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August 31, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News Free

It’s back-to-school season for kids, and back-to-storytelling season for fans of our “Everybody Has a Story” feature. Read story

Camas plein air event is a tribute to its founder, the late Marquita Call.

August 30, 2024, 8:44am Clark County Life Free

An Oct. 5 plein air painting competition in Camas will honor the late Marquita Call, an arts booster and local gallery owner who founded the annual event in 2013. Call died in August 2023. Read story

Beaches restaurant, which will close at the end of the year, hosts its last few Summertime Cruisin’ events Wednesdays through Sept. 25 at Portland International Raceway in North Portland.

Try this: Cruisin’ at cruise-ins; grist mill’s Treat Day; Day of Healing the Wimahl

Beaches restaurant, which will close at the end of the year, hosts its last few Summertime Cruisin’ events Wednesdays through Sept. 25 at Portland International Raceway in North Portland.

August 29, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Cruisin’ to the end Beaches restaurant, which will close at the end of the year, hosts its last few Summertime Cruisin’ events Wednesdays through Sept. 25 at Portland International Raceway in North Portland. The event raises funds for nonprofit organizations and features hot rods, exotic sports cars and… Read story

The Cowlitz County sheriff (Jack Vanover, center) and a U.S.

‘Feet of Death’: SW Washington filmmaker’s Bigfoot story to screen Thursday at the Kiggins in Vancouver

The Cowlitz County sheriff (Jack Vanover, center) and a U.S.

August 28, 2024, 2:51pm Clark County Life

The way Mount St. Helens looms large over James Chick’s home turned out to be inspirational for the aspiring local filmmaker. Read story

The Cougar Trails at Washington State University Vancouver are delightful yet well hidden.

Made in the shade: These Clark County walking and hiking trails offer a break from the sun

The Cougar Trails at Washington State University Vancouver are delightful yet well hidden.

August 22, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

I’ve always been a sun worshipper. There are summertime photos of me as an energetic, outdoorsy child covered in thick layers of dirt and skin that’s tanned to glowing perfection. Read story

Shake Shack, which already has locations in Portland, is looking to open in east Vancouver near New Seasons.

Shake Shack looks at moving into east Vancouver near New Seasons

Shake Shack, which already has locations in Portland, is looking to open in east Vancouver near New Seasons.

August 20, 2024, 2:45pm Business

Fast-food restaurant Shake Shack has applied to open its first location in Clark County. Read story

Five abandoned boats were recently removed from Lake River by the Port of Ridgefield.

An Eagle Scout mapped sinking ships; his project helped remove derelict boats from Lake River

Five abandoned boats were recently removed from Lake River by the Port of Ridgefield.

August 20, 2024, 1:18pm Business Subscriber Exclusive

One Ridgefield Eagle Scout’s concerns about water safety have led to ongoing cleanup of some of the largest pieces of trash ever left behind in local waterways: boats. Read story

Lean in closely to make out the name &ldquo;Fillmore&rdquo; on this glazed clay pipe fragment, held in the gloved hands of Meagan Huff, curator at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Archaeologists have found thousands of pipe fragments in and around the fort site, including &ldquo;president pipes&rdquo; dated to election campaigns of the 1840s and 1850s, Huff said.

Fort Vancouver’s presidential pipes were the election swag of the 1840s and 1850s

Lean in closely to make out the name &ldquo;Fillmore&rdquo; on this glazed clay pipe fragment, held in the gloved hands of Meagan Huff, curator at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Archaeologists have found thousands of pipe fragments in and around the fort site, including &ldquo;president pipes&rdquo; dated to election campaigns of the 1840s and 1850s, Huff said.

August 15, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

In presidential races of yore — before the advent of T-shirts, hats, signs and bumper stickers — voters indicated their preferences through the pipes they smoked, puffing tobacco between their favorite presidential wannabes’ ears. Read story

The sun&rsquo;s magnetic polarity appears to reverse at a super-fast speed &mdash; every 11 years. The cycle produces sunspots, solar flares and huge coronal mass ejections.

Get a look at sunspots using sun-filtered telescopes at the Heritage Farm in Hazel Dell

The sun&rsquo;s magnetic polarity appears to reverse at a super-fast speed &mdash; every 11 years. The cycle produces sunspots, solar flares and huge coronal mass ejections.

August 14, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

The maximum of the Perseid meteor shower turned out to be pretty minimal for local stargazers. Thanks to partly cloudy, smoky skies, meteor viewing was a washout on Monday, the highly anticipated night of peak activity. The viewing party we previewed in the Columbia River Gorge at Rooster Rock State… Read story

Fred Meyer workers may authorize a strike.

August 8, 2024, 6:55pm Clark County News Free

Portland-Vancouver area Fred Meyer union workers will vote on whether to strike Read story