December 23, 2022, 6:05am Clark County Life
The cold snap that started Wednesday night and scrambled so many people’s Christmas travel plans also messed up the bar-crawl progress of local hummingbirds. They normally spend the day flitting from feeder to feeder (and, when they’re blooming, flower to flower). Read story
December 22, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life
Gifts and wrapping paper, lights and decorations, yummy things to nibble and nosh. Sounds delightful, but there’s a downside to all that seasonal celebration: vast amounts of extra trash. Read story
December 18, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Life
One morning in October, Maryam Azizpour drove over the Interstate 5 Bridge into Portland before dawn, steeling herself for an asylum interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Read story
December 15, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Life
After years of aesthetic development and pandemic patience, Columbia Dance’s uniquely reimagined “Nutcracker” is ready for its holiday debut. This “Nutcracker” moves the classic Russian fairy tale to our own slice of the American frontier, recasting its characters as real historical inhabitants of Fort Vancouver in 1845. Read story
December 13, 2022, 6:01am Clark County Health
Because it draws zero attention to itself, high blood pressure — the technical term is hypertension — seems to be the easiest to shrug off of all ongoing health conditions in American adults. Read story
December 12, 2022, 6:04am Clark County Life
Which lavishly lit-up house will get to brag that it’s Battle Ground’s brightest? Read story
December 11, 2022, 6:04am Churches & Religion Subscriber Exclusive
When he hears that wicked whistling sound overhead, Mikhail Pavenko knows he’s only got a second or two to hit the ground. Read story
December 6, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life
Rain isn’t the only thing that falls in large amounts in December. This month, multiple swarms of hot little rocks will also shower. Read story
November 24, 2022, 6:05am Clark County Life
When Sam Robinson arrives at a public event in his distinctive cone-shaped Chinook hat to sing, play his drum and tell stories, what seems like a cultural, broadly spiritual moment is something else too: a political protest. Read story
November 19, 2022, 8:40pm Clark County News
It may have looked like a pleasant, sunny stroll through some riverside wetlands. In reality, Saturday morning’s outing was a crime-scene investigation, as 15 sharp-eyed folks participated in a city-sponsored “Following the Tracks” walk between Vancouver’s Water Resources Education Center and the Columbia River. Read story