The Columbian

Vancouver author: Best way to get good night’s sleep is to live well during day

The best thing you can do for your insomnia is stop worrying about it. Stop letting it rule your life. If you can unleash your passion for your favorite daytime pursuits, your nights should pretty much take care of themselves. Read story

Washington is No. 1 in UFO sightings

Kenneth Arnold, the Idaho pilot who reported seeing nine UFOs near Mount Rainier in 1947, later sketched the crescent-shaped object he saw. The others were roughly circular, he said.

July 26, 2022, 6:04am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

If you yearn for a quick escape from this troubled planet — or a glimpse of evidence that somebody up there is checking us out and considering options — don’t move. You’re already in the right place. Read story

Tom Lineham poses for a portrait on West Mill Plain Boulevard. The roadway "is not known for its beauty or aesthetics," he said. "It's doesn't have a lot of charm.

Vancouver native rediscovers hometown documenting 11-mile walk on Mill Plain

July 17, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Picture Vancouver’s primary crosstown boulevard — busy with traffic, tightly lined by businesses and homes — as a primitive wagon road linking the original Fort Vancouver to a sprawling farming community miles to the northeast. Read story

An easy 1-mile loop near the visitor center at Seaquest State Park explores the edge of Silver Lake.

Hidden oases of I-5: Explore 6 state parks we usually speed right past

July 10, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

I was on a return trip from Seattle, flying down Interstate 5 at 70 mph as one does, when of those brown state park signs reached out and grabbed me. Read story

Protesters rally for abortion rights at the Clark County Courthouse on Monday afternoon.

Abortion-rights supporters rally, march in downtown Vancouver

July 4, 2022, 5:53pm Clark County News

Approximately 100 abortion-rights supporters rallied in front of the Clark County Courthouse late Monday afternoon, and went on a march around downtown Vancouver. Read story

People in inflatable dinosaur costumes march down Pioneer Street on Monday, July 4, 2022, during a Fourth of July parade in downtown Ridgefield.

Ridgefield has changed but Independence Day parade spirit stays the same

July 4, 2022, 3:30pm Clark County News

RIDGEFIELD - For 31 years and running, Barb Patee has watched Ridgefield’s Independence Day parade from the best possible seat: her front lawn on Pioneer Street, right in the heart of downtown. Read story

Murwarid Azizpour, 6, curls up with a smartphone before joining her uncle Sajad Ibrahimi, grandmother Sediqa Rustami and grandfather Mohammad Ismail Rezayee, for Iftar dinner during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in April. During Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. Children do not participate until they reach the age of maturity.

For Afghan family in Hazel Dell, U.S. a sweet land of complexity

July 4, 2022, 6:05am Clark County News

It’s an understatement to call life in unstable, war-torn Afghanistan stressful. But for the fragmented Azizpour family, American life is proving stressful in new and different ways. Read story

Stories by Scott Hewitt

Columbian staff writer

Ape Cave makes for dark, cold, creepy adventure in Gifford Pinchot

Art fundraiser for library moves to summertime