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Stories by Scott Hewitt

Columbian staff reporter

The Brothers Osborne

Brothers Osborne, George Thorogood and Kansas to headline Clark County Fair

The Brothers Osborne

April 22, 2025, 5:20pm Clark County Life

Three headline concerts that will rock the first weekend of the Clark County Fair in early August have been announced. Tickets will be available starting 10 a.m. Friday. Read story

The Clark College Treble Ensemble performs below blossoming Shirofugen cherry trees during the annual Sakura Festival at Clark College on Thursday.

Clark College’s Sakura Festival celebrates legacy of Royce Pollard and Bob Knight

The Clark College Treble Ensemble performs below blossoming Shirofugen cherry trees during the annual Sakura Festival at Clark College on Thursday.

April 18, 2025, 8:24am Clark County News

In Japanese culture, cherry blossoms represent fresh starts and new beginnings. But, as they fall, they also represent the fragility and impermanence of life. Read story

C-Tran’s board of directors postponed a change in bylaws that would affect the transit agency’s involvement in light rail on a planned Interstate 5 Bridge replacement.

C-Tran board postpones changes to its role in planning and paying for light rail on a new I-5 Bridge

C-Tran’s board of directors postponed a change in bylaws that would affect the transit agency’s involvement in light rail on a planned Interstate 5 Bridge replacement.

April 17, 2025, 1:36pm Clark County News

The C-Tran board of directors decided this week to postpone any change in bylaws governing the transit agency’s involvement in planning, cost analysis and negotiations for light rail on the planned Interstate 5 Bridge replacement. Read story

Dancers participate in the first grand entry parade at a 2023 powwow at Portland State University.

Dancing and drumming at Vancouver powwow one part of keeping Indigenous culture alive in the Northwest

Dancers participate in the first grand entry parade at a 2023 powwow at Portland State University.

April 17, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Life

Civil rights, political upheaval and the uncertain future are on the minds of Indigenous citizens as they prepare for the annual traditional powwow set for Saturday at Clark College. Read story

CDC via AP, File 
 Western blacklegged ticks are on the rise in Washington and can carry Lyme disease. The Washington Trails Association and the Washington State Department of Health have teamed up to track ticks via hiker trail reports.
Humanities Washington musician and historian Joel Underwood delivers a musical talk about Woody Guthrie at The Historic Trust in Vancouver in September 2024.

DOGE cuts imperil Clark County nonprofits’ cultural, educational programming

Humanities Washington musician and historian Joel Underwood delivers a musical talk about Woody Guthrie at The Historic Trust in Vancouver in September 2024.

April 12, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

Cultural and educational programming hosted by local nonprofit agencies including schools, libraries, the Clark County Historical Museum and The Historic Trust are in jeopardy after sweeping federal grant cuts earlier this month. Historical speakers and research, free event programming and literacy help for elementary students and their families all appear… Read story

Computer science student Victor Gonzalez of Vancouver, center, chats with mathematics Professor Brenda Rosencrans, left, and William Brown, vice president of instruction, at the new Clark College campus at Boschma Farms in Ridgefield. Monday was the soft opening and first day of general-education classes at Clark’s new Advanced Manufacturing Center, bringing high-tech education closer to people in north Clark County and beyond.

‘Help us meet the critical need’: Clark College’s new Boschma Farms campus in Ridgefield welcomes students

Computer science student Victor Gonzalez of Vancouver, center, chats with mathematics Professor Brenda Rosencrans, left, and William Brown, vice president of instruction, at the new Clark College campus at Boschma Farms in Ridgefield. Monday was the soft opening and first day of general-education classes at Clark’s new Advanced Manufacturing Center, bringing high-tech education closer to people in north Clark County and beyond.

April 7, 2025, 1:52pm Clark County News

On the first day of class, by way of an icebreaker, Victor Gonzalez’s algebra instructor wanted everyone to pick a personally meaningful number to discuss with their new classmates. Read story

Vancouver 16-year old Isaac Hamann has taken on an ambitious Eagle Scout project: raising at least $21,000 to replace the worn roof on this historic picnic shelter at Beacon Rock State Park with new, historically accurate old-growth cedar.

Vancouver Scout aims to raise the roof and the funds to fix the shelter at Beacon Rock park

Vancouver 16-year old Isaac Hamann has taken on an ambitious Eagle Scout project: raising at least $21,000 to replace the worn roof on this historic picnic shelter at Beacon Rock State Park with new, historically accurate old-growth cedar.

April 3, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Life

The price of cedar roofing shakes has been skyrocketing in recent years, and that was before the Trump administration this week imposed a new tariff of 25 percent on many goods imported from Canada, including lumber. Read story

Josh Iwata, center, joins other protestors Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at the Tesla dealership at the intersection of Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard and Andresen Road in Vancouver.

‘What’s happening now is unprecedented’: Political activism, protests in Vancouver accelerate

Josh Iwata, center, joins other protestors Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at the Tesla dealership at the intersection of Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard and Andresen Road in Vancouver.

April 2, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

Vancouver native Josh Iwata used to dream of driving a fancy new Tesla electric car away from the local showroom. Read story

“Canary grass as far as the eye can see,”  Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership spokesperson Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky said.

Are there salmon in Salmon Creek?

“Canary grass as far as the eye can see,”  Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership spokesperson Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky said.

March 22, 2025, 6:13am Clark County Life

On a frigid, foggy February morning, a flock of birders stayed busy spying little treasures that were hidden in the sky, the trees, the shrubs and the ponds along the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail. Read story