By By Jacques Von Lunen Columbian staff writer Most in the small crowd assembled in Yacolt's primary school on Tuesday seemed to give the thumbs up to their school district's plan of spending money left over from a 2005 bond measure on school repairs.

By Jacques Von Lunen Watch Ben Caldwell recite his poem "The Wandering." When Ben Caldwell arrived at the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics almost six years ago, he was a voracious reader and a fledgling writer. Consider the skepticism replaced by ...

By Jacques Von Lunen The state auditor has found that Evergreen Public Schools did not adequately verify the income of parents applying for the free and reduced food program for their students. The program provides money for free and reduced-price ...

By Jacques Von Lunen / The Columbian Little sneakers slapped the ground, pigtails bounced and parents cheered — the sounds of any school track meet. Except for this announcement: “Clear the track, so the kids won't run into you!

By Jacques Von Lunen By Steven Lane Josiah Sanchez, 15, is a freshman at the Washington State School for the Blind. Little sneakers slapped the ground, pigtails bounced and parents cheered — the sounds of any school track meet.

(shown right) LHS Principal Debbie Watts, Rory Upshaw and Dalen Lunen from Barrick, and LHS math instructor Bryan Mahoney. The funding will be used to purchase Texas Instrument scientific and graphing calculators for the school's math department.

By By Jacques Von Lunen Columbian staff writer Yvette Leggewie, from left, Jonathan Clement and Katie Martin, use a centrifuge to isolate an antibiotic that fights a wheat-killing fungus. By Troy Wayrynen PE is a washing buffer used in the process of ...

By Jacques Von Lunen Fred Lu already has racked up a lot of awards in his 18 years. But on Wednesday, the Skyview High School senior took the highest official honor available for high school students in this country. Lu was named a US Presidential ...