Clark County Life

Bread-and-butter pudding, in which slices of buttered bread are doused in custard and baked until toasty, is slightly different than bread pudding.

Just desserts: Bread-and-butter pudding even better than bread pudding

January 15, 2025, 6:02am Clark County Life

My English husband’s two favorite desserts are quintessentially British: apple crumble (with custard, if he can get it — that is, if I’m willing to make it) and bread pudding. When we were first married, he often spoke of bread-and-butter pudding. I thought it was just one of his weird… Read story

This Aug. 26, 2003, image made available by NASA shows Mars as it lines up with the sun and the Earth.

The grand illusion: As six orbs appear to align, get ready to enjoy planet parade

January 14, 2025, 6:06am Clark County Life

Who doesn’t love a parade? Even planets do. Read story

Camas High School choir teacher Ethan Chessin, center, leads a mixed choir Thursday. Chessin was nominated for a 2025 Grammy in the music educator category.

Camas High School choir teacher Ethan Chessin nominated for a Grammy Award

January 13, 2025, 11:18am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Over his 14 years teaching at Camas High School, Ethan Chessin has transformed the school’s choir. That work has garnered him a 2025 Grammy nomination in the music educator category. Read story

Nancy Benway of Vancouver, from left, joins her dog, Gigi, 8, as well as Leif Johnson, 5, Rebeca Johnson and Leo Johnson, also 5, as they listen to Andi Johnson, 9, read a story during the Read to the Dogs event at Vancouver Community Library on Wednesday.

Vancouver library unleashes a love of reading on kids at Read to the Dogs events

January 11, 2025, 6:12am Clark County Life

A little boy sat on his mom’s lap as he read a book to a poodle and sounded out words during the Vancouver Community Library’s Read to the Dogs event Wednesday. Read story

Check It Out: Books written by, about presidents

January 11, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Life

The recent death of former President Jimmy Carter got me thinking about what prolific writers our presidents have been. Every chief executive since Herbert Hoover (the 31st U.S. president) has a presidential library established in his home state. These archives house the documents and artifacts of each president’s administration. Read story

Clark County history: Early climbers of Beacon Rock

Beacon Rock as seen in a lithograph from Frances Fuller Victor’s 1877 book, “Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and a Life on the Frontier.” (Wikipedia Commons)

When the Army Corps of Engineers sought to reduce Beacon Rock to rubble, Henry Biddle purchased it for $1 in 1915. Before World War I, he spent another $10,000 building a steep trail to the 848 foot summit, which allowed easy access for the first time. The trail’s popularity soon… Read story

Clark County restaurant inspections, Dec. 30-Jan. 4

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