November 24, 2020, 8:30am Clark County Life Free
The holidays are right around the corner. The Columbian will feature families celebrating the season in style in our Dec. 11 edition, but we need your help. Read story
November 24, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Health
Pacific Northwesterners know that keeping spirits up during this time of short days, long nights and perpetually overcast weather is no joke. Like plants, we seek the light and crave its enlivening power. Read story
November 22, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life
I have distracted brain. I’ll start something, then think of something else that needs attention, which leads to yet another thing, and some hours later realize that the first thing is still waiting to be finished. Sigh. Read story
November 22, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
Thanksgiving is, as the moniker suggests, all about giving thanks. During a year when most of us plan to spend the day in locations separate from our nearest and dearest, this might seem like an impossible challenge. Read story
November 22, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
The assisted living facility administrator confirmed that Mom was refusing to bathe. If this continued, she would be transferred to a facility that provided a higher level of personal care. Mom loved her apartment. Read story
November 22, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life
Gen. George Armstrong Custer’s sister, Maggie, lived with her brother-in-law, Lt. Fredric Calhoun and his wife, Emma, at the Vancouver Barracks for several months during 1885. A decade earlier, Maggie lost her husband, Lt. John Calhoun, and three brothers (George, Tom and Boston) at Little Big Horn. Read story
November 21, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life
If the calendar wasn’t reminder enough, let those recent frosty mornings say loud and clear that winter is fast approaching and with it comes temperatures cold enough to potentially burst your pipes. Read story
November 20, 2020, 6:02am Business
With precautions against coronavirus again closing indoor dining in Washington, restaurants say their survival depends on serving customers outdoors — difficult to do in cold, wet weather without some sort of shelter. Read story
November 19, 2020, 6:03am Clark County Life
Nina Borroz has always loved sewing. When she was little, her mother warned her not to touch the sewing machine, but she did anyway, piercing her hand with the needle. That didn’t deter Borroz. She learned to sew at her mother’s knee, and helped with the piles of mending and… Read story
November 18, 2020, 11:40am Clark County Life
For more information, call Clark County Public Health at 564-397-8428 or visit www.clark.wa.gov/public-health/restaurant-inspection. In the health department’s scoring system, the fewer the points, the better. A perfect score is 0. The worst possible score is 418. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. Read story