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The well-dressed Kong Loy family sits for a portrait in this undated photo. Left to right are Percy, Kong (father), Pearl, Rose (mother), Margaret (Peggy) and the youngest Priscilla stands in front.

Clark County History: Kong Loy

April 24, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Life

In the 1880s, the railroad paid 12-year-old Kwong Lai an apple a day to carry water. He struggled toting the full bucket from dawn to dusk. The railroad paid whites more than people of color and exploited laborers like Kwong. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Taking care of birds a treat

April 24, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Life

Our family moved in 1956 from the small Wisconsin city of Waukesha to a new house my parents had built in a rural area of Waukesha County that was just being developed. Read story

Energy Adviser: Water technicians keep utility flowing

April 23, 2022, 6:15am Clark County Life

Delivering safe and clean drinking water to tens of thousands of people isn’t exactly a 9 to 5 job. Read story

Audition for “The Little Mermaid”

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

Journey Theater is holding auditions for “The Little Mermaid” musical, with performances at Parkrose High School Performing Arts Center in Portland on July 29, 30, Aug. 4, 5 and 6. Read story

Yakama tribal member and Shahala Middle School student Mia Bennett, 13, left, will be one of the head dancers at Saturday's Traditional Pow Wow at Clark College. Her aunt, Aiyanna Bennett, 27, is a dance and culture instructor determined to keep Yakama culture alive.

‘Powwow people’: Clark County teens among head dancers at traditional celebration

April 21, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Life

Mia Bennett, a 13-year-old Shahala Middle School student, said growing up Yakama in Vancouver sometimes means educating her school friends and teachers about her “other” identity. Read story

Pianist Alexander Toradze will perform with the Vancouver Symphony in an all-Russian program this weekend.

Pianist, Vancouver Symphony interpret Russian music

April 21, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Pianist Alexander Toradze returns to Skyview Concert Hall this weekend to perform with the Vancouver Symphony in an all-Russian program that includes works by Igor Stravinsky, Dmitri Shostakovich and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Under normal circumstances, this concert would mark a celebration of great music with one of the world’s top-tier… Read story

Get beautiful, blooming hanging baskets at Battle Ground High School’s Plant and Greenhouse sale.

Try This: Plant sale, open mic, Family Nature Fun

April 21, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Blooming delight Read story

This simple Apple Vanilla Cake comes together in about an hour. It's homey enough to eat for breakfast but with a dollop of creme fraiche, it also makes a sophisticated dessert.

You can’t go wrong with Apple Vanilla Cake

April 20, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Life

I don’t really like cake. There, I’ve said it. I don’t often speak about my odd cake aversion in public because, well, what kind of weirdo doesn’t like cake? It’s socially unacceptable. It’s the same as not liking dogs; it makes a person seem cold-hearted and essentially untrustworthy. Read story