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Columbian Science, Military & History Reporter

A Portland piano tuner left his business card in a piano in 1936.

Off Beat: They found all that stuff inside pianos

A Portland piano tuner left his business card in a piano in 1936.

March 13, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

By all indications, the Piano Hospital will be remembered fondly. Read story

Cyrus Habib talks with The Columbian's Editorial Board in September as a candidate for lieutenant governor, an office to which the Democrat was elected in November.

Lt. Gov. Habib will be keynote speaker at Marshall Award event

Cyrus Habib talks with The Columbian's Editorial Board in September as a candidate for lieutenant governor, an office to which the Democrat was elected in November.

March 12, 2017, 5:19pm Clark County News

A unique figure on the American political scene will be the keynote speaker at this year’s General George C. Marshall Leadership Award ceremony. Read story

Todd Clark helps assemble a sign for the exhibit that opened Saturday at the Clark County Historical Museum.

Off Beat: Railway not just a place to make a living, but a place to live

Todd Clark helps assemble a sign for the exhibit that opened Saturday at the Clark County Historical Museum.

March 6, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

For decades, a lot of people in this area found steady employment working on the railroad. Read story

Skyridge Middle School eighth-grader  Brody Baemen, left, sets a marshmallow on fire while teammate Lucas Mansfield observes during the Food Science event at Saturday&#039;s regional Science Olympiad at Clark College.

Future scientists compete in regional Science Olympiad

Skyridge Middle School eighth-grader  Brody Baemen, left, sets a marshmallow on fire while teammate Lucas Mansfield observes during the Food Science event at Saturday&#039;s regional Science Olympiad at Clark College.

March 4, 2017, 7:01pm Clark County News

It's a pretty simple recipe: Take one marshmallow, add flame. While Saturday's charred result is unlikely to be part of anybody's diet plan, the process actually was an exercise in calorie counting. Read story

Vancouver Community Library manager Jackie Spurlock, left, congratulates new American citizen Fiyori Hagos, a Portland resident from Ethiopia, after the swearing-in ceremony Friday morning at the library.

26 new U.S. citizens sworn in at Vancouver Community Library ceremonyvideo icon

Vancouver Community Library manager Jackie Spurlock, left, congratulates new American citizen Fiyori Hagos, a Portland resident from Ethiopia, after the swearing-in ceremony Friday morning at the library.

March 3, 2017, 6:44pm Clark County News

Alem Gebrehiwot won a lottery in 2011. But on Friday, his wife was ahead of him in claiming the unique prize: American citizenship. Read story

Library effort gets Hannah grant

March 3, 2017, 5:43pm Clark County News

Dick Hannah Dealerships has made a contribution of $13,000 to the Ridgefield Library Building Fund. The building fund was established by the Friends of Ridgefield Community Library and the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation to help support the construction of a larger, more state-of-the-art library building to serve residents in… Read story

Eileen Trestain, who manages the costume department at Fort Vancouver, examines a silk dress that was made around 1850. It had belonged to Maria Barclay, whose husband, Dr. Forbes Barclay, was the physician at Fort Vancouver during the 1840s.

Fort Vancouver honors 5 special women

Eileen Trestain, who manages the costume department at Fort Vancouver, examines a silk dress that was made around 1850. It had belonged to Maria Barclay, whose husband, Dr. Forbes Barclay, was the physician at Fort Vancouver during the 1840s.

March 3, 2017, 6:02am Clark County News

A center founded at the University of North Carolina by a civil rights attorney to help the poor and disenfranchised is the latest institution to come under fire from conservatives as they work to leave their mark on the state’s higher education system. Read story

Vancouver resident Todd Clark helps arrange historical signs for an upcoming exhibit at the Clark County Historical Museum, which reopens Saturday.

All Aboard! Clark County Historical Museum reopening

Vancouver resident Todd Clark helps arrange historical signs for an upcoming exhibit at the Clark County Historical Museum, which reopens Saturday.

February 27, 2017, 6:03am Clark County News

They’ve been working on the railroad. Read story

The North Clark Historical Museum is in the former Amboy United Brethren Church, built in 1910.

Museum illuminates north county history

The North Clark Historical Museum is in the former Amboy United Brethren Church, built in 1910.

February 26, 2017, 5:00am Clark County News

Over the years, people who lived in Clark County’s northern tier didn’t worry much about their places in history. Read story

Elaine Dorset, an archeologist at Fort Vancouver, handles an 1942 Army service Forces patch.

Off Beat: Barracks renovation yields century of Army lost-and-found

Elaine Dorset, an archeologist at Fort Vancouver, handles an 1942 Army service Forces patch.

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

The Army left behind some bullets. Read story