Vancouver band Ruby Red performs its song, "I’m Gone," in concert. The sextet will perform three times at the Clark County Fair this year.

The Vancouver Sons of Italy will kick your culo at bocce ball. Watch them.

See the combined Skyview-Hockinson band as it prepares for a trip to China, performing at or near venues of the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008.

Portland resident Pavel Kashul turned himself in at the Clark County jail Tuesday after an alleged "road rage" incident in Vancouver on July 10. Here is a sequence of photos but -- fair warning -- an inappropriate hand gesture is in the sequence.

Visitors are treated to a glimpse of history at the Rural Heritage Fair.

Those involved in the debate talk about the future of west Hayden Island.

Bill Iyall, chairman of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, talks about his tribe and its casino plans.

The walk to the top of Table Mountain in the Columbia River Gorge will leave hikers sweaty, probably sore, and with exceptional memories.

Local experts share tips on how to start a chemical-free garden.

A look inside Hopeless Ink, one of the latest tattoo art studios to open in Vancouver

The Police perform at Clark County Amphitheater Friday, July 11, 2008

Protesters went out of their way to stand out on the steps of Portland City Council to protest the I-5 Bridge expansion plan Vancouver and Portland approved.

A near record number of strays were delivered to the Humane Society of Southwest Washington due to loud fireworks panicking pets to take off.

The Pomeroy Living History Farm in Yacolt gives visitors a glimpse at farm life in the early 1900s.

Clark County celebrates the Fourth of July with parades, rodeos and fireworks

Despite the debilitating effects of muscular dystrophy, Josh Jensen and his brother Luke enjoy their father’s pastime, baseball, through the Miracle League.

Shop owner Scott Chase talks about business and his place in the community.

Meet new wind industry workers Elizabeth Kokos, a wind technician with PGE, and Oskar Villalobos, a safety manager with Vestas Americas, at PGE’s Biglow Canyon Wind Project in Sherman County, Oregon. Kokos and Villalobos are recent graduates of the renewable energy technology program at Columbia Gorge Community College in The Dalles. Also meet Gary Hackett, PGE plant manager at Biglow Canyon Wind Project, a 25,000-acre wind farm.

Vancouver Police Chief Clifford Cook holds the community accountable for cuts in the budget.

The Columbian’s Brian Hendrickson breaks down the Trail Blazers draft day.

Jim VanNatta talks about the choice and the cost of selling or not selling gasoline at Hockinson Market.

Battle Ground resident opens a fruit stand and gets to know his community.

Baby and Me Aqua Fitness at Firstenburg Community Center is one way local moms are integrating their babies into their workouts. In this class, moms move their babies through the water, with the resistance helping tone and strengthen their arms and core. They also work the lower body, walking and jumping in the pool. Here instructor Jill Harris leads a group of mothers and their babies, all between 10 and 16 months old, in a series of exercises.

Pay a visit to Halfmoon Farm during the Summer Solstice in the County farm tour.

Carolee McNatt, of Vancouver, with Rosee, her silky terrier, and her grandson, Mateo Wilkins, 7, enjoy the sunshine, and the water feature at Esther Short Park.

Nick and Kay Viviani of NW Vancouver talk about a possum they discovered in a bird house at their home Thursday morning.

Washington State governor, Chris Gregoire, and her opponent, Dino Rossi, speak to veterans of foreign wars at a VFW conference Thursday morning in Vancouver, Washington.

Micah Duke talks about an eye-opening mission in South America and facing real poverty.

The last game day of Wineberg Park played Saturday. The park will be redeveloped ending over 30 years of Little League play at the park.

The strawberry crop is running about 19 days late at George Hoffman Farms in Ridgefield, WA.