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The Hockinson Blueberry Festival returns on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown Hockinson, featuring fresh berries and other farm products from local farms.

Try this: Hockinson Blueberry Festival, Saturday in the Park Pride, Art in the Garden

The Hockinson Blueberry Festival returns on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown Hockinson, featuring fresh berries and other farm products from local farms.

July 11, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Five things to do this week Read story

This creamy, tart citrus drink is made with whole limes and sweetened condensed milk.

When life gives you limes, make Brazilian lemonade with few ingredients

This creamy, tart citrus drink is made with whole limes and sweetened condensed milk.

July 10, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Sometimes readers ask me how I can write so much and keep thinking of (allegedly) funny things to say, so I will tell you: It’s a struggle. I don’t mean that it’s a struggle in the same way as actual problems, like a hospitalization, forest fire or running out of… Read story

Moviegoers line up to purchase concessions Wednesday at Battle Ground Cinema. Ticket sales at the theater haven&rsquo;t quite reached pre-pandemic levels but are only 15 percent behind.

Summer of blockbuster movies have Clark County theaters seeing increased ticket sales

Moviegoers line up to purchase concessions Wednesday at Battle Ground Cinema. Ticket sales at the theater haven&rsquo;t quite reached pre-pandemic levels but are only 15 percent behind.

July 8, 2024, 6:10am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Theaters in Clark County and nationwide are aiming to make a comeback after the cinema industry tanked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

Tattooist-turned-potter Bradley Macom works on a vessel at his Vancouver studio. His arresting work combines ancient forms of Greek pottery with contemporary tattoo art.

Tattoo artist Bradley Macom throws ceramics into the mix

Tattooist-turned-potter Bradley Macom works on a vessel at his Vancouver studio. His arresting work combines ancient forms of Greek pottery with contemporary tattoo art.

July 6, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life

What does a tattoo have in common with classic Greek pottery? Read story

Energy Adviser: Reduce waste with an energy review

July 6, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

If walls could talk, finding the sources of a home’s energy waste would be a breeze. Although homes still aren’t sentient, the Residential Energy Counselors with Clark Public Utilities are so good at identifying household energy saving solutions, you’d be forgiven for thinking they could hear the sheetrock speak. Read story

Local pilot and inventor Marvin Joy stands next to his experimental wingless plane that he called the &ldquo;pumpkin seed.&rdquo; The plane was flown twice at Pearson Field, in perhaps the first test of a lifting body aircraft.

Clark County History: Local inventor’s ‘flying flapjack’ was an aircraft ahead of its time

Local pilot and inventor Marvin Joy stands next to his experimental wingless plane that he called the &ldquo;pumpkin seed.&rdquo; The plane was flown twice at Pearson Field, in perhaps the first test of a lifting body aircraft.

July 6, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

A decade before Roswell’s stories of flying saucers and little green men in New Mexico captured the mind of the nation, Pearson Field saw its own unidentified flying object. Marvin Joy, a bridge tender on the railroad crossing the Columbia River Slough, appeared at the Vancouver airfield with a strange… Read story

Gardening with Allen: Trees help people, animals, insects

July 6, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

I have always loved trees. I know how they have benefitted me. Could you share with us some of the other benefits trees provide for our environment and community? Read story

Check It Out: Celebrate reading with picture books

July 6, 2024, 6:04am Clark County Life

Summer at Your Library is in full swing at Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries. The program runs from June 15 – August 15, and it encourages all ages to read, create, explore and learn. In addition to having a great excuse to do more reading this summer, you might even win… Read story

Ridgefield hosts an annual farm-to-table dinner.

Tastes better with sunshine: Dining outdoors in Clark County satisfies wanderlust

Ridgefield hosts an annual farm-to-table dinner.

July 5, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

Summer brings a magical mix of sunshine and long days. It’s the perfect time to drive somewhere and dine outside. This list includes places to travel, eat and drink while sunlight lingers late into the evening. Read story

Kimberly Marcy of Flirting With Fiction bookstore sets up her shop on Main Street in downtown Vancouver. The bookstore will have its soft opening today. At top, Marcy looks over a Blind Date with a Book package as she sets up her store.

New downtown Vancouver bookstore part of bigger mission to get free books to kids

Kimberly Marcy of Flirting With Fiction bookstore sets up her shop on Main Street in downtown Vancouver. The bookstore will have its soft opening today. At top, Marcy looks over a Blind Date with a Book package as she sets up her store.

July 5, 2024, 6:04am Business

Kimberly Marcy pulls open a set of pink drapes, revealing shelves of colorful books at downtown Vancouver’s newest bookstore. Read story