Cade Barker

A Columbian white-tailed buck puts his head down and chases a doe into the brush at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

A short-eared owl flies swiftly across a wetland in search of voles near Vancouver Lake on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Short-eared owls tend to call Clark County home from November to March as they’re a migratory owl species.

The Battle Ground High School girls basketball team realizes the win/loss column may not sit in its favor after a 2-4 start to the season, but the Tigers know they can continue to grow as a program. …

A Union Ridge fourth grade student describes an area to possibly release salmon as three science classes gathered at Gee Creek on Wednesday, Dec. 11, as part of the Salmon

The outdoor field trip to release a half a dozen or so Coho salmon was made possible through the Salmon in the Classroom program, an initiative administered and funded by Columbia Springs and Clark Public Utilities

Antonio Aiello holds up a Dec. 24, 1988, newspaper page from the News Chronicle in Thousand Oaks, California, where his nativity set was highlighted as a family tradition connecting the Aiello family back to Italy each holiday season.

A red-tailed hawk lands and takes off after catching prey at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

Ridgefield’s Preston Javier pulls his Mark Morris opponent back into the circle en route to securing a tech fall win at 138 pounds during a dual meet win on Wednesday, Dec. 18.

La Center’s sophomore guard Riley Schultz got off to a hot start with two 3s and eight points total in the first quarter, but the Wildcats fell to the Seton Catholic Cougars’ defense for a 57-26 loss on Thursday, Dec. 19.

In a season where head coach Lauren Hefflin has been waiting for her Spuds to catch a break, they finally did, just before winter break. The Ridgefield Spudders girls basketball team went into …