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Organizers Kevin Hiebert, left, and Steve Valenta at 2016’s inaugural VANtalks event.

VANtalks would like to hear how you’re doing

Organizers Kevin Hiebert, left, and Steve Valenta at 2016’s inaugural VANtalks event.

May 15, 2020, 6:04am Clark County Life

If there was ever a time for outside-the-box thinking, it must be now — this era of isolation, uncertainty and feeling distinctly boxed in. Read story

Peggy McCarthy enjoys the spring sunshine while walking the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail. Her plan to walk the Camino de Santiago pilgrim trail was blocked by COVID-19, but McCarthy sees every step she takes as part of her pilgrimage of gratitude.

Vancouver woman’s plan to walk Camino de Santiago trail upended by virus

Peggy McCarthy enjoys the spring sunshine while walking the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail. Her plan to walk the Camino de Santiago pilgrim trail was blocked by COVID-19, but McCarthy sees every step she takes as part of her pilgrimage of gratitude.

May 12, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Health

Peggy McCarthy’s pilgrimage never really began, and never really ended. Even while walking on the familiar Salmon Creek Greenway Trail, checking on baby turtles and eagles along the way, she recites Buddhist chants of gratitude and sees every step as part of a spiritual journey. Read story

Brad Richardson, executive director at the Clark County Historical Museum, launched a new project called &quot;Capture the Moment&quot; which will collect Clark County citizens&#039; writings, photos, artworks, memories and obituaries during the coronavirus episode.

Clark County Historical Museum captures history of pandemic as it unfolds

Brad Richardson, executive director at the Clark County Historical Museum, launched a new project called &quot;Capture the Moment&quot; which will collect Clark County citizens&#039; writings, photos, artworks, memories and obituaries during the coronavirus episode.

May 7, 2020, 8:27am Clark County Life

Before Katie Richardson left for the first nursing shift when she would be caring for COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, her husband snapped a photo of her cuddling their daughters on the couch at home. It was a typically anxious moment in… Read story

The 2020 Clark County Fair has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Clark County Fair canceled due to coronavirus concerns

The 2020 Clark County Fair has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

May 6, 2020, 11:47am Clark County Life

The 2020 Clark County Fair has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read story

&quot;Eagle Creek Burn from Sherrard Point&quot; by Matthew Smith, taken November 2019, won an honorable mention in the Friends of the Gorge photo contest. &quot;You can see the mosaic burn patterns in the landscape below,&quot; Smith wrote, &quot;along with the Cascade sentinels: Mount St.

Friends of Gorge photo contest brings out best from Clark County shutterbugs

&quot;Eagle Creek Burn from Sherrard Point&quot; by Matthew Smith, taken November 2019, won an honorable mention in the Friends of the Gorge photo contest. &quot;You can see the mosaic burn patterns in the landscape below,&quot; Smith wrote, &quot;along with the Cascade sentinels: Mount St.

May 5, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life

Something about that shapely highway winding around all those shapely bluffs and forests spoke to Vancouver photographer Matthew Smith, one of two local winners in the fifth annual Friends of the Gorge photography contest. Read story

When The Columbian contacted &quot;Sherman&#039;s Lagoon&quot; artist Jim Toomey about his Columbia River series of strips, he admitted that he&#039;d never actually visited the Columbia.

‘Sherman’s Lagoon’ wades into Columbia River debate

When The Columbian contacted &quot;Sherman&#039;s Lagoon&quot; artist Jim Toomey about his Columbia River series of strips, he admitted that he&#039;d never actually visited the Columbia.

April 28, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life

Jim Toomey’s nautical comic strip, “Sherman’s Lagoon,” is set somewhere in the South Pacific, but in recent days the titular, clueless shark and his buddies dove into a controversy about our own mighty waterway. Read story

A fresh blanket of snow covers Mount St. Helens, in this December 2018 photo from the Washington State University Vancouver campus.

Mount St. Helens Institute offering free programs online

A fresh blanket of snow covers Mount St. Helens, in this December 2018 photo from the Washington State University Vancouver campus.

April 26, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

What does Mount St. Helens mean to us? Read story

A reassuring message on the marquee over Magenta Theater on Main Street in downtown Vancouver.

Clark County musicians, performers adapt to survive during pandemic

A reassuring message on the marquee over Magenta Theater on Main Street in downtown Vancouver.

April 19, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life

Igor Shakhman will never forget the concert he attended at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Read story

Two volunteers walk through the Clark County Fair before the doors open in 2018.

Clark County Fair CEO says August event is on

Two volunteers walk through the Clark County Fair before the doors open in 2018.

April 17, 2020, 3:23pm Clark County Life

If any local event would mark a real return to normal, that would be the Clark County Fair, held every early August. Read story

Drummer Daniel Gillespie, 15, and bagpiper Logan Gillespie, 12, perform a brief concert Wednesday for their Battle Ground neighbors. At far right across the street is Bev Lohrman, a night-shift nurse who cares for COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. Every time the brothers play her late mother&#039;s favorite song, &quot;Amazing Grace,&quot; Lohrman said she hears her mother reassuring her that everything will be OK.

Battle Ground brothers share the sound of Scotlandvideo icon

Drummer Daniel Gillespie, 15, and bagpiper Logan Gillespie, 12, perform a brief concert Wednesday for their Battle Ground neighbors. At far right across the street is Bev Lohrman, a night-shift nurse who cares for COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. Every time the brothers play her late mother&#039;s favorite song, &quot;Amazing Grace,&quot; Lohrman said she hears her mother reassuring her that everything will be OK.

April 16, 2020, 5:02pm Clark County Health

Registered nurse Bev Lohrman was understandably worried about her new assignment in the intensive care unit at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. Read story