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This image made available by NASA on July 24, 2015, shows a combination of images captured by the New Horizons spacecraft with enhanced colors to show differences in the composition and texture of Pluto's surface. The deep icy basin in Pluto's heart-shaped region may be a natural sinkhole.

Pluto’s Demotion Day a chance to salute the dwarf planet

August 23, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

In late August 2006, new discoveries upended a traditional, comfortable way of viewing our solar system: Scientists decided Pluto wasn’t a planet after all. Read story

A Starlink-55 satellite train is seen Saturday night over the National Weather Service in Seattle.

SpaceX Starlink satellite train lights up Northwest night sky

August 21, 2022, 10:56am Clark County Life

People in the Northwest took to social media this weekend to ask what that strange string of lights was in the sky, some believing it could be UAP — unidentified aerial phenomena, as they’re now called. Read story

This tub came with the writer all the way from prewar Eastern Europe.

Everybody Has a Story: Tub brings back memories of mom

August 21, 2022, 6:05am Clark County Life

My mother’s name was Mihalina but everyone called her Matka, which is Polish for “mother.” She was uneducated but spoke six languages. She was the smartest, kindest, wisest and most industrious woman I have ever known. Read story

Check it Out: Borrow to binge your favorites

August 21, 2022, 6:05am Clark County Life

My husband and I have been binge-watching the television series “Longmire.” The crime drama is based on author Craig Johnson’s popular mystery series featuring Walt Longmire, a Wyoming sheriff. Since 2020 (one guess why), we’ve binge-watched many series. The funny thing about our binge-watching is that we are always behind… Read story

Vancouver resident Yoshiro "Yosh" Tokiwa served in the U.S. Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team in World War II. At age 97, Tokiwa is still able to carry the 442nd's banner -- figuratively speaking -- in events around the region. At top, at his east Vancouver apartment, Tokiwa displays his copy of the Congressional Gold Medal honoring the U.S. Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

Vancouver resident, WWII veteran Yoshiro Tokiwa still carrying the banner

August 21, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

In another era, he might have been described as an all-American boy. He was a hardworking farm kid who crank-started the tractor by himself when he was 14. He saved his dollar-a-week allowance to buy a chemistry set. At the library, he checked out science books. Read story

Clark County History: Base ball

Sports photographers missed capturing the initial 1867 baseball game at Fort Vancouver. This unidentified Sherman Club striker (batter) was caught on camera during a vintage game replay about 150 years later. The umpire called him out if the fielders caught the ball in their bare hands, either in the air or after one bounce. His uniform was all wool -- even the hat -- and hot. His wooden-soled shoes made running the bases slippery.

More than two decades after the first baseball game at New Jersey’s Elysian Fields, a faceoff between townies and soldiers was the first recorded ball game in Clark County. In mid-May 1867, two clubs met on the green: Vancouver’s Occidental Base Ball Club and Fort Vancouver soldiers of the Sherman… Read story

Camas 16-year-old wins Miss America’s Outstanding Teen

Morgan Greco, a 16-year-old Camas High School student, was named Miss America's Outstanding Teen on Aug. 12 in Dallas.

Morgan Greco vividly remembers the moment the crown was hers. She stood at the helm of a silent stage, with 50 other young women standing behind her. The nerves she felt were unmatched. She clutched hands with the other final competitor, Miss D.C., awaiting the final reveal. Read story