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Born in Albany, Ore., in 1863, Minnie Mossman Hill was only about 19 years old when she was licensed to pilot a steamship after learning the trade from her husband, Charles. She was the first female west of the Mississippi River to captain a steamship.

Clark County History: Minnie Hill captained steamers on the Columbia and Willamette rivers

Born in Albany, Ore., in 1863, Minnie Mossman Hill was only about 19 years old when she was licensed to pilot a steamship after learning the trade from her husband, Charles. She was the first female west of the Mississippi River to captain a steamship.

May 18, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Life

When Minnie Mossman married Charles Hill in 1883, she signed on as a life mate and as first mate on his steamer. Minnie Mossman Hill soon became the first licensed woman steamship operator in the West and the second in the nation. Read story

Patrick Swayze is Dalton, the cool-headed barroom bouncer who finds himself fighting against more than he bargained for when he is hired to clean up a rowdy nightclub in United Artists' hard-hitting 1989 action film "Road House." (Peter Sorel/United Artists Pictures)

‘Be nice’: Kiggins Theatre, Brothers Cascadia Brewing collaborate for 35th anniversary of cult-classic ‘Road House’

Patrick Swayze is Dalton, the cool-headed barroom bouncer who finds himself fighting against more than he bargained for when he is hired to clean up a rowdy nightclub in United Artists' hard-hitting 1989 action film "Road House." (Peter Sorel/United Artists Pictures)

May 17, 2024, 6:09am Clark County Life

For people who love the film “Road House,” it isn’t just a movie but a way of being. I’m not talking about the recent Jake Gyllenhaal remake or the 1948 film with Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino, but the 1989 drive-in classic starring Patrick Swayze. Read story

This week in Clark County History for May 17, 2024

May 17, 2024, 6:03am 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

Clark County health inspections, May 6-11

May 17, 2024, 5:22am 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 448. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. Read story

A participant of the 2023 Trashion Show models her upcycled outfit for onlookers.

From castoff to couture: Trashion show at Vancouver library lands Saturday

A participant of the 2023 Trashion Show models her upcycled outfit for onlookers.

May 16, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Clark County has a thriving community of designers creating new fashions from used clothes. That’s a good thing, seeing as synthetic fabrics like polyester take hundreds of years to break down in landfills. But what if designers made garments and accessories not only out of discarded clothes but also out… Read story

Ridgefield High School marches in the Hazel Dell Parade of Bands on Saturday, May 21, 2022.
Cauliflower Cheese is a classic British dish made, unsurprisingly, with cauliflower and cheese.

Take it cheesy: Cauliflower Cheese lives up to its name

Cauliflower Cheese is a classic British dish made, unsurprisingly, with cauliflower and cheese.

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

Cauliflower is the real workhorse of Vegetable Land. Raw cauliflower has a lovely crunch and a hint of nuttiness and I always go for the cauliflower on a vegetable platter, unless there’s snow peas, because snow peas are obviously better than cauliflower. Cooked cauliflower is so tender and has such… Read story

Ring Camera footage provided by a reader shows a cougar roaming around Northeast Padden Parkway and 137th Avenue in east Vancouver Sunday morning.

Cougar caught on camera at 137th and Padden Parkway in Orchards

Ring Camera footage provided by a reader shows a cougar roaming around Northeast Padden Parkway and 137th Avenue in east Vancouver Sunday morning.

May 14, 2024, 3:41pm Clark County Life

A cougar was spotted in a residential area near Padden Parkway and Northeast 137th Avenue in Orchards this weekend. Read story

Stacey Condren looks over a broken gnome along The Gnome Trail, which was extensively vandalized recently. Top left: Stacey Condren and her husband installed this sign and the first small party of gnomes near the west end of the Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway Trail.

Vandals destroyed a Gnome Trail in Hazel Dell; now the masterminds are looking for help to rebuild

Stacey Condren looks over a broken gnome along The Gnome Trail, which was extensively vandalized recently. Top left: Stacey Condren and her husband installed this sign and the first small party of gnomes near the west end of the Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway Trail.

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

Wanted, to repopulate the woods after a wave of senseless destruction: gnomes, fairies, elves and other magical minifigs, brave and true, to face down the mysterious menace. Read story

Customers walk into Vancouver&rsquo;s Barnes &amp; Noble bookstore.

This chapter is not finished for Vancouver’s Barnes & Noble

Customers walk into Vancouver&rsquo;s Barnes &amp; Noble bookstore.

May 13, 2024, 6:05am Business

When you walk into Vancouver’s Barnes & Noble, you notice it immediately — the scent of books. Read story