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Nancy Erickson of Tacoma, left, joins Courtney Liu, also of Tacoma, for a one-day chance for smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon. At top, a young fisherman gets a hands-on experience with a slippery smelt.

Smelt lovers, feathered, furred and gaiter-wearing, go for a dip in Cowlitz Rivervideo icon

Nancy Erickson of Tacoma, left, joins Courtney Liu, also of Tacoma, for a one-day chance for smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon. At top, a young fisherman gets a hands-on experience with a slippery smelt.

March 6, 2024, 2:02pm Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Thousands of eager anglers lined the banks of the Cowlitz River from Kelso to Castle Rock on Tuesday hoping to score a net full of smelt. Read story

Northwest Pipe&#039;s spiral-welded steel pipe pieces are typically 50 feet in length and have a cement mortar lining and a polyurethane coating. The pipes pictured here are from the company&#039;s plant in Saginaw, Texas, which is supplying pipe for the Bois d&#039;Arc Lake water project.

Northwest Pipe took a hit in 2023, compared to 2022’s record earnings

Northwest Pipe&#039;s spiral-welded steel pipe pieces are typically 50 feet in length and have a cement mortar lining and a polyurethane coating. The pipes pictured here are from the company&#039;s plant in Saginaw, Texas, which is supplying pipe for the Bois d&#039;Arc Lake water project.

March 6, 2024, 1:59pm Business

After a record year in 2022, Northwest Pipe Company reported falling earnings in 2023, the Vancouver-based company said in its latest financial report. Read story

With a pound of cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, spinach and lots of garlic, this dinner has a lot of flavor but only 2 or 3 tablespoons of olive oil.

Pep up your pasta with chicken tenders, lemon pepper, fresh herbs and garlic

With a pound of cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, spinach and lots of garlic, this dinner has a lot of flavor but only 2 or 3 tablespoons of olive oil.

March 6, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life

I never get tired of chicken. I fix a chicken dish once a week — usually roasted chicken thighs with various seasonings, or a recipe I call That Chicken Thing (chicken cooked in a covered casserole dish with vegetables). My daughter, bless her cotton socks, got tired of her mom’s… Read story

Michael Lary, co-owner of the Source Climbing Center, joined Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez on a 2023 visit in downtown Vancouver.

Gluesenkamp Perez introduces bill to expand free transportation to rural veterans seeking health care

Michael Lary, co-owner of the Source Climbing Center, joined Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez on a 2023 visit in downtown Vancouver.

March 6, 2024, 6:02am Clark County News

A program in Skamania County that provides rural veterans with free transportation to Veterans Affairs health facilities lost its funding recently, meaning veterans will need to pay for their own transportation to access critical care that can be difficult to find in rural communities. Read story

Cars travel along the Interstate 5 Bridge in October 2022, as seen from the top of one of the northbound bridge lift towers. Tolling on the current I-5 Bridge, to help pay for its replacement, is expected to start in 2026.

Major Columbia River property owner frustrated that I-5 Bridge project has yet to get Coast Guard approval

Cars travel along the Interstate 5 Bridge in October 2022, as seen from the top of one of the northbound bridge lift towers. Tolling on the current I-5 Bridge, to help pay for its replacement, is expected to start in 2026.

March 5, 2024, 8:32pm Business

The owner of an industrial park along the Columbia River in Vancouver reminded a Tuesday gathering of local leaders about a key hurdle to replacing the Interstate 5 Bridge: getting a permit from the U.S. Coast Guard. Read story

This is a movable bridge option.

Interstate 5 Bridge program releases second set of renderings for replacement span

This is a movable bridge option.

March 5, 2024, 8:27pm Clark County News

The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program released its second batch of visualizations for the replacement bridge at Tuesday’s executive steering group meeting. Read story

A handgun investigators say a Brush Prairie man pulled from his waistband moments before Clark County sheriff&rsquo;s deputies fatally shot him Feb. 20. Investigators said Tuesday the gun was loaded.

Guns seized from Brush Prairie man fatally shot by deputies were loaded, investigators say

A handgun investigators say a Brush Prairie man pulled from his waistband moments before Clark County sheriff&rsquo;s deputies fatally shot him Feb. 20. Investigators said Tuesday the gun was loaded.

March 5, 2024, 6:06pm Clark County News

Investigators say suspect’s guns seized in Brush Prairie shooting were loaded Read story

John Gentry, left, and his wife, Joyce, right, both of Vancouver, call up to one of their Meals on Wheels People clients in Smith Tower Apartments downtown. The couple volunteers every Tuesday and also fills in on other days when needed. “Sometimes, for some of these people, we’re the only people they talk to,” John Gentry said.

Meals on Wheels gets 2 grants for $1.7M for meals tailored to those just released from hospital

John Gentry, left, and his wife, Joyce, right, both of Vancouver, call up to one of their Meals on Wheels People clients in Smith Tower Apartments downtown. The couple volunteers every Tuesday and also fills in on other days when needed. “Sometimes, for some of these people, we’re the only people they talk to,” John Gentry said.

March 5, 2024, 5:39pm Clark County Health

Meals on Wheels People announced Tuesday it received two grants totaling $1.7 million from Trillium Community Health Plan to support its Medically Tailored Meals program. Read story

In July 2022, a Superior Court jury found Mark Hensley, 49, guilty of felony harassment after two days of trial. Judge Robert Lewis sentenced him to 90 days in jail, court records show.

Appeals court overturns Vancouver man’s conviction for threatening Clark County Superior Court judge

In July 2022, a Superior Court jury found Mark Hensley, 49, guilty of felony harassment after two days of trial. Judge Robert Lewis sentenced him to 90 days in jail, court records show.

March 5, 2024, 5:31pm Clark County News

The Washington Court of Appeals reversed a Vancouver man’s 2022 conviction for threatening to kill a Clark County Superior Court judge, citing violations of his First Amendment protections. Read story

David Adkins, a senior engineering manager at Meta, from left, listens to fellow panelist Krystal Daibes Higgins, vice president of equity research at Ferguson Wellman, with Dave Barcos, director of business development at Formos, and Will Campbell, associate editor at The Columbian, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at The Columbian&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s annual Economic Forecast Breakfast at Hilton Vancouver.

It’s just complicated math: Columbian’s economic forecast event zooms in on AI

David Adkins, a senior engineering manager at Meta, from left, listens to fellow panelist Krystal Daibes Higgins, vice president of equity research at Ferguson Wellman, with Dave Barcos, director of business development at Formos, and Will Campbell, associate editor at The Columbian, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at The Columbian&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s annual Economic Forecast Breakfast at Hilton Vancouver.

March 5, 2024, 2:59pm Business

“They don’t have emotions. All they do is solve really, really complicated math problems,” according to David Adkins, senior engineering manager for generative AI at Meta AI. Read story