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Stories by Scott Hewitt

Columbian staff writer

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Get ready for spooky season with books from Clark County authors

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October 4, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

Scary season used to mean the make-believe fun of Halloween. Nowadays it seems to mean this all-too-real, ongoing crisis in world history. Read story

Salvador Brotons, who has led the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for 30 years, has won a lifetime achievement award from the Clark County Arts Commission.

Genial, jet-setting Salvador Brotons wins arts award for lifetime achievement

Salvador Brotons, who has led the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for 30 years, has won a lifetime achievement award from the Clark County Arts Commission.

October 1, 2020, 6:04am Clark County Life

Maestro Salvador Brotons may still be stuck at home in Barcelona due to the coronavirus pandemic. But Clark County classical music fans cannot forget how he’s led the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for three decades: with uncompromising musical artistry and radiant good cheer that pours from the podium. Read story

David Cross stars as real-life naturalist and butterfly hunter Dr. Robert Michael Pyle as he takes an epic journey across &quot;The Dark Divide,&quot; part of our own Gifford Pinchot National Forest here in Southwest Washington.

Kiggins offers streaming of indie release “The Dark Divide”

David Cross stars as real-life naturalist and butterfly hunter Dr. Robert Michael Pyle as he takes an epic journey across &quot;The Dark Divide,&quot; part of our own Gifford Pinchot National Forest here in Southwest Washington.

September 18, 2020, 11:15am Clark County Life

He sets out searching for rare butterfly species in the remotest corner of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, but widowed naturalist Robert Michael Pyle winds up catching much more than that — including glimpses of Sasquatch and of his own healing heart. Read story

Deborah Carter of Vancouver returns books next to the Little Lending Library, a machine that allows visitors to browse a small selection of books while the Vancouver Mall library branch remains closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Book vending machine outside Vancouver Mall library revives pleasure of browsing the stacks

Deborah Carter of Vancouver returns books next to the Little Lending Library, a machine that allows visitors to browse a small selection of books while the Vancouver Mall library branch remains closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

September 18, 2020, 6:03am Clark County Life

James Patterson, Harry Potter and “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” are so much healthier for you than Snickers, M&Ms and Coke. Read story

Washington State University Vancouver biology graduate students Samantha Bussan, left, Rebekah Gaxiola and Kelsey King take a shortcut after visiting a campus meadow they intend to replant with native wildflowers.

WSUV to replace lawn with wildflower meadow to promote pollinators

Washington State University Vancouver biology graduate students Samantha Bussan, left, Rebekah Gaxiola and Kelsey King take a shortcut after visiting a campus meadow they intend to replant with native wildflowers.

September 6, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life

People are few and far between on the Washington State University Vancouver campus these days, but a trio of graduate biology students intend to start filling the landscape with native wildflowers and the pollinators that love them. Their goal is to achieve the Bee Campus USA designation for WSUV’s 351-acre… Read story

Proud Boys member ‘Tiny’ Toese of Vancouver booked into Clark County Jail

August 29, 2020, 5:07pm Clark County News

A prominent Vancouver member of the right-wing Proud Boys group has been arrested and booked into the Clark County Jail. Read story

The Beatles — seen here in 1965’s “Help!” — played a concert in Portland’s Memorial Coliseum on Aug. 22 of that year. From left are George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.

All together now: Columbian readers relive 1965 Beatles concert in Portland

The Beatles — seen here in 1965’s “Help!” — played a concert in Portland’s Memorial Coliseum on Aug. 22 of that year. From left are George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.

August 23, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

“Beatles, women and children first!” Read story

The latest marquee message over Magenta’s front door seems apt.

Vancouver’s Magenta Theater names interim artistic directors

The latest marquee message over Magenta’s front door seems apt.

August 20, 2020, 5:02pm Clark County Life

A survey of patrons and volunteers is the first step on the road to rebuilding Magenta Theater, according to two longtime actors and behind-the-scenes volunteers who have taken the reins at Vancouver’s downtown community playhouse. Behind the scenes, a training course is coming to the Magenta community called “Differences Don’t… Read story

Walter Strandhagen of Camas views the Columbia River Gorge from the Cape Horn Scenic Area on the Washington side in August 2018.

Grappling with the Columbia River Gorge

Walter Strandhagen of Camas views the Columbia River Gorge from the Cape Horn Scenic Area on the Washington side in August 2018.

August 16, 2020, 6:03am Clark County News

but not nearly as many thousand as you might think — the unimaginable power of melting glaciers and rushing water tore a long, deep canyon between the landscapes we now call Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon. Read story

Drive-in movies are a socially distant way to get out of the house.

Park it at Vancouver Mall for summer films

Drive-in movies are a socially distant way to get out of the house.

August 13, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

Jesse and Johanna Miller have loved taking their kids to watch summer movies on big inflatable screens in Vancouver city parks. Read story