June 22, 2024, 6:12am Clark County Life
The butterfly species you raised in your grade school classroom and fed milkweed was a monarch butterfly. Read story
June 22, 2024, 6:11am Clark County Life
Because it tends to stay cool and wet, Western Washington is not a butterfly haven, lepidopterist Dr. Robert Michael Pyle said. Read story
June 22, 2024, 6:10am Clark County Life
Electric vehicles are continuing a half-decade trend of nearly 50 percent year-over-year growth in Clark County, as many drivers wave goodbye to the gas pump and hello to fuel and maintenance costs savings. A new Washington instant rebate set to roll out in August may be the extra push some… Read story
June 22, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life
Vancouver unofficially declared Jan. 11, 1909, “Tabernacle Day” as several local churches erected a space large enough to house the attendees expected for the “Cyclone” Dan Shannon revival. The Oregon evangelist wasn’t scheduled to speak until April, but the 10th Street building held 1,500 people when the county’s population was… Read story
June 22, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life
Is this a good time to prune my trees and shrubs or should I wait until they have made all their growth? Read story
June 22, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
My granddaughter, Jessica, had just turned 10 when she and her mom visited us in Springfield, Ore., back in 2015. Read story
June 21, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
A wave of restaurateur retirements is hitting Vancouver’s dining scene. It began with the owner of Beaches announcing he was closing the riverfront restaurant after 29 years in business. Soon after, word spread that the owners of La Bottega and Provecho were retiring. La Bottega has a buyer who plans… Read story
June 21, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Life
Animal shelters have a name for this time of year: kitten season. As the weather turns warm, more kittens are born. The chaos has already hit cat shelter Furry Friends. Read story
June 21, 2024, 5:59am 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
June 21, 2024, 5:22am 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
