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Students return to Vancouver Public Schools classrooms Published: March 15, 2021, 6:42pm Share: 4 Photos Skyview High School sophomore Joe Watson, 16, center, joins classmates during English class on Monday. Vancouver Public Schools welcomed high school students across all grades into hybrid learning. It's their first day back in the classroom since schools shut down March 13, 2020. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery Few long-standing high school traditions have been able to stick during this unusual school year, but Skyview High School made one happen Monday: the human tunn...

An Eagle Scout’s project that placed a memorial in Monument’s town cemetery has stirred debate. Courtesy MRFF A memorial installed Oct. 3 at town-owned Monument Cemetery as part of an Eagle Scout’s project drew criticism from local residents, who asked the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) to seek its removal. Since MRFF urged the town by letter last month to remove the memorial or the religious language and imagery that refers to a specific religion — Christianity — Americans United for Separation of Church and State has joi...

Then, you look at everything else. Against the original checkerboard floor of the building — which was a Red Cross Drug Co., part of a YMCA and most recently was the home of Longshot Vinyl — the modern gray walls, the bar made out of vintage wooden speakers and the midcentury light fixtures make the space feel like it’s traveling through different eras, or maybe through different countries. Joan Roehre holds a vintage chalice inside Social on Sixth on Tuesday. One of Roehre's goals for the micro-venue is to produce zero waste, so she has frequented thrift shops and collected ma...

UTC Indoor Track And Field Competes At SoCon Championships Saturday, February 27, 2021 The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s indoor track and field team had a good day at the Southern Conference Championships with multiple personal records and an advance to the 800 meter final on Sunday by Emmy Davis at the VMI Corps Physical Training Facility. “Today was a good day for the Mocs,” Chattanooga head coach Andy Meyer said. “Amost everyone had a PR or season-best. Freshman Emmy Davis stayed in perfect position throughout the 800 meter and had a fantastic kick in t...

A memorial installed Oct. 3 at town-owned Monument Cemetery as part of an Eagle Scout's project is drawing criticism from local residents, who asked the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) to seek its removal. The monument, funded largely by donations through the VFW Foundation, was made possible through efforts of boy scout Michael Carlson, aided by other scouts and leaders of Boy Scout Troop 8 of St. Matthias Episcopal Church, according to The memorial has this inscription: “Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American soldier...