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From left, Rose Leslie as Isabella, Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen, Mirren Mack as Dinah and Jessica Hynes as Mary Austen in “Miss Austen.” (Robert Viglasky Photography/PBS/TNS)

‘Miss Austen’ review: Keeley Hawes, Patsy Ferran captivate in PBS show

From left, Rose Leslie as Isabella, Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen, Mirren Mack as Dinah and Jessica Hynes as Mary Austen in “Miss Austen.” (Robert Viglasky Photography/PBS/TNS)

May 4, 2025, 5:00am Entertainment

To destroy someone’s letters, back in pre-email days, was a mild act of rebellion; to destroy Jane Austen’s letters was to alter literary history. Though the great novelist would surely have written thousands of letters throughout her life, only 160 of them survive. It is believed that her older sister,… Read story

This image released by Marvel Studios shows Florence Pugh in a scene from “Thunderbolts.” (Disney-Marvel Studios via AP)

Movie review: ‘Thunderbolts*’ a strong MCU entry but doesn’t up the ‘anti’

This image released by Marvel Studios shows Florence Pugh in a scene from “Thunderbolts.” (Disney-Marvel Studios via AP)

May 4, 2025, 5:00am Entertainment

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a group of charming antiheroes with varying degrees of “super” qualities band together to form a team under the direction of a shadowy government organization. No, it’s not the Suicide Squad. What if said motley crew find themselves protecting the citizens of… Read story

Mikhail Pavenko, right, visits a wounded soldier in a hospital in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in April. This soldier told Pavenko that he was separated from his unit and surrounded by Russian forces when thick fog rolled in and he made his escape.

A belief in freedom pushes Clark County man to return to Ukraine over and over as a volunteer chaplain

Mikhail Pavenko, right, visits a wounded soldier in a hospital in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in April. This soldier told Pavenko that he was separated from his unit and surrounded by Russian forces when thick fog rolled in and he made his escape.

May 3, 2025, 6:13am Churches & Religion

The nature of war in Ukraine has turned deadlier, according to a Clark County man who recently returned from his seventh visit as a volunteer military chaplain there. Read story

Gardening with Allen: Is your lawn too short?

May 3, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Life

My neighbor mows his lawn short. He says it is like a golf course. Is that the best way to mow your lawn? Read story

Vancouver papier-mâché artist Jeff Hill has created a new batch of butterfly artworks for a May display at the Cascade Park Community Library.

Butterflies flutter into Vancouver library again

Vancouver papier-mâché artist Jeff Hill has created a new batch of butterfly artworks for a May display at the Cascade Park Community Library.

May 3, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Life

Butterflies are back at the Cascade Park Community Library, where they’re guaranteed to stay beautiful — and motionless — in the entryway display case during the month of May. Read story

Check It Out: Books offer outdoor inspiration

May 3, 2025, 6:07am Clark County Life

Like the ferns in our forests, we Pacific Northwest residents can tolerate being overwatered. In fact, we do tolerate it. Every year. Relentlessly. Year after year. But each spring, there comes a breaking point, when the rain FINALLY tapers off, the temperature rises, and we all squint and begin to… Read story

The dryer crew poses outside the old Blair prune dryer on east Mill Plain in this undated photo. Often wood-fired, the dryers were fire hazards. This one burned on Sept. 10, 1910.

Clark County history: Remembering the “Prune Capital of the World”

The dryer crew poses outside the old Blair prune dryer on east Mill Plain in this undated photo. Often wood-fired, the dryers were fire hazards. This one burned on Sept. 10, 1910.

May 3, 2025, 6:07am Clark County Life

In the mid-1890s, Washington state contained an estimated 63 prune dryers, 43 in Clark County. In 1901, The Columbian reported 40 dryers (also called evaporators) in Vancouver. Others could be found around Lake Shore, Orchards, Felida, Ridgefield, Barberton, Burton, Washougal and elsewhere. The first dryer was built by Arthur Hidden… Read story

A young tom turkey struts along a rural Klickitat County road. The peak of the turkey hunting season is happening right now, and the toms are gobbling.

SW Washington turkey hunters find fortunes warm up with weather

A young tom turkey struts along a rural Klickitat County road. The peak of the turkey hunting season is happening right now, and the toms are gobbling.

May 3, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

Spring turkey hunting is heating up right now, and the best part of the season is still ahead. Read story

“War is Over!” by Brad Booker, Dave Mullins and Sean Ono Lennon, with illustrations by Max Narciso, Viking Children’s Books

‘War Is Over!’ coming soon as picture book

“War is Over!” by Brad Booker, Dave Mullins and Sean Ono Lennon, with illustrations by Max Narciso, Viking Children’s Books

May 3, 2025, 6:04am Entertainment

Sean Ono Lennon and his fellow creators of the Oscar-winning animated short film “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” are releasing a picture book edition. Read story

The Alarm front man dies at 66

May 3, 2025, 6:04am Entertainment

Mike Peters, the front man of 1980s alternative rock group the Alarm, has died after a decadeslong battle with cancer. He was 66. Read story