March 20, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Health
A group of two dozen women in matching shirts gathered at the Portland waterfront on a recent sunny evening, stretching and calling out chants to each other. They’re part of a new dragon boating team made up of breast cancer survivors called Pacific Northwest Pink Lemonade — a joining of… Read story
March 19, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life
My yard is waking up. Grass is growing, trees are budding, robins are a-hopping — it’s wonderful. Not far from my home is a small piece of land with what I like to call wild daffodils. I’m sure it was farm land in the past, and perhaps someone planted daffodil… Read story
March 19, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life
For many years, I lived in the Chicago area, while my daddy still lived in the southern Illinois community where my sisters and I grew up. My mother had died some years earlier from dementia. My older sister lived a few hours north of me in Wisconsin, and my youngest… Read story
March 19, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Health
The kittens up for adoption at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington are cute — pouncing on toys and chirping for attention. Read story
March 19, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life
Louis Barin was a big man, overflowing the cockpit of his airplane. At 250 pounds, he was nearly twice the weight of other youthful aviators at the Vancouver Barracks polo grounds aviation camp. But he was there every evening. Later, Barin would make his mark in aviation by becoming one… Read story
March 18, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life
In a recent article you mentioned that it was important to get an early start on tree and shrub pruning to avoid later problems. Most of our trees and shrubs were planted three years ago. They have made some nice growth the last two years. What should I be looking… Read story
March 18, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life
Graph out a utility’s energy sales and you see the rhythms of its customers’ daily lives. In winter months, energy demand spikes in the morning, when people are up cooking breakfast and taking showers. Then it spikes again in the evening when they’re home watching TV, doing laundry and running… Read story
March 17, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life
Distillers have aged spirits in oak barrels since the 1800s. Early alcohol makers discovered that, over time, the chemical components in wood add flavors like toffee, brown sugar, caramel and spice to spirits. Then they figured out that charring and toasting the barrels adds even more flavor. Read story
March 17, 2023, 5:33am Clark County Life
A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum. Read story
March 17, 2023, 5:12am Clark County Life
For more information, call Clark County Public Health at 564-397-8428 or visit www.clark.wa.gov/ public-health/restaurant-inspection. In the health department’s scoring system, the fewer the points, the better. A perfect score is 0. The worst possible score is 448. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. Read story
