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Fadin&#039; by 9&#039;s Seth Moran, from left, Dave Irwin, Joe Lapidus and Ben Shafton remember the joys and challenges of recording a new album at Irwin&#039;s home on a recent Thursday night.

Fadin’ by 9’s ‘Vancouver, Vancouver’ evokes Mount St. Helens’ 1980 eruptionvideo icon

Fadin&#039; by 9&#039;s Seth Moran, from left, Dave Irwin, Joe Lapidus and Ben Shafton remember the joys and challenges of recording a new album at Irwin&#039;s home on a recent Thursday night.

January 9, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

The most famous phrase that’s ever been uttered about this town — a volcanologist’s cry of shock and warning — has been set to haunting music by a fellow scientist who feels the tale deeply. Read story

The Vancouver Bicycle Club recently held a group ride to raise awareness of a new state law that adds protections for cyclists and pedestrians sharing travel lanes with cars. Drivers are now required to slow down and give at least three feet of space, if not a whole lane, when passing bikes and walkers in the road. (Samuel Wilson/for The Columbian )

New state law requires drivers to move over for cyclists, pedestrians

The Vancouver Bicycle Club recently held a group ride to raise awareness of a new state law that adds protections for cyclists and pedestrians sharing travel lanes with cars. Drivers are now required to slow down and give at least three feet of space, if not a whole lane, when passing bikes and walkers in the road. (Samuel Wilson/for The Columbian )

January 4, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life

As of the new year, Washington cyclists and pedestrians should be enjoying a less-crowded, less-vulnerable feeling when forced to share public roadways with motor vehicles. A new state law that took effect Jan. 1 mandates that motorists passing cyclists or pedestrians in the road must give them at least 3… Read story

Historical novelist Dan Strawn&#039;s new novel, &quot;The Haunting of Josef Fleischer,&quot; is a dark tale about psychological fallout from the American Indian Wars.

Hockinson author’s dark work of fiction inspired by true events

Historical novelist Dan Strawn&#039;s new novel, &quot;The Haunting of Josef Fleischer,&quot; is a dark tale about psychological fallout from the American Indian Wars.

January 2, 2020, 6:03am Clark County Life

Suddenly, after decades of quiet farm and family life, Josef Fleischer can’t stop dreaming about his first kill: an Indian warrior on the Palouse, one cold December day in 1856. Read story

The authentically old-timey Ne Plus Ultra Jass Orchestra, led by Vancouver&#039;s Sammuel Murry-Hawkins, brings the swingin&#039; sounds of the Jazz Age to the Jack London Revue on New Year&#039;s Eve.

Parties get 2020 off to a rip-roaring start in Clark County

The authentically old-timey Ne Plus Ultra Jass Orchestra, led by Vancouver&#039;s Sammuel Murry-Hawkins, brings the swingin&#039; sounds of the Jazz Age to the Jack London Revue on New Year&#039;s Eve.

December 27, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

Are you ready to roar some more? We’re about to update the Roaring ’20s. Read story

In this file photo from March 2005, Eagle Scout Peter Sterr, center, watches while friends and family paint a labyrinth pattern onto brick pavers at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in east Vancouver.

Clark County labyrinths offer opportunity for meditation

In this file photo from March 2005, Eagle Scout Peter Sterr, center, watches while friends and family paint a labyrinth pattern onto brick pavers at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in east Vancouver.

December 27, 2019, 6:05am Churches & Religion

It’s the supreme irony of Eunice Schroeder’s life: When a friend first invited her to try walking a prayer labyrinth about 25 years ago, she really disliked the idea. Read story

Comedy improvisers Brooke Chamberlain, left, Katie Skinner and Tony Provenzola don&#039;t seem a bit concerned that Martin Slagle is spread-eagled on the floor during a recent show by Magenta Improv Theater.

Magenta Theater’s improv players build scenes one `yes’ at a time

Comedy improvisers Brooke Chamberlain, left, Katie Skinner and Tony Provenzola don&#039;t seem a bit concerned that Martin Slagle is spread-eagled on the floor during a recent show by Magenta Improv Theater.

December 26, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Life

What if your job was to agree with, embrace and build upon every ridiculous thing you heard? It might be a good way to survive these deeply divisive times. Read story

Richard Beer, programming director at the Kiggins Theatre, staffs the box office for a live performance of &quot;In Flight with D.B. Cooper,&quot; an original radio play.

Kiggins, Liberty theaters strive for creativity

Richard Beer, programming director at the Kiggins Theatre, staffs the box office for a live performance of &quot;In Flight with D.B. Cooper,&quot; an original radio play.

December 22, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

In his heart, Dan Wyatt remains “a kid in a movie theater, transported to other worlds and other times,” he said. Unlike most movie-loving kids, Wyatt owns his own cinema, the independent Kiggins Theatre, which he bought in 2012. Read story

Photographer, artist and birder Pamela Gunn searches for feathered friends in the sky over the Fort Vancouver National Site. Gunn will give a talk about birding at the fort, and her concerns about vanishing bird habitat, Saturday afternoon at the site&#039;s visitor center.

Christmas at the Fort to take flight with a birder’s delight

Photographer, artist and birder Pamela Gunn searches for feathered friends in the sky over the Fort Vancouver National Site. Gunn will give a talk about birding at the fort, and her concerns about vanishing bird habitat, Saturday afternoon at the site&#039;s visitor center.

December 13, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Life

Pamela Gunn feels both joy and anxiety as she walks out her Officers Row door and makes her morning birding rounds at the Fort Vancouver National Site. She loves visiting with feathered friends around the fort, but she’s worried how climate change and site redevelopment will affect their future prospects… Read story

Artist Erin Dengerink is more interested in time and transition than in permanence. Her ice-and-rock art installation at Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center is guaranteed to melt within a few days.

Time ‘a major element’ of art installation at Columbia Springs

Artist Erin Dengerink is more interested in time and transition than in permanence. Her ice-and-rock art installation at Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center is guaranteed to melt within a few days.

December 8, 2019, 6:53pm Clark County News

Artists usually have longevity in mind when they’re making beautiful things. They want their creations to last. Read story

Matt Barton, vice president of the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Association, signals that the engineer inching a locomotive along is running out of clear track. Behind Barton is the saddle-style water tank that was lifted off the group&#039;s 1929 steam engine during the federally mandated inspection.

Chelatchie Prairie Railroad on track to recovery

Matt Barton, vice president of the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Association, signals that the engineer inching a locomotive along is running out of clear track. Behind Barton is the saddle-style water tank that was lifted off the group&#039;s 1929 steam engine during the federally mandated inspection.

December 8, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

Dangling from a web of heavy chains, the 2,000-gallon water tank looked like a gargantuan horseshoe — the biggest good-luck charm you’ve ever seen — until it swung sideways, revealing its upside-down U-shape to be yards long. It’s almost as long as the locomotive engine it’s been sitting upon and… Read story