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Clark County Life

This easterly view from the top of Wind Mountain shows a rock field stretching below, and Dog Mountain next door.

Wind Mountain: Unexpected art marks the steep trail to a spiritual summit in the Gorge

This easterly view from the top of Wind Mountain shows a rock field stretching below, and Dog Mountain next door.

May 4, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life

It’s a steep, tough climb. But it’s no Dog Mountain. Read story

Maestro Salvador Brotons, facing, leads the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra during a concert at Skyview High School  (The Columbian files)
Students who auditioned April 18 for the Vancouver Master Chorale's Youth Vocal Scholarship: first row, from left, Catherine Hartrim-Lowe, home-schooled; Aowynn Frye, Heritage High School; Juliana Traphagen, Cedar Tree Classical Christian School; Jasmine Eiland, Vancouver School of Arts and Academics; Christian Villahermosa, VSAA; and (winner) MacKenzie Stiles, Heritage. Second row from left are (winner) Adisynn Ackley, Prairie High School; Tanner Wuethrich, VSAA; Eliott Bohm, Heritage; Payton Graham, Heritage; and Ethan Knerr, Heritage. Not pictured are Chayse Stone, Heritage; and Minntah Haefker, Lincoln.

Vancouver Master Chorale awards youth scholarships

Students who auditioned April 18 for the Vancouver Master Chorale's Youth Vocal Scholarship: first row, from left, Catherine Hartrim-Lowe, home-schooled; Aowynn Frye, Heritage High School; Juliana Traphagen, Cedar Tree Classical Christian School; Jasmine Eiland, Vancouver School of Arts and Academics; Christian Villahermosa, VSAA; and (winner) MacKenzie Stiles, Heritage. Second row from left are (winner) Adisynn Ackley, Prairie High School; Tanner Wuethrich, VSAA; Eliott Bohm, Heritage; Payton Graham, Heritage; and Ethan Knerr, Heritage. Not pictured are Chayse Stone, Heritage; and Minntah Haefker, Lincoln.

May 4, 2023, 6:01am Clark County Life

Adjudicators said they were amazed at the excellent performances by all 14 youth singers who auditioned April 18 for the Vancouver Master Chorale Youth Vocal Scholarships. Read story

Call for Artists: Submit art for library’s Art4Art fundraiser

May 4, 2023, 5:01am Clark County Life

The Friends of Vancouver Community Library invite anyone of any age to submit their artistic creations to the annual Art4Art fundraiser. Participants can pick up 8-inch-square wooden panels (one or two per person) from the accounts desk at the Vancouver Community Library, 901 C St., Vancouver. Decorate or create a… Read story

Arroz con leche -- "rice with milk" or rice pudding -- is especially rich and creamy with whole milk, evaporated milk and condensed milk.

Arroz to the occasion with rich rice pudding with a hint of citrus

Arroz con leche -- "rice with milk" or rice pudding -- is especially rich and creamy with whole milk, evaporated milk and condensed milk.

May 3, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

I was browsing around our local dollar store a couple of weeks ago when I strolled by the refrigerated foods section. My eyes landed on the tempting selections of puddings and gelatin dessert cups: tapioca pudding, flan and gelatina de mosaico (a kind of jello salad made with colorful gelatin… Read story

Check It Out: Celebrate nurses everywhere

April 30, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life

I read an article recently about nurses leaving the workforce in record numbers due to burnout and stress. The pandemic has been hard on everyone, but I can’t imagine what nurses, doctors and other health workers have had to deal with in recent times. When I think of heroes, medical… Read story

A bear caught on a residential lawn in the Gorge was transported miles away, released and hazed with loud noise and rubber buckshot -- an attempt to scare it away from humans permanently -- in remote, rural Snowden.

Habitat loss brings bears, cougars closer to suburbs, cities in Southwest Washington

A bear caught on a residential lawn in the Gorge was transported miles away, released and hazed with loud noise and rubber buckshot -- an attempt to scare it away from humans permanently -- in remote, rural Snowden.

April 30, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

This is the time of year when Clark County starts receiving visits from huge bellies on hairy legs. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Up close with nature while camping

April 30, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

It was in the spring of 1961, when I was in the junior class of a small high school in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Monterey Bay in Northern California. We had a geology club that took camping trips to various locations. We had traveled across the state to the… Read story

Standing in Esther Short Park isn't the first, but possibly the second, fire engine purchased by the Vancouver City Council. Wooden buildings in the frontier days of the city often caught fire. In Vancouver, the same downtown block burned to the ground twice, once in 1861 and again in 1866. After the second, Vancouver's residents started a volunteer fire department, and the city council bought a fire engine.

Clark County history: Downtown Vancouver burns

Standing in Esther Short Park isn't the first, but possibly the second, fire engine purchased by the Vancouver City Council. Wooden buildings in the frontier days of the city often caught fire. In Vancouver, the same downtown block burned to the ground twice, once in 1861 and again in 1866. After the second, Vancouver's residents started a volunteer fire department, and the city council bought a fire engine.

April 30, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

Much of downtown Vancouver burned to the ground on Aug. 23, 1866, just nine years after the city was incorporated. The fire ate through a crowded block of 12 wooden buildings between Main and Washington and bounded on the east and west by Third and Fourth streets. It broke out… Read story

Gardening With Allen: Divide bulbs now or in fall

April 29, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

Some of my daffodil and tulip bulbs need to be moved and divided. Do I have to wait until fall to dig them? Read story