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People scoop mashed potatoes, stuffing and other Thanksgiving staples into disposable tins at WareHouse '23 in Vancouver last year.

Thankful for your ample feast? Share it with others Clark County

People scoop mashed potatoes, stuffing and other Thanksgiving staples into disposable tins at WareHouse '23 in Vancouver last year.

November 19, 2021, 6:02am Clark County Life

Thanksgiving Day provides time to be thankful and show gratitude. Those who have been blessed with a warm home, plenty of food and a day off can show appreciation by feeding neighbors who have struggled this year. Read story

In the Cooper Vortex, even a matter as simple as a man's name is complicated and suspicious. Dan Cooper is the name used by a passenger to buy a one-way Northwest Airlines ticket from Portland to Seattle. After the skyjacking, a local news reporter misunderstood the name as "D.B." -- and that's what has stuck ever since.

Try This: CooperCon 2021; Clark College Jazz Band; open mic

In the Cooper Vortex, even a matter as simple as a man's name is complicated and suspicious. Dan Cooper is the name used by a passenger to buy a one-way Northwest Airlines ticket from Portland to Seattle. After the skyjacking, a local news reporter misunderstood the name as "D.B." -- and that's what has stuck ever since.

November 18, 2021, 6:03am Clark County Life

Five things to do in the coming days Read story

Bryon Ledin of Clark Public Utilities lends a hand as hundreds of holiday lights are hung in the trees Wednesday morning at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver. Due to COVID-19-related mandates and staffing impacts, the in-person event was canceled, but the city and the Vancouver Rotary Club are creating a video set to broadcast on CVTV that will kick off the community tree-lighting.

Vancouver lights up the holidays

Bryon Ledin of Clark Public Utilities lends a hand as hundreds of holiday lights are hung in the trees Wednesday morning at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver. Due to COVID-19-related mandates and staffing impacts, the in-person event was canceled, but the city and the Vancouver Rotary Club are creating a video set to broadcast on CVTV that will kick off the community tree-lighting.

November 17, 2021, 5:27pm Churches & Religion

Thousands of lights are being wound around trees in Esther Short Park in the days leading up to the Nov. 26 lighting of the community tree. Read story

This cranberry bread is inspired by a decades-old recipe from a childhood book.

Cranberry Thanksgiving: Storybook cranberry bread makes a sweet tradition

This cranberry bread is inspired by a decades-old recipe from a childhood book.

November 17, 2021, 6:01am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

When I was in first or second grade, my mother subscribed to a children’s book-a-month club, so every month for several years I got a new book in the mail. When I was about 10, I received “Cranberry Thanksgiving,” about a girl and her grandmother who live next to a… Read story

Matt Schiffman's new Magnolia Tavern brings an adult flair and Southern cuisine to Vancouver's northeast corner.

Southern Kitchen & Bar: Magnolia Tavern opens near Hockinson

Matt Schiffman's new Magnolia Tavern brings an adult flair and Southern cuisine to Vancouver's northeast corner.

November 16, 2021, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

After months of anticipation and delay, Magnolia Tavern opened Nov. 6 near Hockinson. The Southern kitchen and bar at 8611 N.E. Ward Road was originally slated to begin business in June 2020. Read story

Check It Out: Perfect picks for pajama party

November 14, 2021, 6:05am Clark County Life

Can you still have a pajama party if you’re the only guest? I think you can, so that’s what I’ll be doing tonight, hosting and attending a pj party of one. What’s not to love about pajamas? Soft? Check. Warm? Check. The perfect wardrobe for chilly autumn evenings? Check, check,… Read story

In the Associated Press file photos at top, the hijacked Northwest Airlines jetliner sits on a runway for refueling on Nov. 25, 1971, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Boeing 727 eventually flew south carrying skyjacker D.B. Cooper and a minimal crew.

The D.B. Cooper Vortex: Skyjacker now part of Northwest culture

In the Associated Press file photos at top, the hijacked Northwest Airlines jetliner sits on a runway for refueling on Nov. 25, 1971, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Boeing 727 eventually flew south carrying skyjacker D.B. Cooper and a minimal crew.

November 14, 2021, 6:05am Clark County Life

Fifty years ago, on the night before Thanksgiving, a skyjacker claiming to carry a bomb in a briefcase seized a Boeing 727 en route from Portland to Seattle. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: A not-so-sweet 16 birthday tale

November 14, 2021, 6:02am Clark County Life

Shortages, empty grocery shelves, limits on purchases, costs going up, all too familiar. I am reminded of our experiences during World War II. Read story

Alcohol Inks Ornaments: Vancouver Art Space offers several workshops featuring alcohol inks, a permanent ink that adheres to smooth surfaces like ceramic, metal and these glass ornaments.

Five Clark County studios offer seasonally inspired arts, crafts workshops ideal for gifts

Alcohol Inks Ornaments: Vancouver Art Space offers several workshops featuring alcohol inks, a permanent ink that adheres to smooth surfaces like ceramic, metal and these glass ornaments.

November 14, 2021, 6:02am Clark County Life

Local arts and craft studios offer a rainbow of gift-making workshops that also let you give yourself the present of a fun holiday activity. Options include glass fusing, painting, pottery, wooden sign-making and mixed media collage. If you aren’t jazzed about the joys of DIY gifts, the studios offer gift… Read story

This gear is all that remains of Fort Vancouver's first sawmill, which was located near the present day Columbia Springs environmental education center. One end of this gear would attach to a waterwheel (or turbine) and the other side turned a large circular or muley saw.

Clark County History: Sawmills

This gear is all that remains of Fort Vancouver's first sawmill, which was located near the present day Columbia Springs environmental education center. One end of this gear would attach to a waterwheel (or turbine) and the other side turned a large circular or muley saw.

November 14, 2021, 6:00am Clark County Life

Although he was nervous about the United States and Britain haggling over where to draw the boundary for Oregon Country, John McLoughlin, chief factor of Hudson Bay Company, ordered a sawmill built on the outflow from Columbia Springs in 1828. Read story