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Clark County Life

Check It Out: Watch, connect for Valentine’s Day

February 8, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

when we turn to thoughts of love. Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Recalling run with wife to remember

February 8, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

I went for an early morning walk at Holley Park in La Center with my dog. A crowd of runners was headed from the park toward the high school. It was a school fundraiser. I wanted to stop and cheer the runners, but my dog wanted no part of it,… Read story

Vampire Unicorns co-owner Melissa Kempthorne, right, helps Jamila Johnson of Vancouver work on a Brigid’s Cross during a workshop in the Camas store.

‘Metaphysical store’ Vampire Unicorns builds a half Goth, half witchy community in Camas

Vampire Unicorns co-owner Melissa Kempthorne, right, helps Jamila Johnson of Vancouver work on a Brigid’s Cross during a workshop in the Camas store.

February 7, 2025, 6:05am Business

Washougal residents Melissa Kempthorne and Omar Ramirez launched Vampire Unicorns as an Etsy store in 2021 as a “retirement plan,” Kempthorne said. The online shop offered hand-blended tea, candles, apparel, crystals, jewelry and kitchenware with an Addams Family sensibility — dark, but with a sense of humor, like the TV… Read story

This week in Clark County history, Feb. 7

February 7, 2025, 6:02am 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 restaurant inspections, Jan. 27 to Feb. 1

February 7, 2025, 5:34am 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

Journey Theater hosts auditions for “Singin’ in the Rain”

February 6, 2025, 8:10am Clark County Life

Journey Theater is hosting auditions for “Singin’ in the Rain,” with performances July 25-Aug. 2 Read story

Bethanie Velasco of Clark County Public Health’s solid waste and recycling department checks out composting bins while posing for a media photo at First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver on Jan. 27. Clark County’s We Compost program lets people drop off food waste at hubs throughout the county.

We Compost program is striking ‘black gold’ in Clark County

Bethanie Velasco of Clark County Public Health’s solid waste and recycling department checks out composting bins while posing for a media photo at First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver on Jan. 27. Clark County’s We Compost program lets people drop off food waste at hubs throughout the county.

February 6, 2025, 6:06am Clark County Life

A Clark County program to divert food waste from the landfill is striking “black gold” by turning the region’s food scraps into a rich, dark compost capable of adding nutrients back into the soil. Read story

Artist Lara Blair’s realistic clay-and-resin doughnuts will be for sale at the Valentine’s Day-themed HeART Fest Fine Art Market on Feb. 8. This is the market’s second year and it is already outgrowing its venue.

Try This: ‘The Love of Music’; vintage market; HeArt Fest

Artist Lara Blair’s realistic clay-and-resin doughnuts will be for sale at the Valentine’s Day-themed HeART Fest Fine Art Market on Feb. 8. This is the market’s second year and it is already outgrowing its venue.

February 6, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

Five things to do this week in Clark County Read story

Do you like spinach? Good, because this recipe has three bags of it — plus marinated artichoke hearts, cream cheese and Parmesan. Yup, it’s good.

Dip into deliciousness: Spinach and artichoke casserole great as dish or target of chips, veggies

Do you like spinach? Good, because this recipe has three bags of it — plus marinated artichoke hearts, cream cheese and Parmesan. Yup, it’s good.

February 5, 2025, 6:01am Clark County Life

Are you ready for some serious spinach? With artichokes and cream cheese and butter, all warm and delicious with a golden Parmesan cheese topping? Good, because that’s what we’re making this week. Read story

Vintage Books’ owner Becky Milner, left, sells books to Thatcher Norris, 9, and his mom, Zarai, at her store in the Heights Shopping Center on Mill Plain Boulevard. The bookstore is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month.

Vancouver’s Vintage Books celebrates a storied half-century amid evolving industry

Vintage Books’ owner Becky Milner, left, sells books to Thatcher Norris, 9, and his mom, Zarai, at her store in the Heights Shopping Center on Mill Plain Boulevard. The bookstore is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month.

February 1, 2025, 6:13am Business

Vintage Books will celebrate its 50th anniversary this month but Becky Milner, the owner of the Vancouver bookstore, said she never intended to sell books. Read story