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Clark County Life

Law officers captured this illegal still in 1925. Rarely were such large stills placed inside buildings. Distilling alcohol poses the hazards of fire and explosion because the process releases flammable compounds. Outlaw distillers in Clark County, like Jesse Cousins, often hid stills on their rural farms.

Clark County History: Moonshiner

Law officers captured this illegal still in 1925. Rarely were such large stills placed inside buildings. Distilling alcohol poses the hazards of fire and explosion because the process releases flammable compounds. Outlaw distillers in Clark County, like Jesse Cousins, often hid stills on their rural farms.

October 7, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

In Washington, urban and rural voters split in 1914 over alcohol. By an 18,632 margin, voters that year approved an initiative prohibiting liquor production, distribution and sale — but not consumption. The vote split between “wet” big cities and “dry” rural towns. Yet moonshiners in rural Clark County would illegally… Read story

This week in Clark County history

October 6, 2023, 6:05am 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

Offerings at Bunnie's Pizzeria in Ridgefield include, clockwise from top left: the 12-inch MBT (mozzarella, basil and tomato) pizza; Caesar salad;
the 12-inch Prosciutto Pie; From the Farm salad (Rachel Pinsky)

Bunnie’s Pizza wins convert: Restaurant’s thin-crust pie brings taste of Rome to Ridgefield

Offerings at Bunnie's Pizzeria in Ridgefield include, clockwise from top left: the 12-inch MBT (mozzarella, basil and tomato) pizza; Caesar salad;
the 12-inch Prosciutto Pie; From the Farm salad (Rachel Pinsky)

October 6, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

When people talk about Italian pizza, they’re often referring to fluffy, chewy, heat-blistered Neapolitan-style pies. The owners of Little Conejo, Mark Wooten and Mychal Dynes, offer a crispy version inspired by pies found in Rome at their pizzeria in Ridgefield. This style — pizza tonda allá Romana — isn’t prevalent… Read story

Clark County health inspections, Sept. 25-29

October 6, 2023, 5:25am 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

Longtime volunteer and birder Roger Windemuth peers through his spotting scope at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Windemuth has been visiting the refuge and compiling a weekly bird-sighting list there for 17 years.

Hockinson’s Roger Windemuth keeps an eye on fine feathered friends at Ridgefield wildlife refuge

Longtime volunteer and birder Roger Windemuth peers through his spotting scope at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Windemuth has been visiting the refuge and compiling a weekly bird-sighting list there for 17 years.

October 5, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

Black Phoebe, a plump gray-and-white songbird, is somewhere up in a tree. Roger Windemuth can’t spot it, but he recognizes its quick little chirp. Read story

Liah Hansen-Bruen operates an excavator with help from Frank Lott at Dozer Day in 2019.
Scrambled eggs are the ultimate comfort food: easy to make and easy to eat (especially with cheddar cheese).

Simple scrambled eggs are the ultimate feel-better food

Scrambled eggs are the ultimate comfort food: easy to make and easy to eat (especially with cheddar cheese).

October 4, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

For three and a half years, our family somehow eluded COVID-19. As if to make up for this glaring oversight, the virus finally swooped down and hooked us with its talons while we were in Bellingham recently to help our daughter get settled before starting her junior year at Western… Read story

An annular or "ring of fire" eclipse is visible through the ceiling of an ancient building in Kaifeng, in central China's Henan province, on Jan. 15, 2010.

‘Ring of fire’: Plan ahead if you want to see annular eclipse in the Northwest

An annular or "ring of fire" eclipse is visible through the ceiling of an ancient building in Kaifeng, in central China's Henan province, on Jan. 15, 2010.

October 3, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life

Don’t get burned, burned, burned by the ring of fire that will slice across North American skies on Oct. 14. With the right protective eyewear, viewing this unusual space spectacle should be fine, fine, fine. Read story

Check It Out: Handwritten correspondence brings special connection

September 30, 2023, 6:15am Clark County Life

Do people still send postcards? Read story

Local artist Patty White, who is visually impaired, uses a special light to help her see as she works on an unspun wool scarf in her Vancouver studio.

She was a photographer who couldn’t see her art, but this Vancouver woman found a medium that touches her

Local artist Patty White, who is visually impaired, uses a special light to help her see as she works on an unspun wool scarf in her Vancouver studio.

September 30, 2023, 6:10am Clark County Health

Although Patty White’s eyes don’t see well, they light up when she describes her artistic process. Read story