The Battle Ground Education Foundation (BGEF) recently donated $20,000 to Battle Ground Public Schools for the purchase of Chromebooks computers and software licences. Battle Ground Public Schools provides Chromebooks to each and every student through it’s one-to-one computing initiative.
The Battle Ground Public Schools Board of Directors has selected Jackie Maddux to fill the District 5 director position. The position was left vacant after board member Tina Lambert resigned earlier this year. Maddux was one of five candidates the board interviewed and considered. She was sw…
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Superintendent Chris Reykdal and the state Department of Health (DOH) last week announced a “Decision Tree” framework to help local school districts determine how to resume learning this school year. The framework emphasizes the fact that community transmission mu…
The Ridgefield Family Resource Center helps Ridgefield families and students in need, and with all of the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Resource Center has been busy. With restructured programs to allow for social distancing and safety, the center had to close its communal…
With the popularity of DNA-based heritage tests on the rise, people in Clark County and abroad are tracing their roots back as far as they can.
Picking out a bouquet of flowers for your special someone can make the holiday of love a little stressful.
Right off the road at the border of La Center and Ridgefield sits a 93-year-old log cabin on 5 acres of property. On the roadside of the property known as Summit Grove Lodge, two brightly lit old Shell gas tanks set to give gas at 17 cents a gallon give onlookers a chance to reminisce on the past.
Drive into downtown La Center and one will notice twinkling lights lining the roadways, businesses decorated in lights of all colors and wreaths on doorsteps to spread Christmas cheer.
The Christmas season is upon us and those two special days – Christmas Eve and Christmas Day – are right around the corner.
When walking into Opus School of Music in Ridgefield, the sounds of many different instruments fill the air as people of all ages learn something new from their instructors. Whether an individual is brand new to an instrument, knows basic skills or wants to hone in on a new technique, Opus S…
North County holiday celebrations are in full swing as Battle Ground kicked off its holiday happenings at the community center with a tree lighting ceremony, a visit from Santa and refreshments for all.
People lined the sides of Pioneer Street in Ridgefield for the 20th Anniversary of Hometown Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 7. An Ugly Sweater Fun Run kicked off the day of festivities at 9 a.m.
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