Beginning this month, West Van for Youth and Children's Home Society will offer a free, 18-week parenting course for up to 10 parents who live in the west-side 98660, 98661 and 98663 zip codes. ...

Friends of the Carpenter will once again be gifted with several hundred warm, gently-used coats collected by the Columbia Gorge District Council of the Boy Scouts of America. ...

Thousands of Clark County residents soon will want to dispose of Christmas trees. There are several options. ...

Vancouver Public Schools' annual giving campaign raised a record $263,000 for the Foundation for VPS, with 50 percent of staff participating and student drives at all 37 district schools and programs. ...

Under a settlement announced this week, Clark County and the Washington Counties Risk Pool jointly will pay Clyde Ray Spencer $6 million to resolve his claims and a related insurance coverage dispute. ...