Friday, October 18 , 2024

Stories by Tom Vogt

Columbian Science, Military & History Reporter

Troops stack slabs of spruce as they're being unloaded from a rail car. The wood was favored by World War I aircraft builders.

A ‘Straight Grained’ salute to local WWI efforts

Troops stack slabs of spruce as they're being unloaded from a rail car. The wood was favored by World War I aircraft builders.

April 6, 2017, 6:06am Clark County News

When the United States entered the First World War on April 6, 1917, it was a transformative moment for the nation as well as the war. Read story

Brian Willoughby gives a Kosovar refugee boy a pen and paper at the Sports Palace in Korce, Albania, in 1999.

Off Beat: Writing partner wrote about things, days that mattered

Brian Willoughby gives a Kosovar refugee boy a pen and paper at the Sports Palace in Korce, Albania, in 1999.

April 3, 2017, 6:04am Clark County News

Awards are one way of recognizing good journalism. Brian Willoughby, who died Tuesday in a house fire, won more than his share. Read story

A historic wagon is on display at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City, Ore.

‘All this for Oregon’

A historic wagon is on display at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City, Ore.

March 28, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

A week into the journey, and things aren’t going well. Read story

Amelia Stewart Knight (Clark County Historical Museum)

Off Beat: Whether driving cars or cattle, some people are road hogs

Amelia Stewart Knight (Clark County Historical Museum)

March 27, 2017, 6:04am Clark County News

Road rage? In 1853? Read story

Eileen Trestain, seamstress and wardrobe department manager for Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, works on a silk dress from about 1855.

Silk dress once owned by one of fort’s founding mothers to be displayed

Eileen Trestain, seamstress and wardrobe department manager for Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, works on a silk dress from about 1855.

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

After some serious seamstressing by Eileen Trestain, the pretty silk dress is back home at the Barclays. Read story

The bell outside Bethel Lutheran Church has had a long journey from firehouse to churchyard.

Off Beat: Discarded fire bell found its church home a century ago

The bell outside Bethel Lutheran Church has had a long journey from firehouse to churchyard.

March 20, 2017, 6:02am Clark County News

Guests at Bethel Lutheran’s centennial celebration Sunday walked past a piece of history: its church bell. Read story

Neil Burkhardt receives a Citizen Service medal from Garry Lucas, then Clark County sheriff, in 2014 for intervening in an office shooting. Burkhardt is among 177 Carnegie Heroes listed in the foundation's 2015-2016 report, released last week.

Man who stopped VA office shooting honored as Carnegie Hero

Neil Burkhardt receives a Citizen Service medal from Garry Lucas, then Clark County sheriff, in 2014 for intervening in an office shooting. Burkhardt is among 177 Carnegie Heroes listed in the foundation's 2015-2016 report, released last week.

March 19, 2017, 4:27pm Clark County News

An employee who stopped a shooting in a Vancouver Veterans Affairs office is among 177 Carnegie Heroes honored for 2015-2016. Read story

Lois Chichinoff Thadei and her "fuss-pot" plane in 1977: "I was thinking it would be good to get rid of that thing before it killed me."

Pilot-artist discusses her careers at Fort Vancouver’s Visitor Center

Lois Chichinoff Thadei and her "fuss-pot" plane in 1977: "I was thinking it would be good to get rid of that thing before it killed me."

March 16, 2017, 9:17pm Clark County Life

Alaskan art and Clark County aviation lore come together Saturday in a 1 p.m. presentation at Fort Vancouver's Visitor Center. Read story

Centennial committee members Linda Bieker and Dean Sutera, from left, discuss plans with the Rev. Korey Finstad, pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church. The windows behind him mark what had been an exterior wall of the original church, which was built in 1921. The Brush Prairie church is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its formation.

Bethel Lutheran Church celebrates century of faith

Centennial committee members Linda Bieker and Dean Sutera, from left, discuss plans with the Rev. Korey Finstad, pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church. The windows behind him mark what had been an exterior wall of the original church, which was built in 1921. The Brush Prairie church is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its formation.

March 15, 2017, 6:02am Clark County News

Thirty-two Brush Prairie Lutherans gathered on March 16, 1917, to form a congregation with their cherished Norwegian traditions. Read story

Jenne Driggers, former Evergreen High student, in the control room of the Hanford LIGO lab near the Tri-Cities.

Former Evergreen student part of team answering the ‘why’ of gravitational waves

Jenne Driggers, former Evergreen High student, in the control room of the Hanford LIGO lab near the Tri-Cities.

March 13, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

Why. That's always been an important word for Jenne Driggers. Read story