June 29, 2024, 6:13am Business Subscriber Exclusive
Six independent bookstores have opened in Clark County since 2021, tapping into a national trend that a 2022 New York Times article described as “booming.” The Associated Press reports there are currently 2,433 independent bookstores in the U.S., twice as many as in 2016, and 190 more stores are slated… Read story
June 29, 2024, 6:09am Clark County Life
The first house built on Vancouver’s Main Street was a saloon. On July 4, 1854, Pete Fergusson opened it as a tenpins bowling alley with liquor sales. Vancouver wasn’t incorporated until 1857, so getting a liquor license wasn’t a problem for him. From the start, Clark County residents split into… Read story
June 29, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life
I have been letting the grass grow right up to my tree trunks since I have been able to trim neatly with a line trimmer. My neighbor says I may be damaging my trees. Doesn’t the bark protect the tree? Read story
June 29, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Life
World UFO Day will be celebrated on July 2, 2024, so I hope you have your telescope set up to scan the skies for otherworldly objects. Whether or not you believe in UFOs and ETs (extraterrestrials), the idea of life on other planets is a fascinating one. What do I… Read story
June 29, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
In the early 1970s some of my friends and I bought horses and kept them at a stable run by a man named Red in the small farming community of Cantil, Calif. We’d ride around the alfalfa fields and into the desert. Sometimes we’d ride over to Red Rock Canyon… Read story
June 29, 2024, 6:04am Life
As legendary sportscaster Al Michaels would say, you can’t make this up. Or maybe you can. Read story
June 29, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment
Name a comparable actor, or someone whose qualities remind you of Donald Sutherland. Read story
June 29, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment
Having been around for so long, to surprise any of the original members of the Doobie Brothers requires a lightning strike inside of a tornado on an iceberg. Read story
June 29, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment
Lily Gladstone knows the gravity stories about what she calls the “epidemic” of missing and murdered Indigenous people have. But she also values humor in telling those stories. Read story
June 29, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker has been hailed as one of the preeminent voices of her generation, but the movies have long lingered in her mind and in her work. Read story
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