Columbia Springs nature preserve and environmental education center, is hosting the ReLit festival from Aug. 31 to Sept. 28, when upcycled and repurposed items that have been made into lamps will be on display and on sale in locations throughout downtown Vancouver. Take a free tour around Vancouver to see the lamps; you'll be sent […]

The twisted minds at ScareGrounds PDX present three bone-chilling haunted attractions at Oaks Park, 7805 S.E. Oaks Park Way, Portland, from Sept. 30 through Oct. 30. ScareGrounds is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, plus Oct. 26, 27 and 31. Experience The Silver Scream, Grimthorne Manor and The Complex haunted houses, plus dodge monsters on the […]

The 2022 BirdFest and Bluegrass will be entirely in person on Oct. 1. The City of Ridgefield will host in-town events, including vendors and music in Downtown Ridgefield. On the refuge, guests can enjoy a self-guided Carty Unit Refuge hike at 28908 N.W. Main Ave. with wandering trail stewards to answer questions, Sandhill Crane Tours, […]

Pumpkin Lane at Pomeroy Farm, 20902 N.E. Lucia Falls Rd., Yacolt, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in October; admission ends at 4 p.m. Take a hayride down Pumpkin Lane, pick out the perfect pumpkin (priced by circumference from $1.50 to $12 for standard pumpkins; specialty pumpkins are […]

After a two year hiatus, Northwood Public House and Brewery, 1401 S.E. Rasmussen Blvd. Battle Ground, will once again be transformed into a Bavarian-style beer hall on Oct. 1 and 2 for the return of its annual Oktoberfest. Traditional German beer and food will be served all day and night along with live music and […]

Vancouver’s popular Old Apple Tree Festival returns from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at Old Apple Tree Park, 112 S.E. Columbia Way. Strongly rooted in our community, the legendary Old Apple Tree makes its comeback. Planted in 1826 at Fort Vancouver, the Old Apple Tree is the oldest apple tree in the […]