Ren Locus will offer free income tax return preparation at Three Creeks Library, 800-C N.E. Tenney Road, Vancouver, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Mondays through Oct. 28 (except July 8 and Sept. 2). Ren Locus offers this service to qualified people in Southwest Washington through the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Qualified individuals make […]

Join educators from Vancouver’s Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, for Reading in the Wild, a free outdoor reading series from 10 to 11 a.m. every Wednesday in July. The story time is designed for families with kids ages 3 to 6 years old. Each program begins with story time under the big […]

The East Vancouver Farmer's Market is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Thursday through Sept. 26 at Columbia Tech Center park, 17701 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver. Learn more and see a vendor map at vancouverfarmersmarket.com/markets.

Vancouver's Downtown Association will host the unveiling of a new 600-foot-wide mural, "The Evergreen Boulevard Community Garden," by artist Ana Gabriela Honsowetz. The ribbon-cutting ceremony is 10 to 10:30 a.m. Aug. 2 at the intersection of East Evergreen Boulevard and Reserve Street at the East Evergreen Boulevard I-5 overpass. The ceremony will include thanks for support […]

Evergreen Habitat for Humanity is celebrating its second anniversary from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Clark County Habitat Store. 10811 S.E. Second St., Vancouver. Everything in the […]

The West Columbia Gorge Humane Society offers an open house on the first Friday of every month from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The dog and cat shelters at 2675 Index St., Washougal, will be open to the public and no appointment is needed. Attendees can visit with adoptable dogs and cats, meet humane society […]

The Watershed Alliance of SW Washington will host a litter pick-up event along the Columbia River at Frenchman's Bar, 9612 N.W. Lower River Rd., from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. […]

The Watershed Alliance of Southwest Washington and Odyssey World International Education Services will host a litter cleanup at Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park, 9612 N.W. Lower River Road, Vancouver, from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 3. Cleanup will be followed by kite decorating and kite flying from noon to 3 p.m. Kites, craft materials and snacks […]

American Legion Smith Reynolds Post 14, 4607 N.E. St. James Road, Vancouver, will celebrate 90 years of sponsoring Scout Troop 320/5320 with an event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 3. The day features a parking lot carnival with shaved ice, balloon animals, a dunk tank, basketball, games and food. For more details, call […]