August 11, 2020, 12:16pm 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
August 11, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
Careful testing, strict containment and a coordinated, unified response are necessary if we’re going to fight off a looming public health threat — to trees. Read story
August 9, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life
Vancouver voters overwhelmingly approved creating a port district along the Columbia River in 1912. Five years later, as the United States entered World War I, pressure mounted to build more ships to make up for the merchant and military shortage. In 1918, voters approved a second bond turning 52 swampy acres east of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway bridge across the Columbia near the infant Port of Vancouver for… Read story
August 9, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
I grew up in a small farming community in southern Illinois, where all the boys belonged to the Future Farmers of America and joined the boys’ 4-H Club to raise chickens, calves, and pigs. All the girls belonged to the Future Homemakers of America and joined the girls’ 4-H Club to learn cooking and sewing. All my girlfriends were in 4-H and so, even though I had little interest in… Read story
August 9, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Health
A teenager in a YouTube video waits for the off-screen interviewer, Casey Ellson, to start asking questions. Read story
August 9, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
I am doing a happy dance right now because today is National Book Lovers Day. If that isn’t right up my book shelf, I don’t know what is. I truly enjoy writing about books I’ve read and sparking (I hope) interest in other readers of all ages. But I also get excited about books I haven’t read yet either because I haven’t had time or because the titles are not… Read story
August 8, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
My hedge is starting to lose its leaves on the lower branches. Is there something I can do to restore full lower leaf growth? Read story
August 8, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
Rising building standards along with advancing technology and construction practices have made the average home progressively more airtight in recent decades. Read story
August 8, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
Perhaps you feel an emotional need to mark the recent death of the Old Apple Tree, a Vancouver landmark. Or maybe you just want to find out why the gnarled tree was such a big deal. Read story
August 7, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
If not for the coronavirus pandemic, this would have been the opening day of the Clark County Fair. Hopefully, this time next year, we’ll be chomping on corn cobs and burgers and washing it all down with a fresh berry shakes from the Clark County Dairy Women booth. Read story
