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Clark County Life

Everybody Has a Story: Once again finding spirit of Christmas

December 14, 2024, 6:01am Clark County Life

Christmas hasn’t always been a joyful occasion for me. Often it has been a painful reminder of happier days gone by, especially the times when my kids were small, and Christmas excitement pervaded our house. Read story

Dead by Dawn Pastry Stout from Trap Door Brewing.

Clark County breweries tap into dark, delicious porters and stouts for wintertime sipping

Dead by Dawn Pastry Stout from Trap Door Brewing.

December 13, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Winter in Clark County is the perfect time to shift from hoppy IPAs and light pilsners to darker more malt-centric brews like stouts and porters. Read story

Clark County restaurant inspections, Dec. 2-7

December 13, 2024, 5:41am 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

This week in Clark County history, Dec. 14

December 13, 2024, 5:14am 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

This is an artist’s rendering of the central mixed-use section of the Columbia Palisades redevelopment, where the Southwest Washington Center for the Arts hopes to build a concert hall with as many as 1,400 seats.

Clark County performing arts center organizers move forward with plans, now hiring a director

This is an artist’s rendering of the central mixed-use section of the Columbia Palisades redevelopment, where the Southwest Washington Center for the Arts hopes to build a concert hall with as many as 1,400 seats.

December 12, 2024, 12:20pm Business

The effort to bring a major performing arts center to Clark County is ready to staff up with a new executive director and a professional fundraiser. Read story

A Kwanzaa celebration will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds, 17402 N.E. Delfel Road, Ridgefield.
“I’m Done!” by Gretchen McLellan, illustrated by Catherine Lazar Odell, and “No Party Poopers!” by Gretchen McLellan, illustrated by Lucy Semple.

Snuggle up for storytime with these Clark County children’s authors and their new books

“I’m Done!” by Gretchen McLellan, illustrated by Catherine Lazar Odell, and “No Party Poopers!” by Gretchen McLellan, illustrated by Lucy Semple.

December 12, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Do your children or grandchildren need more mice? How about kites, birds, beavers or fairies? Read story

These Chocolate Orange Madeleines could have been delicious. Read how I went horribly wrong.

Madeleine madness or how to make chocolate madeleines taste terrible

These Chocolate Orange Madeleines could have been delicious. Read how I went horribly wrong.

December 11, 2024, 6:04am Clark County Life

Among chocolate’s many merits are its ability to play well with other flavors. I love chocolate and mint, chocolate and raspberry, chocolate and cherry, chocolate and ginger and especially chocolate and citrus. When I was in college, I used to make myself a hot chocolate by brewing orange or lemon… Read story

The Christmas Ships parade will ply the Columbia and Willamette rivers this month.

All that glitters: From Christmas Ships to ZooLights, illuminating displays abound throughout the holiday season

The Christmas Ships parade will ply the Columbia and Willamette rivers this month.

December 10, 2024, 6:10am Clark County Life

’Tis the season when twinkling lights illuminate our nights, making the darkness merry and bright. One light show is making a debut — Winter Gleam at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland — but several light shows have been going strong for decades, including the Christmas Ships parade, which is celebrating… Read story

Music director Jana Hart leads the Vancouver USA Singers (now Vancouver Master Chorale) as members rehearse in 2018 at First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver.

Longtime Vancouver Master Chorale artistic director Jana Hart is leaving on high note

Music director Jana Hart leads the Vancouver USA Singers (now Vancouver Master Chorale) as members rehearse in 2018 at First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver.

December 7, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life

We’re sorry to report that Vancouver is losing its musical Hart, as well as some of its fleetest keyboard fingers. Will this town ever sound the same? Read story