Clark County Life

Kindred Homestead Supply hosts The Downtown Alley Flea Market on the second Saturday of each month, March through October.

Try this: Downtown Alley Flea Market, Comedy on Tap, swing dance with Riverhouse Swing

April 11, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

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The random rolls of different-sided dice control players' destinies in Dungeons &Dragons and its many spinoff games.

Once feared by parents, Dungeons & Dragons is ‘incredibly inclusive’ as it turns 50 years old

April 11, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life

Over the past few decades, community builders have bemoaned the loss of organized American togetherness as team, club and congregation membership has dwindled. From Sunday morning church services to Thursday night bowling league, people just don’t assemble in friendly groups like they used to — or so goes the theory… Read story

These Greek salad wraps showcase punchy Mediterranean flavors but they didn’t wrap so well.

Experiment with Greek-inspired salad rolls is a wrap (sort of)

April 10, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life

I did quite a bit of cooking while my daughter was home for spring break, but the day after she left, I reverted to feral scrounging habits and, well, let’s just say I ate a lot of cold cereal. In a barely perceptible nod to nutrition, I did eat the… Read story

The Oregon Zoo is recruiting volunteers to seek out one of the Columbia River Gorge’s cutest residents this summer: the American pika.

Cascades Pika Watch: Volunteers needs to head into Columbia River Gorge to track cute critters

April 9, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

This year, you could visit the Columbia River Gorge to take in its breathtaking views, its unique geology, its brilliant wildflowers. Read story

Instructor Mark Kernell, left, demonstrates how his fake punch never quite connects with assistant Tom Holtslander’s face, during his introduction to “safe” pro-wrestling combat skills at Metropolitan Performing Arts in Vancouver.

‘Make it big. Make it huge’: Mark ‘King Naja’ Kernell hits the mat for theatrical combat class in Vancouver

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

Whatever you do, do it big. So big, even the folks up in the nosebleed seats can’t miss it. Read story

Clark County history: Industrial Workers of the World

A 1917 poster promotes the 4L, or Legion of Loyal Loggers and Lumbermen. Backed by the government, the union was started to prevent the International Workers of the World to gain enough strength to disrupt spruce production. The wood was essential in the manufacturing of early military aircraft.

America entered World War I on April 19, 1917, unprepared to provide the spruce essential to every airplane of the era, which helped protect Allies in muddy European trenches. Airplanes required the spruce found only along 50 miles of Oregon and Washington coastline. Read story

Check It Out: Books that can make a difference

The summer between graduating from high school and starting college, I volunteered with the National Park Service in southern Nevada. Most of my time was spent at the Lake Mead Visitor Center handing out brochures to tourists and selling items from the Center’s gift shop. I also had the opportunity… Read story