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Fort Vancouver is seen from above on Aug. 25, 2016. Attendance at the national park was at an all-time high in 2016.

Fort Vancouver attendance broke record in 2016

Fort Vancouver is seen from above on Aug. 25, 2016. Attendance at the national park was at an all-time high in 2016.

January 18, 2017, 9:09pm Clark County News

Fort Vancouver contributed to the all-time high in National Park Service visitors in 2016 with its own record-setting attendance of 1,019,239. Read story

John Keller, left, and Fred Munhoven, who helped him restore a replica cannon at the entrance to Officers Row for the Fort Vancouver National Trust.

Eagle Scout, specialist restore historic replica cannon

John Keller, left, and Fred Munhoven, who helped him restore a replica cannon at the entrance to Officers Row for the Fort Vancouver National Trust.

January 18, 2017, 6:05am Clark County Life

For former Vancouver soldiers Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. O.O. Howard, whose names are on nearby buildings, the two cannons would have represented formidable weapons. Read story

Carty Road in Ridgefield was covered with snow after a winter storm moved through Clark County on Dec. 17, 2008.

Off Beat: Take a trip down that lane where the snow will never melt

Carty Road in Ridgefield was covered with snow after a winter storm moved through Clark County on Dec. 17, 2008.

January 16, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Life

There is a stretch of street that’s always covered with packed snow. It never gets plowed, and the sun never melts the portion of Memory Lane that runs through December 2008. Read story

A salute in frosting for Bert Burgess and his boat Breezy II during Sunday&#039;s retirement party.

Christmas Ship boater retires from holiday tradition at 89

A salute in frosting for Bert Burgess and his boat Breezy II during Sunday&#039;s retirement party.

January 15, 2017, 8:01pm Clark County News

Bert Burgess decided to give the local Christmas Ship fleet a try in 1966. The 89-year-old Vancouver boater was still part of the annual river-going parade a month ago. Read story

A mailman navigates snowy streets in Northwest Vancouver near Franklin Park on Friday.

Warmer weather to start melting ice, snow locally

A mailman navigates snowy streets in Northwest Vancouver near Franklin Park on Friday.

January 15, 2017, 7:37pm Clark County News

After lows in the single digits, warming conditions Monday will start eroding Clark County’s crust of ice and snow. Read story

At approx. 5:30 am Sunday Jan 15 2017 a fire broke out at 13412 NE Fourth Plain Blvd in Vancouver. Upon arrival the building was heavily involved with flames showing through the roof, a second alarm was immediately called and soon thereafter a third alarm was called.

Body found after Fourth Plain strip mall fire

At approx. 5:30 am Sunday Jan 15 2017 a fire broke out at 13412 NE Fourth Plain Blvd in Vancouver. Upon arrival the building was heavily involved with flames showing through the roof, a second alarm was immediately called and soon thereafter a third alarm was called.

January 15, 2017, 8:33am Clark County News

A body was found in the ruins of an east Vancouver building that burned Sunday, and the case is being investigated as a possible homicide. Read story

Herb Block used the Liberty Bell in a new role after the Supreme Court ended legal segregation in public schools in 1954.

Works of influential political cartoonist Herblock on display in county

Herb Block used the Liberty Bell in a new role after the Supreme Court ended legal segregation in public schools in 1954.

January 15, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Life

Herbert L. Block was always putting ideas in people’s heads: Read story

Snow hangs on power lines and stoplights as motorists and drivers navigate through downtown Vancouver on Wednesday morning, Jan. 11, 2017.

Recent snowfall in top 10 in last 100 years

Snow hangs on power lines and stoplights as motorists and drivers navigate through downtown Vancouver on Wednesday morning, Jan. 11, 2017.

January 11, 2017, 9:58pm Clark County News

Vancouver-area residents are plowing their way through one of the top 10 snow events in the past 100 years. Read story

Maureen Andrade Montague, with art inspired by the Columbia Gorge pictograph &quot;She Who Watches,&quot; in the Fort Vancouver Visitors Center.

‘She Who Watches’ captivates

Maureen Andrade Montague, with art inspired by the Columbia Gorge pictograph &quot;She Who Watches,&quot; in the Fort Vancouver Visitors Center.

January 11, 2017, 6:03am Clark County Life

Maureen Andrade Montague and her kids were being watched. Read story

John Lynch of Black Diamond came to Vancouver on Dec. 17 to join a volunteer group cleaning the Old City Cemetery.

Off Beat: Gold Rush heritage comes back to Vancouver

John Lynch of Black Diamond came to Vancouver on Dec. 17 to join a volunteer group cleaning the Old City Cemetery.

January 9, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Some heritage of the California Gold Rush came full circle a couple of weeks ago in a downtown Vancouver cemetery. Read story