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Clark Asks: Abandoned yacht big curiosity for readers

September 26, 2018, 6:00am Clark County News

Curiosity about the Columbia River — and the things on it — never wanes in Clark County, as evidenced by the latest Clark Asks voting results. Read story

Line sorters comb through plastics and paper moving along a conveyor belt at Waste Connections Washington-Clark County material recycling facility on Northwest Lower River Road. The site processes tens of thousands of tons of recyclable materials every year, mostly from Clark County.

Clark Asks: Are you recycling the right way in Clark County?

Line sorters comb through plastics and paper moving along a conveyor belt at Waste Connections Washington-Clark County material recycling facility on Northwest Lower River Road. The site processes tens of thousands of tons of recyclable materials every year, mostly from Clark County.

September 16, 2018, 6:02am Clark County Life

“Don’t forget the recycling,” is a phrase most Clark County residents say to themselves once a week or every other week on our way out the door. Read story

Aidan Rodriguez, 12, of Camas pauses to take in a view of the Columbia River from the Vancouver Waterfront near a concrete-and-stone stairway that was once part of a U.S. Coast Guard station in that spot.

Clark Asks: Why are there stairs to the river by Who Song & Larry’s?

Aidan Rodriguez, 12, of Camas pauses to take in a view of the Columbia River from the Vancouver Waterfront near a concrete-and-stone stairway that was once part of a U.S. Coast Guard station in that spot.

August 8, 2018, 6:02am Clark County Life

Our most recent Clark Asks voting round ended in a tie for the first time. One of our readers asked: “Why is there an old staircase that goes down to the Columbia River by Who Song and Larry’s? What used to be there?” Read story

Clark Asks voting round: It’s a tie this time

July 1, 2018, 6:03am Clark County News

The votes are in and it’s a tie. Read story

Local historian Pat Jollota admires one of the few remaining scarlet hawthorn trees on Franklin Street in the Hough neighborhood. The trees were planted in 1941 after residents formed a neighborhood group because they were upset the city knocked down older trees while widening Franklin Street. Jollota said things like the two remaining hawthorn trees and neighborhood names are important to preserve so there is a connection to local history.

Clark Asks: Revealing the history of ’hoods

Local historian Pat Jollota admires one of the few remaining scarlet hawthorn trees on Franklin Street in the Hough neighborhood. The trees were planted in 1941 after residents formed a neighborhood group because they were upset the city knocked down older trees while widening Franklin Street. Jollota said things like the two remaining hawthorn trees and neighborhood names are important to preserve so there is a connection to local history.

June 24, 2018, 6:05am Clark County News

Pat Jollota’s love of names started while she was living in Los Angeles. Read story

Clark Asks: How’d ’hoods get their names? Stay tuned

May 30, 2018, 6:00am Clark County News

About a year ago, several readers asked us how some of the streets like Mill Plain and Fourth Plain got their names. That led to reporter Tom Vogt’s story, “The Plains Explained,” our first Clark Asks feature. Read story

Clark Asks: Help us pick the next story we report

May 21, 2018, 10:00am Clark County News

You’ve recently shared some good questions on Clark Asks, our regular feature where you ask and we dig for answers. Read story

A reader posed a question about “sanctuary” areas recently to Clark Asks. The answer isn’t cut and dry in this controversial issue. Here, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents enter a Dallas, Texas, apartment complex in 2015, looking for a specific undocumented immigrant convicted of a felony during an early morning operation.

Clark Asks: Local law enforcement and immigration issues

A reader posed a question about “sanctuary” areas recently to Clark Asks. The answer isn’t cut and dry in this controversial issue. Here, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents enter a Dallas, Texas, apartment complex in 2015, looking for a specific undocumented immigrant convicted of a felony during an early morning operation.

May 16, 2018, 8:37pm Clark County News

With so much talk of so-called sanctuary cities in the news this past year, reader Ed Delph wondered whether any jurisdictions in Clark County cooperated with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or if this area offers immigrants sanctuary. Read story

Water Station 5 is relatively inconspicuous from East Mill Plain Boulevard, but from above the mysterious building paints a clearer picture. The site is home to a water tower, covered water reservoir and a pump station.

Clark Asks: Structure on Mill Plain near Devine Road reservoir for city water system

Water Station 5 is relatively inconspicuous from East Mill Plain Boulevard, but from above the mysterious building paints a clearer picture. The site is home to a water tower, covered water reservoir and a pump station.

May 2, 2018, 9:11pm Clark County News

For the last 30 years, Ronelle Tibbits has passed by a nondescript building that spans almost an entire city block and wondered what it was. Read story

The empty lot on the southeast corner of Northeast 117th Street and Northeast Highway 99 has entered the early stages of development.

Clark Asks: What’s planned at parcel on N.E. 117th, Hwy. 99?

The empty lot on the southeast corner of Northeast 117th Street and Northeast Highway 99 has entered the early stages of development.

April 21, 2018, 6:02am Clark County News

Over the last few years, Vicki Fitzsimmons has watched the changes that have occurred at the empty lot at the intersection at Northeast 117th Street and Highway 99. Read story