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Jene McMahon, right, crochets the temperature blanket she's been making all year while chatting with her husband, Tom, who happens to work as a heating technician. "We finally have something to talk about every evening!" Jene McMahon said.

Clark County crocheter records 2022’s temperatures, at one line per day

Jene McMahon, right, crochets the temperature blanket she's been making all year while chatting with her husband, Tom, who happens to work as a heating technician. "We finally have something to talk about every evening!" Jene McMahon said.

December 30, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Life

Jene McMahon’s New Year’s Eve party plan is to stay home and celebrate the completion of a demanding, daily artistic project. Line by line, each day since Jan. 1, McMahon has crocheted our changing weather into a vividly colorful blanket. Each line of yarn represents that day’s temperature high. Read story

Clark County health inspections, Dec. 21-27

December 30, 2022, 5:52am 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 418. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. Name Address Total… Read story

Straight No Chaser will perform at Keller Auditorium in Portland on New Year's Eve.

Try This: Jam session, Pittock Mansion, Straight No Chaser

Straight No Chaser will perform at Keller Auditorium in Portland on New Year's Eve.

December 29, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

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Player John Yadon of Gresham, Ore., keeps his concentration while taking on opponents during a recent 11 a.m. Wednesday weekly game at the Vancouver Bridge Club.

Vancouver Bridge Club members say cards keep them sharp

Player John Yadon of Gresham, Ore., keeps his concentration while taking on opponents during a recent 11 a.m. Wednesday weekly game at the Vancouver Bridge Club.

December 29, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

The Vancouver Bridge Club’s longtime member, 95-year-old Bill Mauck, said he joined in 1956. He started playing the challenging card game even before that, when he was 10. Read story

The Boy Scouts will hold their annual Christmas tree recycling event on Jan. 7.

Recycle Christmas tree, holiday lights in Clark County

The Boy Scouts will hold their annual Christmas tree recycling event on Jan. 7.

December 26, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Now that the holiday is over, Clark County Public Health urges everyone to keep their Christmas trees — those symbols of rebirth and renewal, the generosity of nature, the goodness of God, take your pick — from becoming nothing but garbage. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Lost and found at holiday search event

December 25, 2022, 6:05am Clark County Life

Our recent snow reminded me of the time my parents took me and my two younger brothers to the Yule Log Hunt. This is an annual event held in Palmer Lake, Colo., close enough for a day trip from our home in Colorado Springs. Read story

Mount Adams is visible in the background near the junction of the Hardtime Loop and Scenic Loop trails northeast of Koshko Sno-Park in the Wind River area.

Savor snow on skis in Southwest Washington

Mount Adams is visible in the background near the junction of the Hardtime Loop and Scenic Loop trails northeast of Koshko Sno-Park in the Wind River area.

December 25, 2022, 6:04am Clark County Life

Mention cross-country skiing or snowshoeing and the responses often revolve around the long drive and crowded conditions at popular Teacup Lake or Trillium Lake on Mount Hood. Read story

Maud Johnson, the queen of fake accidents, appears in her 1910 Walla Walla prison mug shot. She slid into criminality while a youthful vaudeville performer in Oregon. The police in the state's larger cities all knew of her. She moved from petty crimes to bilking railroads of thousands of dollars for fake injuries.

Clark County history: Maud Johnson trial

Maud Johnson, the queen of fake accidents, appears in her 1910 Walla Walla prison mug shot. She slid into criminality while a youthful vaudeville performer in Oregon. The police in the state's larger cities all knew of her. She moved from petty crimes to bilking railroads of thousands of dollars for fake injuries.

December 25, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Life

Judge A. L. Miller opened a 1910 fraud trial with three hours of excruciating legal commentary. He was trying to unwind the knotty skein of facts involving multiple fraudulent actions perpetrated by Maud Johnson involving a chain of shakedown offenses. Between 1907 and 1909, she repeatedly fleeced most of the… Read story

Energy Adviser: Operation Warm Heart lends a hand

December 24, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Christmas is just around the corner, and while some of us are still searching for last minute gifts, some in our community, especially parents, are agonizing over which bills will get paid this month and how to keep the heat on. Read story

This week in Clark County history

December 23, 2022, 6:05am 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