In this five-part podcast, family life counselor Diane Moore shares helpful tips for families to survive the holidays. When the weather starts getting colder and the hint of snow is in the air we look forward in expectation. Diane Moore reflects on the wonder of Christmas in today’s Parent Talk ...
Vancouver attorney Michael Langsdorf drove his 2006 Lexus SUV up to a private railroad crossing just north of the Columbia River at 105th Avenue. He says he stopped, looked right, looked left, and “didn’t see any train at all.” The unlevel approach to the crossing, and possibily the early evening ...
In this five-part podcast, family life counselor Diane Moore shares helpful tips for families to survive the holidays. Parents are worried about materialism at Christmas. Our culture is all about materialism, bbecause billions and billions of dollars are spent on advertising to make us feel discontent with what we have, ...
According to Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, the only decision Clark County taxpayers will ever have on light rail is whether a sales tax is the right way to pay to run it. If they say no, he will find the money some other way. Leavitt made this point clear during ...
Emotions ran high in Battle Ground at a community meeting about placement of a new electrical transmission line the Bonneville Power Administration wants to build in Cowlitz and Clark Counties. The message at last week’s meeting was clear and was even delivered in a song: Go away, BPA. At issue ...
In this five-part podcast, family life counselor Diane Moore shares helpful tips for families to survive the holidays. Parents have a real conflict at Christmas; it’s a time for peace on earth, good will toward men. Remember, the angels came to the shepherds and said, “peace on earth.” The problem ...
An often testy crowd of nearly 300 packed the Battle Ground Community Center last Thursday to oppose the Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) plan to construct a 70-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission line through Clark County. The project has been a source of controversy ever since it was announced to the public in ...
Vancouver author Carolyn J. Rose’s life is a broad stroke across the continent. She grew up in New York's Catskill Mountains and moved to Little Rock, Ark. to work as a VISTA volunteer. She extended her Arkansas adventure ...
When you ask Clark County kids what they like best about playing outside you hear a variety of responses from ladybugs, snails and worms, to a quick dash down a playground slide for pure pleasure. Occasionally, imagination takes over and they speak of adventures with dinosaurs and turkeys and pretending ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a record of decision approving the environmental phase of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project, allowing the project to move forward with land acquisition and pursuit of final funding. The $10 billion* plan will replace the current Interstate Bridges with a wider ...
After nearly two hours of debate Monday, the Vancouver City Council unanimously approved a controversial ban on all tobacco use in public parks, effective Jan. 9, 2012. The decision was part of the council’s approval of comprehensive changes to the Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation codes, which include bans on the ...
Up until yesterday, Washougal and Woodland voters still waited for the final outcome of the Nov. 8 general election. Monday, the ballots cast for Caryn Plinski and Rodney P. Morris, for the City of Washougal, Council Position No. 2, were manually recounted by the Clark County elections department. In the ...
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