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Shake Shack, which already has locations in Portland, is looking to open in east Vancouver near New Seasons.

Shake Shack looks at moving into east Vancouver near New Seasons

Shake Shack, which already has locations in Portland, is looking to open in east Vancouver near New Seasons.

August 20, 2024, 2:45pm Business

Fast-food restaurant Shake Shack has applied to open its first location in Clark County. Read story

Five abandoned boats were recently removed from Lake River by the Port of Ridgefield.

An Eagle Scout mapped sinking ships; his project helped remove derelict boats from Lake River

Five abandoned boats were recently removed from Lake River by the Port of Ridgefield.

August 20, 2024, 1:18pm Business Subscriber Exclusive

One Ridgefield Eagle Scout’s concerns about water safety have led to ongoing cleanup of some of the largest pieces of trash ever left behind in local waterways: boats. Read story

Lean in closely to make out the name “Fillmore” on this glazed clay pipe fragment, held in the gloved hands of Meagan Huff, curator at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Archaeologists have found thousands of pipe fragments in and around the fort site, including “president pipes” dated to election campaigns of the 1840s and 1850s, Huff said.

Fort Vancouver’s presidential pipes were the election swag of the 1840s and 1850s

Lean in closely to make out the name “Fillmore” on this glazed clay pipe fragment, held in the gloved hands of Meagan Huff, curator at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Archaeologists have found thousands of pipe fragments in and around the fort site, including “president pipes” dated to election campaigns of the 1840s and 1850s, Huff said.

August 15, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

In presidential races of yore — before the advent of T-shirts, hats, signs and bumper stickers — voters indicated their preferences through the pipes they smoked, puffing tobacco between their favorite presidential wannabes’ ears. Read story

The sun’s magnetic polarity appears to reverse at a super-fast speed — every 11 years. The cycle produces sunspots, solar flares and huge coronal mass ejections.

Get a look at sunspots using sun-filtered telescopes at the Heritage Farm in Hazel Dell

The sun’s magnetic polarity appears to reverse at a super-fast speed — every 11 years. The cycle produces sunspots, solar flares and huge coronal mass ejections.

August 14, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

The maximum of the Perseid meteor shower turned out to be pretty minimal for local stargazers. Thanks to partly cloudy, smoky skies, meteor viewing was a washout on Monday, the highly anticipated night of peak activity. The viewing party we previewed in the Columbia River Gorge at Rooster Rock State… Read story

Fred Meyer workers may authorize a strike.

August 8, 2024, 6:55pm Clark County News Free

Portland-Vancouver area Fred Meyer union workers will vote on whether to strike Read story

Clark Cowlitz Fire Rescue was called to Horseshoe Lake Park in Woodland to search for a man that drowned while trying to evade police early Thursday morning.

Man drowns in Horseshoe Lake while trying to evade Woodland police

Clark Cowlitz Fire Rescue was called to Horseshoe Lake Park in Woodland to search for a man that drowned while trying to evade police early Thursday morning.

August 8, 2024, 5:09pm Clark County News

A man running from police drowned in Woodland’s Horseshoe Lake early Thursday morning. Read story

Morning sun illuminates a sign on a building at Clark College in January 2022.

$1 million grant will help low-income Clark College students pursue STEM degrees

Morning sun illuminates a sign on a building at Clark College in January 2022.

August 8, 2024, 3:09pm Clark County News

As many as 48 high-achieving, low-income students will get financial help toward completing degrees in engineering or computer science at Clark College, thanks to a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Read story

In this long-exposure photo, a streak appears in the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower at the Guadarrama mountains, near Madrid, in the early hours of Aug. 12, 2016.

Get ready to party with the annual Perseid meteor shower; Oregon’s Rooster Rock is a great place to see it

In this long-exposure photo, a streak appears in the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower at the Guadarrama mountains, near Madrid, in the early hours of Aug. 12, 2016.

August 6, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Nearly one year ago, a crowd gathered under dark skies in the Columbia River Gorge to lay back, look up and send cheers, applause and yelps of amazement into space. Many of the same folks will be back on the night of Aug. 12, eager for a repeat of the… Read story

Washington Trails Association volunteer Jared Brown wheels gravel along a newly improved trail in Behrens Woods, a small forest in southeast Vancouver, on July 27.

Behrens Woods a forest oasis: two-acre east Vancouver wood chosen as a NatureSpaces pilot site

Washington Trails Association volunteer Jared Brown wheels gravel along a newly improved trail in Behrens Woods, a small forest in southeast Vancouver, on July 27.

August 3, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

It’s a fact of urban life: If there’s a forest in the city, residents will use it both for relaxation and for transportation. Read story

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s first Vancouver Arts & Music Festival drew an estimated 30,000 people to downtown Vancouver in 2023. Will it go even bigger this year?

Vancouver Arts & Music Festival returns to Esther Short Park for free, 3-day event

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s first Vancouver Arts & Music Festival drew an estimated 30,000 people to downtown Vancouver in 2023. Will it go even bigger this year?

July 27, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

Vancouver’s first run at a free music-and-arts festival in summer 2023 was a big success. It drew an estimated 30,000 people to downtown across three days to sample talents from our own region and beyond. Read story