Clark County Life

Check It Out: Feathered friends in February

January 29, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

Did you know that among other things, February is National Bird Feeding Month? What a month — full of love, groundhogs, Presidents and birds. That’s something to tweet about! Read story

Michael Perozzo of Vice Beer lends a hand as cans of "Not Getting Any Younger" are packaged on Wednesday morning. Grocery store sales can be risky for craft brewers, since locked in prices leave no opportunity to make adjustments for increasing costs, eating into an already small profit margin.

Clark County’s craft brewers adjust to keep beer, profits flowing

January 28, 2023, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Clark County’s craft brewers are bucking a nationwide trend of increasing costs and declining sales, but they’re still being forced to rethink their business plans and are taking a cue from coffee shops as a possible future path. Read story

Gardening with Allen: Light is a plant’s wake-up call

January 28, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

In various articles you have described plants as long-day, short-day and day-neutral. Was that a reference to the number of hours of sunlight? How do plants respond to changes in day length? Read story

Energy Adviser: Research before a purchase

January 28, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

Smart shoppers do their research before making a big purchase, but in the highly specialized world of home improvement and energy savings, it can be hard to recognize when something is marketing hype or when the investment will yield cost effective results. Read story

This week in Clark County history

January 27, 2023, 5:13am Clark County Life

A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum. Read story

Bridge to forgotten voices: Confluence publishes field guide to explore Vancouver landmark

Vancouver's Land Bridge, photographed from above when it was new in 2008.

What do you think the banks of the Wimahl River — now generally known as the Columbia — looked and sounded like to explorers Lewis and Clark over 200 years ago? And what do you think the same site might look like 200 years from now? Read story

Citrus gives Bundt cake zing

This rich chocolate Bundt cake gets a kick from three kinds of citrus.

January 25, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

I have a note tacked up next to my desk that says, “Go all in. The joy is the thing.” I suppose that’s a colloquial paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 9:10: “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.” Of course, no one ever mentions the depressing second… Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Pilot keeps his cool during icy flight

My cousin Ed, an avid private pilot, and his wife were living in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s while I was living in the Sacramento Valley. When my great-grandfather died in early 1973, it was decided that Ed, his wife, my sister and I would fly together… Read story