December 20, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life
Before my taste was the finely honed tool that it currently is, I hated many foods with the fierce and unassailable intensity of childish opinions. I hated squash, Brussels sprouts, boiled cabbage, eggplant, canned green beans and cooked onions (except in French onion soup). These things made me feel genuinely… Read story
December 16, 2023, 6:53am Clark County Life
It’s almost time to close the books on 2023. Never fear, though — there are oodles of books at the library just waiting to be opened! Read story
December 16, 2023, 6:06am Clark County Life
Almost always, there was snow for Christmas in Des Plaines, Ill., where I grew up in the early 1960s. Read story
December 16, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
Clark County’s first Girl Scouts troop was formed in 1948 and still meets, 75 years later, under the moniker the Evergreen Pollyannas. The Columbian has published several stories about the Pollyannas over the past 20 years, but this year is special. On Dec. 6, the Pollyannas celebrated their diamond anniversary… Read story
December 16, 2023, 5:58am Clark County Life
The man owned a lot of timber. Quite a lot. According to the 1908 American Lumberman, Frederick Leadbetter held nearly 1.4 billion feet of timber in Washington and Oregon. Clark County contained 200 million feet of it. Read story
December 15, 2023, 6:08am Clark County Life
Dark dining began in Paris in the late 1990s, then spread to Zurich, where a blind clergyman used it to convey his sensory experience to those who could see. This led to more dark restaurants in Europe, North America and Asia. Only a few of these establishments are in the… Read story
December 15, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life
This Week in Clark County History Read story
December 15, 2023, 6:02am Business
Clark County health inspections, reported Dec. 4-9 Read story
December 13, 2023, 10:48am Clark County Life
Five things to do this week Read story
December 12, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life
and that’s always an astronomical if in this generally overcast season — the night sky on and around Christmas will shine with a magical, silver-white glow. Read story