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Stories by Scott Hewitt

Columbian staff writer

The Salmon Run Bell Tower in Esther Short Park was built in 2002, but it hasn&rsquo;t told the accurate time &mdash; or the Chinook legend of the salmon &mdash; in several years. The city plans to spend $1.83 million getting it back in shape.

Esther Short Park bell tower to ring again after Vancouver approves $1.83 million for repairs

The Salmon Run Bell Tower in Esther Short Park was built in 2002, but it hasn&rsquo;t told the accurate time &mdash; or the Chinook legend of the salmon &mdash; in several years. The city plans to spend $1.83 million getting it back in shape.

June 19, 2024, 6:03am Clark County News

The story of the salmon is the story of the Chinook Indian Nation. In Spring 2002, that story started getting told like clockwork — every day at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. — by a recorded voice and moving mechanical display set halfway up the face of the Salmon… Read story

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Ridgefield man dies after motorcycle crash on I-205 in Vancouver

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June 18, 2024, 5:46pm Clark County News

A motorcyclist who crashed on the morning of June 12 on Interstate 205 in Vancouver has died. Read story

Beacon Rock State Park is one of many public lands that waive fees on the Juneteenth federal holiday.

Get outdoors: State and national parks free for Juneteenth; Saturday marks Washington Trails Day

Beacon Rock State Park is one of many public lands that waive fees on the Juneteenth federal holiday.

June 18, 2024, 12:44pm Clark County News

The Juneteenth federal holiday isn’t just a day to ponder the complicated history of our nation — and to celebrate its promise of freedom for all. It’s also a day you can enjoy many of our public lands for free. Read story

Clark County deputies investigate fatal, single-car crash in Brush Prairie

June 18, 2024, 12:21pm Clark County News

A 40-year-old Amboy woman died from her injuries after a single-car crash early Monday morning in Brush Prairie. Read story

Maryhill Museum of Art founder Sam Hill built this full-scale replica of Stonehenge, the prehistoric stone site in England, to protest war and remember Klickitat County&rsquo;s losses in World War I.

What’s on display at Southwest Washington museums this summer?

Maryhill Museum of Art founder Sam Hill built this full-scale replica of Stonehenge, the prehistoric stone site in England, to protest war and remember Klickitat County&rsquo;s losses in World War I.

June 8, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life

It’s tempting to make summer the season for setting your instincts on “fun” and your brain on “snooze.” But there’s no reason learning and leisure can’t go hand in hand, even when the sun is shining. Read story

Sunset over the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River.

Roll on, Big River: Book explores the Columbia River, its diversity of landscapes and cultures

Sunset over the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River.

June 7, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life

The river that one white explorer named after his own ship in 1792 — the Columbia — has been called many things in many languages, but perhaps the simplest, broadest name is also the truest: Big River. Read story

Here&rsquo;s a graphic that shows the overall design of the Heights Bike Garden.

Grow your cycling skills at Heights Bike Garden set to open at old Tower Mall site

Here&rsquo;s a graphic that shows the overall design of the Heights Bike Garden.

June 5, 2024, 6:03am Clark County News

A paved but off-street and carless space where cyclists can safely practice their riding skills is coming to the vacant Tower Mall redevelopment site in central Vancouver. A grand opening of the new Heights Bike Garden is set for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at 5411 E. Mill Plain… Read story

Hazel Ying Lee&rsquo;s 1933 photo for her immigration application to travel to China.

“American Flygirl”: Camas author details Asian American aviator’s refusal to take no for an answer

Hazel Ying Lee&rsquo;s 1933 photo for her immigration application to travel to China.

May 30, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Perhaps the limitless possibilities of America inspired her Chinese-immigrant mother to include Ying, meaning “hero,” in Hazel Ying Lee’s name. Or perhaps it was the certainty that her child would have to fight hard against racial and sex discrimination in order to achieve her dreams. Read story

Local Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts gather to help raise the American flag at the beginning of Monday&rsquo;s annual Memorial Day Remembrance event at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site parade grounds.

‘We are a force of unity’: Clark County community gathers for Memorial Day Remembrance event

Local Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts gather to help raise the American flag at the beginning of Monday&rsquo;s annual Memorial Day Remembrance event at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site parade grounds.

May 27, 2024, 3:26pm Clark County News

In this time of marked civic strife and disunity, a few things can still bring all Americans together. Read story

Soldiers and airport personnel carefully move a casket containing the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Technician Fourth Grade Herbert F. March of La Center on May 4 at Portland International Airport.

WWII veteran’s remains return to home to Clark County: ‘It was nothing less than completely amazing’

Soldiers and airport personnel carefully move a casket containing the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Technician Fourth Grade Herbert F. March of La Center on May 4 at Portland International Airport.

May 25, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News

La Center kid Herb March was 21 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1939. He wasn’t much older — just 24 years old — when he died of malnutrition and disease in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines during World War II. Read story