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Second Chance Companions is in need of more community volunteers to help foster cats and kittens.

Second Chance Companions seeks help after tragic fire

Second Chance Companions is in need of more community volunteers to help foster cats and kittens.

December 15, 2022, 6:01am Clark County Life

Following a devastating fire at the home of one of its main volunteers, local animal foster and adoption nonprofit Second Chance Companions is looking for community support, through donations and more volunteers, to get back on its feet. Read story

"Nutcracker" dancers Esther Tully (as Cecelia), left, and Sophie Dickman (as Le Castor, the beaver king) share a chuckle during dress rehearsal at Columbia Dance.

Columbia Dance’s ‘The Nutcracker’ set in 1845 Fort Vancouver

"Nutcracker" dancers Esther Tully (as Cecelia), left, and Sophie Dickman (as Le Castor, the beaver king) share a chuckle during dress rehearsal at Columbia Dance.

December 15, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Life

After years of aesthetic development and pandemic patience, Columbia Dance’s uniquely reimagined “Nutcracker” is ready for its holiday debut. This “Nutcracker” moves the classic Russian fairy tale to our own slice of the American frontier, recasting its characters as real historical inhabitants of Fort Vancouver in 1845. Read story

If feta is delicious, just imagine how delicious fried feta could be! Serve it with this tangy tomato-cranberry chutney.

Festive fried feta will cheer up your cheese-board game

If feta is delicious, just imagine how delicious fried feta could be! Serve it with this tangy tomato-cranberry chutney.

December 14, 2022, 6:04am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

By golly, I do love a cheese board. The holidays offer ample opportunities to amp up your cheese-board game, so to speak, and do something beyond the usual cheese ball (though I will happily help to demolish a cheese ball, especially if it’s coated in almonds). Read story

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Northwest doctors say: Keep blood pressure in check with healthy lifestyle, testing at home

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December 13, 2022, 6:01am Clark County Health

Because it draws zero attention to itself, high blood pressure — the technical term is hypertension — seems to be the easiest to shrug off of all ongoing health conditions in American adults. Read story

The Buchanan home in east Vancouver features 100,000 lights and an army of marching figurines.

Holiday lights brighten up the season across Clark County

The Buchanan home in east Vancouver features 100,000 lights and an army of marching figurines.

December 12, 2022, 6:04am Clark County Life

Which lavishly lit-up house will get to brag that it’s Battle Ground’s brightest? Read story

This 1913 photo shows Andrew Carnegie sitting in a favorite place, a library. He wrote in his autobiography that libraries helped his rise in business. Carnegie grants totaling more than $1 million built 43 libraries in Washington between 1901 and 1916. They contributed $45 million to build 1,689 libraries across the country.

Clark County History: Vancouver’s Carnegie Library

This 1913 photo shows Andrew Carnegie sitting in a favorite place, a library. He wrote in his autobiography that libraries helped his rise in business. Carnegie grants totaling more than $1 million built 43 libraries in Washington between 1901 and 1916. They contributed $45 million to build 1,689 libraries across the country.

December 11, 2022, 6:15am Clark County Life

Editorializing confidently in 1906, The Columbian proclaimed there was “little or no doubt” Vancouver would get a Carnegie Library. The industrialist-turned-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was funding a dozen public libraries across Washington already. One in the city would publicly express its citizens’ attitudes and attract new ones, said the newspaper. Read story

A visit to the key, contested eastern city of Avdiivka in summer 2022. "A crucial city for the Russians," said Mikhail Pavenko. "They still haven't taken it.

Vancouver man on a mission in Ukraine

A visit to the key, contested eastern city of Avdiivka in summer 2022. "A crucial city for the Russians," said Mikhail Pavenko. "They still haven't taken it.

December 11, 2022, 6:04am Churches & Religion Subscriber Exclusive

When he hears that wicked whistling sound overhead, Mikhail Pavenko knows he’s only got a second or two to hit the ground. Read story

Check It Out: Pay tribute to Earth’s rocky giants with books

December 11, 2022, 6:04am Clark County Life

International Mountain Day takes place on Dec. 11. Internationally, the world has some spectacular peaks, but right here in the Pacific Northwest we can claim quite a few majestic elevations of our own. Read story

Energy Adviser: LEDs safe, efficient for holiday cheer

December 10, 2022, 6:47am Clark County Life

It wasn’t that long ago when just a few strands of holiday lights and a Christmas tree would add a pretty big bump in the home energy bill. Fortunately, thanks to energy efficient holiday lighting, home decorators can create a safe and beautiful display without sending the energy bill as… Read story

Gardening With Allen: Indoor plants need light feeding

December 10, 2022, 6:04am Clark County Life

I was about to fertilize our indoor plants with lawn fertilizer. My wife stopped me and said, “You will burn them.” Isn’t it safe to use lawn fertilizer on indoor plants? Read story