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Rabbi Shmulik Greenberg leads the crowd at Esther Short Park as they celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah with the lighting of the menorah Thursday evening, Dec. 7, 2023.
This creamy hot cocoa with marshmallows and Ovaltine will warm your tummy and your spirit.

Make your own glow as 2024 comes to an end with homemade hot chocolate

This creamy hot cocoa with marshmallows and Ovaltine will warm your tummy and your spirit.

December 18, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

It hasn’t been a good year in Monika’s kitchen. Recipe after recipe went terribly wrong (see last week’s “madeleine madness,” for example). I flubbed so many attempts I began to suspect I was under some evil cookery hex. I started to call it The Curse of 2024. Read story

‘Music is powerful’: Clark County duo uses music to help homeless

December 16, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life

A Clark County band is using its music to support the efforts of Council for the Homeless. Read story

Les Wolf spent most of his life working for the wholesale auto-parts supply company his entrepreneur father built. Wolf Supply Company is long gone now, but Les and his brother still own this downtown building, and decided a few years ago to honor their father, Morris Wolf, with a historical mural.

‘Something in Dad’s honor’: Vancouver mural honors Morris Wolf’s success at the American dream

Les Wolf spent most of his life working for the wholesale auto-parts supply company his entrepreneur father built. Wolf Supply Company is long gone now, but Les and his brother still own this downtown building, and decided a few years ago to honor their father, Morris Wolf, with a historical mural.

December 14, 2024, 6:14am Business

The mural perched above the corner of Evergreen and Columbia streets in downtown Vancouver usually elicits one of two comments, according to Les Wolf, the retired businessman and admiring son who had it painted there a few years ago. Read story

Check It Out: Enjoy Japanese slice-of-life novels

December 14, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

December is a month of anticipation. We look forward to holidays, perhaps some vacation time, and wrapping up an old year to start again, anew. Read story

Gardening with Allen: Herbs easy to grow indoors in winter

December 14, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

I grow several herbs in my vegetable garden. Do you think I could successfully grow some inside in pots in the winter? I have both south and west facing windows. Read story

Built in 1963 and in service until 1992, the USS Vancouver specialized in bringing Marines and their equipment to battle zones for deployment. The ship saw service during the Vietnam War.

Clark County history: 522-foot USS Vancouver visited its namesake city in 1963

Built in 1963 and in service until 1992, the USS Vancouver specialized in bringing Marines and their equipment to battle zones for deployment. The ship saw service during the Vietnam War.

December 14, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

When the Navy laid the keel of a ship named after the city of Vancouver, no one from the local community was present. When the USS Vancouver launched in 1962, City Councilman Ken Teter and his wife watched as the ship slid into Wallabout Bay in Brooklyn. Admiral Howard Yeager,… Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Once again finding spirit of Christmas

December 14, 2024, 6:01am Clark County Life

Christmas hasn’t always been a joyful occasion for me. Often it has been a painful reminder of happier days gone by, especially the times when my kids were small, and Christmas excitement pervaded our house. Read story

Dead by Dawn Pastry Stout from Trap Door Brewing.

Clark County breweries tap into dark, delicious porters and stouts for wintertime sipping

Dead by Dawn Pastry Stout from Trap Door Brewing.

December 13, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Winter in Clark County is the perfect time to shift from hoppy IPAs and light pilsners to darker more malt-centric brews like stouts and porters. Read story

Clark County restaurant inspections, Dec. 2-7

December 13, 2024, 5:41am Clark County Life

For more information, call Clark County Public Health at 564-397-8428 or visit www.clark.wa.gov/public-health/restaurant-inspection. In the health department’s scoring system, the fewer the points, the better. A perfect score is 0. The worst possible score is 418. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. Read story