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Boreal toad on a garden rock.

Discovery means hope for dwindling toad species

Boreal toad on a garden rock.

August 23, 2024, 6:04am Life

A “potentially game-changing discovery” has been made in the Colorado high country — the culmination of years of hard work by a dedicated group of wildlife experts with the shared goal of helping a once-prolific Colorado species recover. Read story

A worker stocks shelves of back-to-school supplies at a Target store in Colma, Calif.

Back-to-school costs pinch family budgets

A worker stocks shelves of back-to-school supplies at a Target store in Colma, Calif.

August 23, 2024, 6:02am Business

When August rolls around, Gloria Ponce braces for the line she knows she’ll need to add to the family budget. Read story

Why do childhood tastes continue into adulthood?

August 23, 2024, 6:02am Food

I’m currently reading Quentin Tarantino’s largely enjoyable 2022 paean to the movies of the 1970s, “Cinema Speculation.” While his opinions about the films that filled his formative years are delightfully eccentric, I think the book is more fascinating in what it says about the filmmaker himself. Read story

Mariska Hargitay attends Variety&rsquo;s 2024 Power of Women: New York event on May 2 in New York City.

Hargitay helped solve rape cases

Mariska Hargitay attends Variety&rsquo;s 2024 Power of Women: New York event on May 2 in New York City.

August 23, 2024, 6:01am Entertainment

Mariska Hargitay’s crime-solving efforts have gone off-screen. Read story

French actor Alain Delon poses as he arrives to be awarded with an Honorary Palme d&rsquo;Or at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2019.

Reflect on artistry of late French actor Alain Delon

French actor Alain Delon poses as he arrives to be awarded with an Honorary Palme d&rsquo;Or at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2019.

August 23, 2024, 6:01am Entertainment

French actor Alain Delon, one of the most memorable screen icons of the ’60s and ’70s, died on Sunday at the age of 88. Though he fell into his career through a couple of actress girlfriends who encouraged him to pursue film acting, with his blazing blue eyes and good… Read story

A southern pudu fawn was born at the Wildlife Conservation Society&rsquo;s Queens Zoo on June 21 in the Queens borough of New York.

Queens Zoo in New York City debuts tiny South American deer

A southern pudu fawn was born at the Wildlife Conservation Society&rsquo;s Queens Zoo on June 21 in the Queens borough of New York.

August 23, 2024, 5:59am Life

A tiny South American deer that will weigh only as much as a watermelon when fully grown is making its debut at the Queens Zoo in New York City. Read story

This week in Clark County history, Aug. 23

August 23, 2024, 5:36am 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

Clark County health inspections, Aug. 5-10

August 23, 2024, 5:36am 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

Travel writer Rick Steves, 69, announces prostate cancer diagnosis

August 22, 2024, 4:03pm Health Wire

Travel writer and television personality Rick Steves announced his prostate diagnosis Wednesday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, emphasizing he expects to be fine and the cancer shows no signs of spreading. Read story

Tim Curry
Played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the original &quot;Rocky Horror Picture Show&quot;

Tim Curry makes surprise big screen return, first feature film since 2012 stroke

Tim Curry
Played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the original &quot;Rocky Horror Picture Show&quot;

August 22, 2024, 2:54pm Entertainment

Tim Curry is appearing on the big screen for the first time since suffering a stroke that left him wheelchair-bound more than a decade ago. Read story