October 16, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life
I feel a sliver of shame every time I fall prey to another viral internet recipe. I hate to do what everyone else is doing. (You may be surprised to learn this, but it could be factor in many of my kitchen disasters.) I’m constitutionally unable — unwilling, more truthfully… Read story
October 15, 2024, 7:48am Clark County Life Free
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October 15, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life
The same old moon has been hanging around up there for at least 4.46 billion years, according to the latest science. What’s so special about it now? Read story
October 12, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
I could smell woodsmoke from Fort Vancouver’s kitchen as soon as I got out of my car in the Fifth Street visitor lot. The aroma led me to the weathered wood building behind the reconstructed Chief Factor’s House, where John McLoughlin and his family would have lived in the fort’s… Read story
October 12, 2024, 6:09am Clark County Life
Dorothy Gale, of “Wizard of Oz” fame, was obviously not from the Pacific Northwest. If she was, she’d have known that lions and tigers don’t live in forests. She’d also have known that you are far more likely to see smaller creatures in the forest than larger ones — like,… Read story
October 12, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
Local rowdies beat Moy Ling after he left a Methodist church, reported the Clark County Register in January 1881. This single local incident demonstrates the anti-Chinese feelings festering within the Washington Territory. Read story
October 12, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
I have some dandelions in my lawn and some coarse grassy weeds in my shrub beds that keep coming back after I dig them up. I can’t seem to get all the roots out. Can they be killed with chemicals? Read story
October 12, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Life
Saving energy and staying comfortable can be a tricky balancing act in the winter months, so take the guesswork out of comfort and conservation with a free or deeply discounted smart thermostat from Clark Public Utilities. Read story
October 12, 2024, 5:59am Clark County Life
In the 1960s, while in college, I read “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau. He built a log cabin, lived by himself in the woods and wrote. I always wanted to do the same thing. My grandfather had a poem published each week in a newspaper, and wrote two books about… Read story
October 11, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
The two largest hop growing areas in the United States are in the Willamette and Yakima valleys, which has made the Pacific Northwest a beer destination. From mid-August to late September, local brewers rush to fetch these fragile fresh hops straight from farms to create special fresh-hop seasonal brews through… Read story