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
December 12, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
Fashion and feasting Read story
December 12, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
Do your children or grandchildren need more mice? How about kites, birds, beavers or fairies? Read story
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
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
December 7, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
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
December 7, 2024, 6:12am Clark County Health
Two years ago, the Griffin family of Vancouver lost their daughter to a rare form of brain cancer. Today, they honor her memory by creating holiday-themed gift baskets for families facing the same fight. Read story
December 7, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life
I don’t really understand the whole “12 days of Christmas” thing. If they fall AFTER Christmas, why do we sing about them in December? What are the days BEFORE Christmas called? (Advent? How many songs wish you a Happy Advent?) And Hanukkah? How many gifts do you give then? Read story
December 7, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life
Overloading electrical circuits is easier than you may think, especially around the holidays. At best, overloading the circuit is inconvenient, but it can also be dangerous. Read story
December 7, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
Walter R. Dry spent his entire life educating blind students in two states. Rising from an able instructor at the Washington State School for the Blind to the superintendent of the Oregon State School for the Blind, he championed the Oregon Plan to move the students into public schools. The… Read story