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Columbian Science, Military & History Reporter

Off Beat: Remembering the only woman on county’s war memorial

May 29, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Following the Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Vancouver, some people will be walking down to the Clark County war memorial, which symbolizes what today is all about. Read story

Kurt Friedmann, left, offers his fry bread to visitors as the Cedar Creek Grist Mill, built in 1876, opens its season Saturday northeast of Woodland.

Cedar Creek Grist Mill kicks off season with event, treats

Kurt Friedmann, left, offers his fry bread to visitors as the Cedar Creek Grist Mill, built in 1876, opens its season Saturday northeast of Woodland.

May 28, 2017, 6:05am Clark County Life

Three paper bags filled with three possible outcomes. Read story

Fire damage is seen after this apartment fire Saturday afternoon in Vancouver's Bagley Downs neighborhood.

Fire damages Bagley Downs apartment

Fire damage is seen after this apartment fire Saturday afternoon in Vancouver's Bagley Downs neighborhood.

May 27, 2017, 10:08pm Clark County News

A fire in an apartment unit Saturday afternoon displaced its two occupants and caused about $75,000 worth of damage. Read story

A crane hoists the new flagpole into position Thursday morning at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

Flagpole in place at Fort Vancouver, ready for flag

A crane hoists the new flagpole into position Thursday morning at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

May 26, 2017, 6:17pm Clark County News

They had to look underground to find the flagpole. Read story

Veteran William Knight, in green hat, looks over the Battle Ground Veterans Memorial before its dedication in 2015 at Kiwanis Park in Battle Ground. On Monday, it will be the site of the city’s Memorial Day observance.

Ceremonies mark Memorial Day activities in Clark County

Veteran William Knight, in green hat, looks over the Battle Ground Veterans Memorial before its dedication in 2015 at Kiwanis Park in Battle Ground. On Monday, it will be the site of the city’s Memorial Day observance.

May 25, 2017, 6:02am Clark County News

and an 80-foot flagpole to display one of them — will be part of Memorial Day activities Monday at Fort Vancouver and in Battle Ground. Read story

Woodland’s current library was built in 1909. Library officials announced Monday they have acquired 2.4 acres — more than enough to build a new Woodland Community Library.

District closes deal on new Woodland library

Woodland’s current library was built in 1909. Library officials announced Monday they have acquired 2.4 acres — more than enough to build a new Woodland Community Library.

May 23, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

Woodland’s future library has a place to call home. Officials of Fort Vancouver Regional Library District announced Monday that they have completed the purchase of 2.4 acres as the site for the new Woodland Community Library. Read story

Stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, left, and Viggo Mortensen prepare to film a scene for “The Road” in a 2008 photo taken by Rod Ludvigsen in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

Off beat: Mount St. Helen’s bleak landscape a fit for ‘The Road’

Stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, left, and Viggo Mortensen prepare to film a scene for “The Road” in a 2008 photo taken by Rod Ludvigsen in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

May 21, 2017, 4:09pm Clark County News

‘The Road” to ruin went through Mount St. Helens. Read story

Astronauts Anne McClain, left, and Mike Barratt train for a spacewalk in NASA’s neutral buoyancy tank, which simulates zero gravity.

Astronaut from Camas says give me my space

Astronauts Anne McClain, left, and Mike Barratt train for a spacewalk in NASA’s neutral buoyancy tank, which simulates zero gravity.

May 21, 2017, 6:06am Clark County News

You're gazing continuously at one object, yet the view never gets old. Read story

Chris Lockett, U.S. Geological Survey instrumentation scientist, at the spot where the September Lobe monitoring station is buried under 10 to 15 feet of snow during an April 21 trip into the crater of Mount St. Helens.

‘Stethoscope’ gets ‘to the heart’ of Mount St. Helens

Chris Lockett, U.S. Geological Survey instrumentation scientist, at the spot where the September Lobe monitoring station is buried under 10 to 15 feet of snow during an April 21 trip into the crater of Mount St. Helens.

May 17, 2017, 6:06pm Clark County News

Vancouver-based scientists recently made a house call to the crater of Mount St. Helens. They needed to check the volcano’s heartbeat. Read story

Kids and parents arrive for story time in the Woodland Community Library in 2015. Library advocates say the century-old building is too small, and regional library trustees voted Monday to buy a site for a new branch.

Regional library board agrees to buy site for new Woodland branch

Kids and parents arrive for story time in the Woodland Community Library in 2015. Library advocates say the century-old building is too small, and regional library trustees voted Monday to buy a site for a new branch.

May 16, 2017, 7:17pm Clark County News

The quest for a modern Woodland library is moving forward with the regional library board’s decision to buy a site for the new branch. Read story