Clark County Life

A bear helps itself to a birdfeeder in a backyard. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Officer Tom Moats contends that if you are feeding birds in bear country during the spring, you are bound to draw bears. Birds have plenty of wild food available in the spring.

Bears and fawns, oh my: Washington expert says leave baby deer alone, discourage bruins

June 1, 2021, 6:03am Clark County Life

This the time of year when humans encounter wildlife. Deer and other animals are having babies, and bears are emerging from their winter dens hungry. The bears are desperately seeking sources of food, and are drawn to bird feeders, trash cans and pet food near homes. Also, deer are having… Read story

Check It Out: Picture books speak volumes

May 30, 2021, 6:06am Clark County Life

With summer on its way, I start thinking about sitting on my patio with a cool drink and a good book. If fall and winter have the market on cozy reading habits — a fire in the fireplace, warm blankets, hot tea — summer reading demands sun, the smell of… Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Everyone, like Dave, deserves a home

May 30, 2021, 6:05am Clark County Life

I met Dave when he was assigned to our church as part of the Safe Park program for people living in their cars. For a year and a half, his car was the first thing I saw when I arrived at church in the morning, or the last thing when… Read story

Soldier Mel Strawn was an eyewitness and took powerful snapshots of a 1952 uprising by North Korean prisoners against their captors at Koje-Do, a South Korean island used as a massive prisoner of war camp during the Korean War.

Hockinson author’s new book details brother’s experience in Korea

May 30, 2021, 6:02am Clark County Life

Hockinson author Dan Strawn’s slim-yet-layered new memoir centers on his beloved brother’s experience as a soldier in Korea. But “Past Awakened: Wars, Letters, Brothers,” is also about the tricky process of memoir writing itself: chasing down distant facts and cross-checking personal recollections that are already fading. Read story

Pigtailed Gretchen Fraser at the 1948 Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, was the first out of the chute for the slalom; she had to wait, dreading another downhill racer might best her times. But when the judges combined each skier's two runs, hers remained the fastest.

Clark County History: Gretchen Fraser, the first woman on the Wheaties box

May 30, 2021, 6:00am Clark County Life

Appearing on a red-orange Wheaties box broke a second barrier for a Vancouver woman. She first crushed an Olympic one that admitted her to the elite “breakfast of champions” club. Onetime Vancouver resident Gretchen Fraser (1919-1994) was the first American to win a gold medal in skiing. That victory made… Read story

Clark County Life

Bears and fawns, oh my: Washington expert says leave baby deer alone, discourage bruins

Check It Out: Picture books speak volumes

Everybody Has a Story: Everyone, like Dave, deserves a home

Hockinson author’s new book details brother’s experience in Korea

Clark County History: Gretchen Fraser, the first woman on the Wheaties box

Moths moon over twilight in Northwest gardens

Energy Adviser: Heat pumps efficient, affordable

Gardening With Allen: Organic pesticides control many bugs

DosAlas Latin Kitchen & Tequila Bar opens at Waterfront Vancouver

3Peaks taproom truckin’ into summer in Ridgefield