Monika Spykerman

1 week ago | columbian.com | Monika Spykerman

I have two questions for you. First, do you like strawberries? Second, do you like whipped cream? If you answered “yes” to both questions, then I have a dessert for you! If you answered “no,” what is going on? Who says “Yuck! I hate strawberries and cream”? You may be lactose intolerant, watching your cholesterol or allergic to strawberries, but I imagine that if you could eat strawberries and cream, you would.

1 week ago | columbian.com | Monika Spykerman

Bonneville Hot Springs Resort & Spa, the historic wellness center in the Columbia River Gorge, is once again a resort after not quite becoming a mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation clinic. Fusion Lodging, which also operates about a dozen Oregon Coast lodgings, including Inn of the Four Winds in Seaside, Ore., and Seagull Beachfront Inn in Lincoln City, Ore., purchased the property in 2024 and opened the remodeled resort and spa to the public earlier this year.

2 weeks ago | columbian.com | Monika Spykerman

News / Clark County News Recurring for roundup items By Monika Spykerman, Columbian staff reporter Published: June 12, 2025, 5:14pm Eastbound drivers on state Highway 14 should plan for overnight ramp closures and delays Sunday and Monday while Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews repave and seal worn sections of pavement. Eastbound state Highway 14 will be closed between the Interstate 5 Bridge to Exit 1 for Southeast Columbia Way and Fort Vancouver National...

2 weeks ago | columbian.com | Monika Spykerman

Don Appert raised his conductor’s baton for his first concert at Clark College on Dec. 5, 1990. Thirty-five years later, he’s about to conduct his final concert as the college’s orchestra director. For 30 of those years, he also served as the chair of the music department. In that time, he’s said he’s personally conducted over 80 concerts, hired four tenured music faculty and about 20 adjunct faculty, premiered 12 of his own compositions and taught over 1,000 students and musicians.

2 weeks ago | columbian.com | Monika Spykerman

Saturday’s Juneteenth Freedom Celebration honoring Black culture and community is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Esther Short Park . Browse vendors, hear live music from Wamba and JuJuba, make memories at the photo booth, play with Columbia Play Project and learn about Juneteenth history. Learn more at jfcvancouver.org. Vancouver’s free, family-friendly Pride Block Party will be noon to 7 p.m. Saturday on West Seventh and Main streets, near the Turtle Place transit center.