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Columbian Science, Military & History Reporter

Lyle Wold, left, holds the gear shift lever as Tim Shotwell turns the engine crank of a 1917 Model T Ford they are transforming into a replica of a World War I Army ambulance.

1917 Model T gets new life as a life saver

Lyle Wold, left, holds the gear shift lever as Tim Shotwell turns the engine crank of a 1917 Model T Ford they are transforming into a replica of a World War I Army ambulance.

April 27, 2017, 7:30pm Clark County News

A 1917 Model T Ford is getting a second life. Read story

Sitting on a refurbished bench made with Alaska yellow cedar, volunteer Jim Bunzey leans forward on a weathered oak bench that he will restore in the workshop in the West Barracks&#039; old Post Hospital.

Restored benches a spot to park at fort

Sitting on a refurbished bench made with Alaska yellow cedar, volunteer Jim Bunzey leans forward on a weathered oak bench that he will restore in the workshop in the West Barracks&#039; old Post Hospital.

April 26, 2017, 6:05am Clark County Life

Vancouver Barracks and Officers Row can be inviting places for a stroll. Walking routes take you past buildings that go back 140 years and more. Read story

Public affairs officer Sue Ripp descends a staircase at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site after the Gifford Pinchot National Forest moved into the Vancouver Barracks building in January.

Fort project wins preservation award

Public affairs officer Sue Ripp descends a staircase at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site after the Gifford Pinchot National Forest moved into the Vancouver Barracks building in January.

April 24, 2017, 6:02am Clark County News

A project that turned a century-old Fort Vancouver infantry barracks into a new Forest Service headquarters has been recognized as one of Washington’s outstanding examples of historic preservation. Read story

A &quot;Stumptown scud&quot; (Ramellogammarus similimanus) -- a mysterious, shrimp-like creature whose entire population lives in and around Portland.

Off Beat: Stumptown scud doesn’t live here, but its cousin does

A &quot;Stumptown scud&quot; (Ramellogammarus similimanus) -- a mysterious, shrimp-like creature whose entire population lives in and around Portland.

April 23, 2017, 4:00pm Clark County News

It may not be a Stumptown scud, but it’s ours. Read story

Columbia Land Trust Executive Director Glenn Lamb leads a walk in 2013.

Winners of Florence B. Wager Awards selected

Columbia Land Trust Executive Director Glenn Lamb leads a walk in 2013.

April 19, 2017, 6:02am Clark County Life

The Parks Foundation of Clark County is honoring Glenn Lamb, Joyce Lindsay and James Barhitte with its annual Florence B. Wager Awards for their contributions to parks, trails and recreation programs. Read story

Willis Earl receives a medal from the Veterans of Underage Military Service in 2001.

Off Beat: He enlisted for WWI despite being too young

Willis Earl receives a medal from the Veterans of Underage Military Service in 2001.

April 17, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

Eighty-three names on the Veterans War Memorial remind us of Clark County’s participation in World War I. That salute to those killed in 1917 and 1918 wasn’t the community’s only long-standing link to the Great War, however. Read story

Seen through the circular front entry, a visitor looks around inside the Cathlapotle Plankhouse.

Cathlapotle opens for the season

Seen through the circular front entry, a visitor looks around inside the Cathlapotle Plankhouse.

April 15, 2017, 6:01am Clark County Life

When the Cathlapotle Plankhouse season opens Sunday, visitors will be introduced to people who have been in the neighborhood for a while. Read story

Bonnie Owen, a member of the U.S. Navy&#039;s WAVES during World War II, throws out a ceremonial opening pitch Sunday before Clark College&#039;s baseball game against the Linfield junior varsity. Sunday was Military Appreciation Day at Kindsfather Field. Malcolm Cameron, left, 77, is an Army veteran. (Randy L.

World War II WAVE pitches in again

Bonnie Owen, a member of the U.S. Navy&#039;s WAVES during World War II, throws out a ceremonial opening pitch Sunday before Clark College&#039;s baseball game against the Linfield junior varsity. Sunday was Military Appreciation Day at Kindsfather Field. Malcolm Cameron, left, 77, is an Army veteran. (Randy L.

April 14, 2017, 9:12pm Clark County News

Bonnie Owen never got public recognition for her World War II service. Read story

The Cathlapotle Plankhouse at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge opens its 2017 programming on Sunday.

Cathlapotle Plankhouse opens another season of events Sunday

The Cathlapotle Plankhouse at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge opens its 2017 programming on Sunday.

April 11, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Over the years, a couple of locales along the Columbia River have represented Clark County’s most populated communities. Read story

Searchers race in and out of the demolished Waremart store, where five people were killed in Vancouver on  April 5, 1972.

Off Beat: Winds were deadly in early April 1972

Searchers race in and out of the demolished Waremart store, where five people were killed in Vancouver on  April 5, 1972.

April 10, 2017, 6:03am Clark County News

Marking the first week of April, high winds lashed Clark County. Read story