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Clark Asks: What do different street identifiers — avenue, court, street, circle — mean?

January 3, 2025, 6:05am Clark County News

Recently, Ronald Clement, who lives in Vancouver’s Fishers Creek neighborhood, asked The Columbian, “What do the different street identifiers mean, e.g., court, avenue, street, lane, circle, etc.?” Read story

Clark Asks: Why abandoned buildings can’t be used to house people experiencing homelessness? It’s complicated

February 12, 2024, 2:29pm Clark County News

Can’t some of the abandoned or under-used buildings in Clark County be used for shelters or affordable housing? That’s a question many readers have submitted to The Columbian through the… Read story

Columbian reporter Sarah Wolf reflects on what to do after a tree falls through your house — something that happened to her family in 2022.

Clark Asks: If a tree falls into your home … what then?

January 19, 2024, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

A Columbian reader emailed us during this week’s winter storm to ask what to do if a tree falls through your house. Fortunately — or, rather, unfortunately — I have experience with this. Read story

A motorist passes the sign for the former Sigrid’s cafe, which operated for many years along Northeast 72nd Avenue north of Vancouver. The log cabin that housed the restaurant is now a private residence.

Clark Asks: Reader’s question about a red ‘S’ leads to story of little log cabin that once housed popular German restaurant in Vancouver

January 1, 2024, 6:03am Business Subscriber Exclusive

When The Columbian recently featured a story about the old Totem Pole restaurant in Hazel Dell, we asked readers what else they would like to know about, using the Clark Asks portal on our website. Read story

By the time this photo of the Totem Pole Restaurant was taken in 1962, it had already been in business for more than 40 years.

The Totem Pole was a Hazel Dell staple; landmark restaurant served travelers and locals for decades

November 23, 2023, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

several, in fact — once stood where a Starbucks Coffee stands near the corner of Northeast 78th Street and Northeast Highway 99 in Hazel Dell. Read story

A homeless encampment is pictured in northeast Vancouver.

Clark Asks: ‘Do homeless people actually want to get off the streets?’

October 20, 2023, 6:06am Clark County News

Experiencing homelessness isn’t easy. Read story

Clark Asks: What’s being done about trash in Clark County homeless camps?

A trash can shared between the public and people living at the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail camp in Vancouver overflows with garbage.

At the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail camp — one of the largest homeless camps in Vancouver — a single, modest-size trash can spills over with empty food containers and paper towels. The leftover food has attracted wasps. Read story