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Clark County health inspections, July 1-6

July 12, 2024, 5:33am 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

This week in Clark County history, July 12

July 12, 2024, 5:31am Clark County Life

A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum. Read story

The Vancouver Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers will have a grand opening July 16.

Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers sets opening date in Vancouver

July 11, 2024, 1:41pm Business

Southern chicken empire Raising Cane’s will open its first Washington location July 16 just off Mill Plain Boulevard in east Vancouver. Read story

This creamy, tart citrus drink is made with whole limes and sweetened condensed milk.

When life gives you limes, make Brazilian lemonade with few ingredients

July 10, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Sometimes readers ask me how I can write so much and keep thinking of (allegedly) funny things to say, so I will tell you: It’s a struggle. I don’t mean that it’s a struggle in the same way as actual problems, like a hospitalization, forest fire or running out of… Read story

Moviegoers line up to purchase concessions Wednesday at Battle Ground Cinema. Ticket sales at the theater haven’t quite reached pre-pandemic levels but are only 15 percent behind.

Summer of blockbuster movies have Clark County theaters seeing increased ticket sales

July 8, 2024, 6:10am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Theaters in Clark County and nationwide are aiming to make a comeback after the cinema industry tanked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

Tattooist-turned-potter Bradley Macom works on a vessel at his Vancouver studio. His arresting work combines ancient forms of Greek pottery with contemporary tattoo art.

Tattoo artist Bradley Macom throws ceramics into the mix

July 6, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life

What does a tattoo have in common with classic Greek pottery? Read story

Energy Adviser: Reduce waste with an energy review

July 6, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

If walls could talk, finding the sources of a home’s energy waste would be a breeze. Although homes still aren’t sentient, the Residential Energy Counselors with Clark Public Utilities are so good at identifying household energy saving solutions, you’d be forgiven for thinking they could hear the sheetrock speak. Read story

Local pilot and inventor Marvin Joy stands next to his experimental wingless plane that he called the “pumpkin seed.” The plane was flown twice at Pearson Field, in perhaps the first test of a lifting body aircraft.

Clark County History: Local inventor’s ‘flying flapjack’ was an aircraft ahead of its time