December 29, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life
When 2023 began, I never would have thought I’d end up interviewing Princess Diana’s personal chef in the Living Hope Church parking lot. Read story
December 29, 2023, 5:59am 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
December 29, 2023, 5:46am 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
December 28, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life
When Todd Sheets sent an admiring letter to former President Ronald Reagan, the cordial reply he received was tagged “photo enclosed,” but there was no photo in the envelope. Sheets, who is genial and persistent, chalked up the mistake to Reagan’s busy schedule and advanced age, and tried a second… Read story
December 28, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life
Five things to do this week Read story
December 27, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life
For me, 2023 was a very eventful year. Well, technically every year is eventful in that it is full of events. You cannot not have an eventful year, even if you would like one. So let me more accurately say that 2023 has been a year in which some things… Read story
December 25, 2023, 3:29pm Clark County Life
In late November, a Vancouver family stumbled upon Sadie, a 3-year-old pregnant stray dog, rummaging through trash in their neighborhood. Initially, the family intended to nurse her back to health, but when Sadie, a Labrador mix, gave birth to 11 puppies around Thanksgiving, they realized they didn’t have the space… Read story
December 25, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life
If you’ve lived in Clark County for a while, you probably know that this area can be linked to a lot of famous names. Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant used to ride his horse along Fourth Plain. George C. Marshall commanded Vancouver Barracks before developing a plan to reconstruct… Read story
December 23, 2023, 6:13am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
What Clark County edifice has 100 walls, eight doors, 32 windows and 1,000 roof tiles, designed and built by one single-minded architectural genius? The answer is a Queen Anne manor house in Felida, complete with gables, balconies and a six-sided, two-story turret. However, it doesn’t occupy any acreage. It’s sitting… Read story
December 23, 2023, 6:08am Clark County Life
Three innovations shrank the nation after the Civil War. The railroad moved people across the nation in days rather than months. The telegraph transmitted news faster. The Chautauqua closed the social gap by bringing adult education and culture to small rural towns each summer. Read story
