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These thin, crispy crackers are eaten during the Passover season — but homemade matzos are quite different from what you’d get in a box.

Marvelous matzos: Step outside the box with this homemade recipe

April 17, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

“Matzos are so delicious,” is something you’ve never heard anyone say. Yet people have been eating matzos (also called matzah) or similar unleavened flatbreads for thousands of years. Matzos famously taste of cardboard, a reputation perhaps well-deserved because this cracker-like bread made only of flour, water and sometimes salt. Read story

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, is advancing a bill to shield local utilities from PFAS-related litigation.

Rep. Perez measure seeks PFAS protections, aims to ensure ratepayers, utilities shielded from costs

April 16, 2024, 6:33pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Third Congressional District Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, introduced bipartisan legislation last week to shield water and wastewater systems from PFAS-related litigation. Read story

Washington's snowpack is in bad shape this year and many areas are facing drought conditions.

Washington declares statewide drought emergency following poor snowpack

April 16, 2024, 5:27pm Latest News

People across the state held on to hope throughout the winter, keeping an eye to the forecasts and crossing their fingers for more snow. Read story

Foam takeout containers will be banned in Washington as of June 1.

Foam coolers, takeout containers will be banned in Washington starting June 1

April 16, 2024, 7:30am Business Free

Those foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants for takeout food will soon be illegal statewide in Washington. Read story

Free Hot Soup Vancouver volunteers Jennifer Wyld, from left, Becky Harrington and Ronda Hansen prepare a plate of food for a person at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver. The volunteers are part of a yearslong effort to help the hungry.

‘Food is always a great connection’: Free Hot Soup Vancouver marks decade of serving meals to those in need

April 16, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News

About 10 years ago, a group of Clark County residents gathered together to feed the hungry. Free Hot Soup Vancouver volunteers have stuck with it since, serving free food to the community every week for a decade. Read story

It’s a spring thing: In Clark County it’s Earth Day all week

April 16, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Mother Earth is putting on a beautiful spring show with eye-popping blooms, blue skies (at least sometimes) and soft breezes. If that makes you feel like celebrating, head to one or two of these Earth Day events. Read story

Dr. Jason Hanley, left, and site superintendent Joe Newman stand outside of a new emergency department building Friday at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver. The first section of the new emergency department is scheduled to open this summer.

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center’s new emergency department will open in July

April 16, 2024, 6:05am Business

After two years of construction, the first part of a redesigned and expanded emergency department at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver will open July 16. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Protect those plants, as frost likely Wednesday morning

April 16, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

Let’s begin by reviewing last month’s rainfall from around the area from your friends and neighbors. Bob Starr, Cougar, 13.02 inches; Jim Knoll, Five Corners, 4.01 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lake Shore, 2.92 inches; Tyler Mode, Battle Ground, 4.37 inches; Bob Mode, Minnehaha, 2.87 inches; Irv St. Germain, Prune Hill, 3.98… Read story