave., Vancouver.

A 75-year-old woman with a oesevere dementiaa reported missing yesterday has been found in Pierce County, according to the Kitsap County Sheriffa s Office.

Some airlines are starting to do it. Some Northwest ski resorts, too. Not to mention event organizers.

New funding sources will give a boost to homeless veterans in the Woodland area.

About 100 residents, including children, lined up at Woodland Intermediate School Oct.

About a dozen bidders show up for a recent auction at 88th Street Storage in Vancouver.

David Darby is vying in the Cemetery District 4 Position 1 race. Josh Fuerstenberg is a candidate in the Cemetery District 6 Position 3 race.

WOODLAND, Wash. - Woodland police cordoned off a major thoroughfare to deal with what looked like a hand grenade laying in the street.

Woodland police say they surprised two burglars inside the high school early today, but the suspects fled before additional officers could arrive to cover all of the doors.

High winds are knocking out power to hundreds in western Washington as cooler temps and rain move in.

Most local schools aren't seeing a dramatic surge in student absences since H1N1 swine flu began circulating through Southwest Washington.

The Clark County Historical Museum next week will celebrate the centennial of its Carnegie Library building with 10 free performances by noted Andrew Carnegie re-enactor George Dauler.

A man died Wednesday night in far-north Clark County after being involved in a two-vehicle collision, officials said.

A 23-year-old Beaverton man who died in a traffic collision Wednesday evening was identified as Igor Khala, according to the Clark County Medical Examiner's Office.

Uneducated populace can't compete I agree with John Stillman's Sept. 21 letter, "Graduation failure is shameful." The dropouts are due to either parents who aren't concerned with their children's education or have no control over their children.

A Woodland Washington man was arrested by the SWAT team on Saturday after sheriff's deputies said he was firing rounds from a rifle at passing cars.

Woodland police made an arrest in an arson case they have been investigating since April.

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY with Dave Ramsey, a 13-week Bible-based accountability class will have upcoming sessions at several churches: n 7 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Sept.

Sheriff's deputies say they've identified the man who was killed Friday by an Amtrak train as it crossed the Lewis River south of Woodland.