Clark County Life

Check It Out: Read up on artificial intelligence

January 13, 2024, 6:17am Clark County Life

Stories about artificial intelligence have been all over the news. On one hand, it sounds amazing. AI is already being used in medicine to help with diagnosing patients, transcribing medical documents and assisting with drug development. I read an article just this week about the CES conference taking place in… Read story

Shelves of rocks and gemstones at Black Market Bohemia in Hazel Dell.

‘People just love rocks’: Two Clark County rock shops alike in dignity — but differing a bit in philosophy

January 13, 2024, 6:13am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Look at a rock. What do you see? Read story

Broccoli Purple Magic (All-America Selections)

Gardening with Allen: Award-winning veggies stand out

January 13, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life

I enjoyed the column about award-winning flowers. Are there vegetable award winners too? Read story

Loggers pose at a Weyerhaeuser Timber Company lumber camp in Yacolt. The Yacolt Burn of 1902 created as many as 700 jobs salvaging the burnt timber. Workers loaded charred logs on railroad flatcars and sent them to Vancouver daily.

Clark County history: After the Yacolt Burn

January 13, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

The 1902 fire came close enough to blister paint on many of the Yacolt’s 15 buildings but turned north short of town. Leaves, ash and cinders swirled like a snowstorm. When the rain came days later, it cleared the air and cooled the embers. What remained of the forest was… Read story

“People will tell you, ‘My dad drank it. My grandpa drank it. So many people who live here have a connection to the Lucky Lager brewery,” said Vancouver beer memorabilia collector Pat Franco.

‘The king of West Coast beers,’ Lucky Lager an iconic part of Vancouver’s history

January 12, 2024, 6:04am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

What’s your pleasure: the X, whether bold and blocky or squished flat; the ribbonlike, elegant L; or, some smart mashup of one or more of these familiar symbols? Read story

Clark County health inspections, Jan. 1-6

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

Washougal native Travis London’s murals are scattered across Clark County, a way to fight for the environment

One of Travis London’s murals depicts a human hand reaching for three bear cubs on one of downtown Washougal’s oldest buildings.

A lamp cast a warm glow in the corner of Travis London’s small studio, where one of his works in progress perched on an easel. The painting depicts a wide-eyed elk tilting its head upward with transmission towers emerging from its antlers. Read story