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Gardening with Allen: Fall good time to prune shrubs

September 30, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

I have some shrubs that have grown too large for the area where they are planted. Is this a good time to prune them? How about trees? Read story

A Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership employee works among the monoculture of reed canary grass northeast of the Campen Creek wetland in Washougal.

With success of Steigerwald refuge restoration, conservationists want to improve Campen Creek in city’s Mable Kerr Park

A Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership employee works among the monoculture of reed canary grass northeast of the Campen Creek wetland in Washougal.

September 30, 2023, 6:04am Clark County News

Conservationists are launching plans to restore a 2,000-foot-long section of Campen Creek in Washougal’s Mable Kerr Park, building on successful restoration work at the nearby Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge. Read story

From the Newsroom: This Jan. 6 story wasn’t news

September 30, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

There’s an internet archive site called the Wayback Machine where, among other stuff, you can find all kinds of old news. Or, you could have just looked at Page A6 of our Thursday edition. Read story

Jayne: A challenger to Kent is welcome

September 30, 2023, 6:02am Columns

For political wonks, the addition of Leslie Lewallen makes the 2024 congressional race more interesting. And it raises questions about her policy ideas as well as the sources of her support. Read story

Scott Long of Vancouver, greets his dogs, 9-year-old Beni and 6-year-old Darby, right, at Ike Memorial Dog Park in Vancouver. Six years after an off-leash park in Washougal closed, the idea is  under consideration in Camas.

Camas city officials consider adding dog park

Scott Long of Vancouver, greets his dogs, 9-year-old Beni and 6-year-old Darby, right, at Ike Memorial Dog Park in Vancouver. Six years after an off-leash park in Washougal closed, the idea is  under consideration in Camas.

September 30, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News

More than six years after the area’s only off-leash dog park closed, Camas city officials are exploring the possibility of creating one in partnership with a local nonprofit group. Read story

This portrait of George Simpson (circa 1787-1860) shows him as he was best known: as an imperious administrator who focused on efficiency and cost reduction, foreshadowing the modern corporation. He wasn't a man who trapped or hunted, but he successfully integrated the British North West Company with the Hudson Bay Company in 1821.

Clark County History: George Simpson

This portrait of George Simpson (circa 1787-1860) shows him as he was best known: as an imperious administrator who focused on efficiency and cost reduction, foreshadowing the modern corporation. He wasn't a man who trapped or hunted, but he successfully integrated the British North West Company with the Hudson Bay Company in 1821.

September 30, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

Near where the Washington School for the Deaf stands today, George Simpson, governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and John McLoughlin, chief factor of the company’s Columbia District, picked the original site for Fort Vancouver in 1824. Simpson’s territory covered all lands west of the Rockies to Hawaii, north to… Read story

An illustration shows the Everett Street Corridor in northeast Camas.

Camas’ top plan for Everett Street stretch includes elevated bike lanes, sidewalks

An illustration shows the Everett Street Corridor in northeast Camas.

September 30, 2023, 6:01am Clark County News

Camas city officials have unveiled their preferred plan for redesigning a 1.5-mile stretch of Everett Street in northeast Camas with elevated bike lanes and sidewalks. Read story

President John F. Kennedy is applauded during the groundbreaking ceremony for the N Reactor at the Hanford nuclear reservation on Sept.

Just before his death, JFK made this historic stop in Eastern WA 60 years ago

President John F. Kennedy is applauded during the groundbreaking ceremony for the N Reactor at the Hanford nuclear reservation on Sept.

September 30, 2023, 6:00am Latest News

Sixty years ago on Sept. 26 a helicopter landed in a remote part of the Hanford nuclear reservation and the 37,000 gathered in the scorching desert watched as President John F. Kennedy stepped out in a cloud of dust. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Weekend sun could give way to clouds before warming

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

September 30, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News

As of 5 p.m. Friday, the rainfall total in Vancouver so far this month was 1.34 inches. No rain is on tap for the last day of September. In fact, we'll see sunny skies. We would end the month at 1.34 inches compared to the normal of 1.43 inches --… Read story

Energy Adviser: Utility celebrates Public Power Week

September 30, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

Sunday marks the beginning of an important week for all of the employees at Clark Public Utilities and all other community-owned, nonprofit utilities in America. Read story