Podcasts about Ridgefield

For the ninth consecutive year, Ridgefield Police officers will wear a limited-edition pink shoulder patch throughout October, raising funds for the Pink Lemonade Project, a local nonprofit supporting all communities affected by breast cancer. Officer Kaylin Debiak led the 2026 design, which features nine stars and the city's beloved sandhill crane, Carty. Patches are $10 each. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/ridgefield-police-department-reveals-2026-breast-cancer #RidgefieldPD #PinkPatchProject #BreastCancerAwareness #PinkLemonadeProject #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #CommunityNews #October

Five Clark County students from Ridgefield, Camas, and Union high schools have been named to Enspire Arts' 2026-2027 Arts Ambassador cohort. Each receives $650 for arts instruction and a professional mentor to guide a community arts project. Since 2018, the program has reached more than 2,600 students and community members. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/enspire-arts-announces-2026-2027-arts-ambassador-cohort #EnspireArts #ClarkCounty #YouthArts #ArtsEducation #Mentorship #Vancouver #Washington

Skyview High School held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for a new skills center focused on manufacturing and construction, becoming the third Vancouver Public Schools campus to receive one through private donations led by Careers in Construction, the charitable arm of Quail Homes. Skills centers have also opened in Evergreen Public Schools, La Center, and Ridgefield, with Hockinson close to breaking ground and Battle Ground in the plans. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/new-skills-center-will-built-skyview-high-school-careers #CareersInConstruction #TradesEducation #VancouverPublicSchools #SkyviewHighSchool #ClarkCounty #WorkforceDevelopment #SkillsCenter

Ridgefield emergency physician R. Myles Dickason challenges Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, arguing her support for Ukraine rings hollow while she votes to fund what five organizations have concluded is genocide in Gaza. Track AIPAC reports $513,798 in pro-Israel PAC support for her campaign. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/letter-one-standard-ukrainian-and-palestinian-lives #Gaza #Ukraine #MarieGluesenkampPerez #ClarkCounty #Opinion #Politics #WashingtonState #MilitaryFunding #AIPAC #LetterToTheEditor

Portland Industrial Market Update: Vacancy, Submarkets, Capital Interest, and the I-5 Corridor On the Industrial Advisors podcast, hosts Bill Condon and Kyle Bach interview Colliers Portland industrial broker Tom Knecht about the Portland metro industrial market. Knecht says the market is regaining conviction with increased leasing activity, but vacancy is about 8% versus 3.5% five years ago, and tenants currently have leverage, requiring landlords to be creative with concessions and rates. He notes a wide spread between Class B/C Northeast Portland and Class A Southwest Washington, with Southwest Washington, Washington County (Hillsboro), and Clark County (Vancouver) leading rent growth while other submarkets plateau. Capital markets remain thin, with some investors still hesitant due to Portland's COVID-era reputation and business-tax environment, though less competition can mean better basis. Discussion also covers expanding I-5 corridor development into Ridgefield, Woodland, and Kelso (including a 1.2M SF Amazon lease), limited new construction starts, and cautious optimism through 2027. 00:00 Portland Perception Check 00:36 Podcast Intro and Guest 01:19 Tom Knecht Background 01:56 Market Today vs Past 03:13 Leasing Momentum and Sizes 04:38 Capital Markets and Investors 05:57 Submarkets Driving Rents 07:34 Business Climate and Taxes 09:38 Choosing Portland vs Vancouver 11:00 I-5 Corridor Development 14:03 Outlook Through 2027 16:14 Optimism and Wrap Up

A conservation nonprofit, the Port of Ridgefield, and the Ridgefield City Council all issued formal responses to a waterfront development proposal that drew a downtown rally and close to 100 residents to a September port commission meeting. The city's letter requests a formal master plan, traffic, economic, and environmental analyses, and 3D renderings before moving forward. https://clarkcountytoday.com/news/ridgefield-city-council-wildlife-refuge-port-all-respond-as-waterfront-debate-continues/ #Ridgefield #WaterfrontDevelopment #PortOfRidgefield #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #CommunityNews #LocalNews #Conservation #Housing #RidgefieldWaterfront

The League of Women Voters of Clark County has scheduled four candidate forums at libraries in Vancouver, Camas, and Ridgefield between Sept. 23 and Oct. 14. Races covered include state House seats, County Council districts, Clark County Auditor, Assessor, Clerk, and Public Utility Commissioner. Forums are open to the public and stream on CVTV. https://clarkcountytoday.com/community_news/league-of-women-voters-schedules-four-forums-ahead-of-nov-3-election/ #LeagueOfWomenVoters #ClarkCounty #Election2020 #CandidateForums #Vancouver #Camas #Ridgefield #WashingtonState #Politics #CVTV

Sovereign, the new steaks, chops, and seafood restaurant at ilani in Ridgefield, is a restaurant now run directly by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, marking a major step in the tribe's move toward self-operating all casino restaurants. General manager Andrew Guthrie says the name reflects where the tribe is headed as a self-sufficient sovereign nation. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/business-profile-cowlitz-indian-tribe-now-running-the-steakhouse-at-ilani-sovereign/ #Sovereign #ilani #CowlitzIndianTribe #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #FineDining #PacificNorthwest #CasinoDining #Restaurant #Business

Ridgefield's Sportsman's Public House is marking 100 years with a centennial celebration on Sept. 25, featuring a new menu, vendors, giveaways, and karaoke. The pub has had five owners and was a Model T auto shop before its 1926 restaurant conversion. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/business/ridgefield-landmark-sportsmans-public-house-celebrates-100-years-of-history-and-community/ #RidgefieldWA #SportsmansPublicHouse #ClarkCounty #Centennial #LocalHistory #CommunityNews #PNW

Flower essences represent the spirit of the plant, offering a safe and effective method for emotional healing and self-discovery. They can help you gently navigate life’s transitions, ease anxiety, calm a restless nervous system, and deepen your self-trust. How Colleen Came to Work with Flower Essences Colleen Schaffer has been passionately curious about flowers and plants since she was a little girl. She recently left a 20-year career in corporate real estate to work with flowers, plants, and offer energy healing full time. While looking at my intuitive Edge website to prepare for this episode, Colleen realized “This is literally why I left my career. You have to remember how magical you are.” Her favorite place to be is still outside. She loves looking at plants and seeing what’s popping up. As she says, “there’s a lot that we can learn just through observation.” If you look closely at a plant, she insists you can often get real clues about its healing properties. What Is a Flower Essence? A flower essence represents the spirit of the plant. Colleen explains that it’s made by placing fresh flowers into water, creating an infusion with sunlight. From there, you dilute the essence several times, so it works like a homeopathic remedy. In a way, what remains is the electrical or energetic information of the flower, which is the highest expression of the plant. This kind of remedy works well with your own energy and electrical system. It’s a very safe way of healing and working through emotional issues. As Colleen puts it, flower essences are great for people learning to heal themselves and trust their own intuition. You really can’t go wrong with them, take it the wrong way, or take too much. They are so gentle. The mother formula is preserved with alcohol and for this, Colleen usually reaches for 100-proof vodka. Others prefer to preserve it with brandy. For the dosage bottles she sends home with clients, she often uses a red shiso base instead. This is a plant-based alternative for anyone sensitive to alcohol. When Flowers Talk Back Before making an essence, Colleen sits with the plant to get to know it. She doesn’t feel like she receives messages from angels or spirits — but she does get insights from the plants themselves. “It sounds like my own voice in my head,” she says, “but it’s smarter than me and way more insightful.” I have my own version of this. Over 30 years ago, setting up pots on my first front porch, I was about to plant dahlias when I heard, “Plant me in a big pot because I’m going to grow big.” There was no effort made to communicate with plants. I’d never heard a plant talk before. The Findhorn Garden in Scotland open this amazing even more for me. In the late 1960s, the founders — broke, having lost their jobs in hotel management, working land that wasn’t built for growing anything — were guided to plant a garden anyway. One was drawn to nature spirits and elementals, one received messages from God, another talked with what she called the overlighting angels of the land. They’d need wood, and it would fall off a truck in the road. And the garden grew cabbages that weighed 40 pounds. Reading about this sent me down an enchanting rabbit hole of nature-spirit stories. I also read The Elves at Lily Hill Farm, which is about a vineyard tended by unseen helpers. Working with any plant can bring back that same childlike wonder. How does a maple tree know how many leaves it needs? How does a little whirling seed become a whole tree? One year, I noticed my maple trees had flowers. They were tiny green ones I’d never spotted before.  There’s a lot to learn if you can settle yourself, relax, and actually open your eyes. How Colleen Works with Clients When Colleen works with Reiki clients, the essence that person needs will come as a vision or its name will come to mind. That’s what guides the personalized bottle she sends home with them afterward, pulled from hundreds of formulas she’s built over the years. Sometimes one essence is the most powerful thing you can use. Other times Colleen blends two to six. Some commercial formulas go much further like Green Hope Farm's anxiety blend which uses close to 30 different flowers. According to Colleen, plant medicine is intelligent enough to go where they’re needed, the same way energy work does this. What’s meant to find you will find you. I was drawn to Wild Oat, during a stretch of feeling a little lost about my direction. Colleen loves working with this essence too. She had one client stay on it for months, feeling calmer while she worked through a big decision. Colleen compares the way Wild Oat feels to, “a bowl of oatmeal that's warm and comforting.” Flower Essences vs. Tinctures – Not the Same Colleen also makes tinctures, which is an herbal remedy meant for something closer to a medicinal response. An alcohol-based tincture gets into your bloodstream faster to address a physical issue and often use of the plant than just the flower. Flower essences are a different tool entirely. They’re made to address emotional situations and peel away the layers beneath the surface. Rescue Remedy (and the related Five Flower Essence formula) is the most common first flower essence people use. These remedies are created to help with something urgent and even safe for kids and animals. I watched my friend calm her fear of heights while on a tram that climbed to the top of a mountain. A few drops worked beautifully! There are lots of remedies for anxiety, like Bach flower Rescue Remedy lozenges. Tulsi tea soothes your nervous system. So does skullcap, which I've taken before bed to settle the nervous system and sleep better. When you start looking up what helps with anxiety, lots of options will surface. Where to Start Colleen’s advice for anyone curious but new to all this is to start by going outside. Not necessarily with flowers from a garden center. Feel free to connect with the weeds coming up behind the shed or whatever’s growing through a crack in the sidewalk. Find something you don’t recognize and look it up. A simple Google image search works, or an app like PlantNet. From there, think about the emotional situation you’re in, then look up a remedy that fits. Colleen believes in using your intuition as the real backup, but you can also search the books. While she has plenty of references material, the final check is always with herself. Even holding an unfamiliar bottle in your hand for a minute will tell you something. Notice how you feel. Do you feel relaxed? That's probably a good match. Feeling buzzy or uptight? That's probably not the right remedy, at least not right now. If you've ever listened to my podcast or read my newsletter, than you know I'm all about trusting yourself. Whatever comes to mind first — don’t question it. That’s the answer, so go with it. Key Flower Magic Takeaways Flower essences work on the emotional level, not the physical one. They’re for feelings, not symptoms, and you genuinely can’t “take them wrong.” You don’t need a garden to start. The weeds behind your shed or coming up through the sidewalk carry just as much information as anything from a store. The Bottle Test: Hold the flower essence remedy bottle and notice how you feel. If you feel relaxed, that means it’s a match. Buzzy or uptight means keep looking. Rescue Remedy is the simplest place to start if you want something for an urgent, in-the-moment situation and it’s safe for kids and pets, too. Your first instinct is almost always the right one. Don’t talk yourself out of it. FAQs What are flower essences? Flower essences are energetic preparations made from flowers and water. They are traditionally used to support emotional well-being, self-discovery, and navigating life transitions. What do flower essences help with? Flower essences are commonly used for emotional concerns such as anxiety, fear, uncertainty, overwhelm, and difficulty trusting yourself. Different essences are associated with different emotional states. How do you choose a flower essence? Start by identifying the emotional situation you want to work with and researching essences traditionally associated with that feeling. You can also use your intuition and notice how you feel when you hold the bottle or consider a particular remedy. Are flower essences the same as herbal tinctures? No. Herbal tinctures contain plant constituents and are traditionally used as herbal remedies to address physical symptoms. Flower essences are used primarily as energetic support for emotional situations. What is Rescue Remedy? 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She is a Certified Flower Essence Practitioner and completed Rosemary Gladstar's Art & Science of Herbalism training with Lupo Passero at Twin Star Herbal Education in 2016. Her holistic practice uniquely combines Reiki energy healing with the power of customized flower essences, which gently address the mental and emotional aspects of a person's well being. She is a lifelong resident of CT, living in Ridgefield with her husband, two daughters, and two excellent cats. Website – www.203reiki.com Email – 203reiki[@]gmail.com The post Flower Essences Offer Emotional Rescue appeared first on Intuitive Edge.

Paul Valencia, Tony Liberatore, and Cale Piland break down the new 4A GSHL football schedule that has Skyview hosting Camas in the first of two matchups between the teams this season. They also highlight Camas and Ridgefield volleyball's special match, and more. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/the-study-of-sports-podcast-sept-17-2026-the-sports-enthusiasts-talk-about-the-new-football-schedule-in-the-4a-gshl-some-outdoor-volleyball-and-more-in-this-episode/ #StudyOfSports #HighSchoolSports #4AGSHL #ClarkCountySports #Football #Volleyball #Podcast #WashingtonState #Camas #Skyview

Nighttime lane closures on I-5 between Ridgefield and Woodland begin Sept. 14 as Granite Construction replaces damaged concrete panels. Right and center lanes close nightly in each direction, with northbound closures between mileposts 18.2 and 21.5 and southbound between mileposts 15.4 and 11.5, with the speed limit reduced to 55 mph. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/nighttime-work-on-i-5-between-ridgefield-and-woodland-will-replace-damaged-concrete-panels-sept-14-19/ #I5 #WSDOTTraffic #ClarkCounty #Transportation #Washington #LaneClosures #RoadWork #Ridgefield #Woodland #PacificNorthwest

Camas athletic director Stephen Baranowski and coach Michelle Ford turned a years-long dream into reality, setting up an outdoor volleyball court at Doc Harris Stadium for a 7 p.m. match against Ridgefield on Sept. 11, complete with a first-responder tribute and fireworks during the national anthem. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/sports/high-school-sports-outdoor-volleyball-match-at-doc-harris-stadium-ready-for-camas-vs-ridgefield/ #CamasVolleyball #DocHarrisStadium #RidgefieldSpudders #HighSchoolSports #ClarkCounty #FridayNightLights #Sept11Tribute

City Manager Steve Stuart has appointed Jim Quackenbush as Ridgefield's next police chief after a competitive national search. Quackenbush brings 27 years of experience, from the Portland Police Bureau to the Washougal Police Department, where he currently serves as Operations Captain. The community can meet him at Davis Park on September 22. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/jim-quackenbush-appointed-as-ridgefields-next-police-chief/ #RidgefieldPD #RidgefieldWA #PublicSafety #LawEnforcement #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #CommunityPolicing #PoliceChief

The Ridgefield City Council voted 6-1 to approve a development agreement with Blue Rock Ventures for a roughly 43,000-square-foot community and recreation center at 5001 N. Pioneer Canyon Drive. The city will contribute $15 million toward the Community Center, while BRV anticipates contributing approximately $32 million for the privately owned Recreation Center. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/business/council-approves-development-agreement-for-ridgefield-community-and-recreation-center/ #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #RecreationCenter #PublicPrivatePartnership #WashingtonState #CommunityDevelopment #BlueRockVentures

Clark County plans to release an RFP on Sept. 9 for a long-term lease of Tri-Mountain Golf Course in Ridgefield. The selected operator would take on management, maintenance, and capital needs, including an estimated $2.7 million in improvements identified in a 2019 assessment. About eight parties have already expressed interest. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/business/clark-county-prepares-to-seek-proposals-for-long-term-lease-of-tri-mountain-golf-course/ #TriMountainGolf #ClarkCounty #Ridgefield #GolfCourse #ClarkCountyCouncil #LocalNews #WashingtonState

The Clark County Council's amended Rules of Procedure drew a sharp response from Councilor Michelle Belkot. A new attack ad targets Sen. John Braun on three claims. More than 500 people lined up in the rain for Ridgefield's Goodwill Superstore opening. Healing Steps in Brush Prairie serves children with ADHD and autism through equine therapy. And high school football returns to Clark County under a chaotic new two-division format. https://mailchi.mp/clarkcountytoday/this-weeks-top-news_september_4_2026 #ClarkCounty #ClarkCountyToday #Newsletter #Podcast #Politics #Football #Ridgefield #BrushPrairie #Washougal #WashingtonState

Best friends Jaedyn Bryan and Aleea Fike arrived at 6 a.m. to be first in line at the new Goodwill Superstore in Ridgefield, where more than 500 customers waited in the rain before the doors opened. Vocational services director David Miller called it the biggest grand opening crowd he had ever seen. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/huge-crowd-gathers-for-goodwill-superstore-grand-opening-in-ridgefield/ #Ridgefield #GoodwillSuperstore #ClarkCounty #GrandOpening #ThriftShopping #CommunityNews

Before World War II, Japanese farming families were central to Ridgefield's agricultural community, running strawberry operations that hired around 1,000 workers. A new collaborative exhibit at the Greely Building tells their stories through maps, census records, photographs, and family histories, including the Kawamoto family's 1925 legal victory in Toledo, Oregon. The exhibit runs through Sept. 5. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/ridgefield-exhibit-explores-untold-history-of-japanese-farming-families/ #Ridgefield #JapaneseAmericanHistory #ClarkCounty #WWIIInternment #RidgefieldMulticulturalInitiative #LocalHistory #PacificNorthwest #WashingtonState ---

Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette opens its new Ridgefield location and Job Connection facility on Sept. 3, featuring more than 40 employees, 11,000-plus square feet of retail space, and free career training services for the community. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/new-goodwill-superstore-and-community-training-center-to-bring-job-and-learning-opportunities-to-ridgefield/ #Ridgefield #Goodwill #JobTraining #ClarkCounty #CommunityNews #GrandOpening #WashingtonState

Ridgefield Mayor Matt Cole says the city has grown to more than 17,000 residents, up about 10,000 over the past decade, with another 10,000 projected over the next decade. The Envision 2045 plan addresses housing, transportation, parks, and economic development while aiming to preserve the qualities residents value. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/ridgefields-envision-2045-plan-looks-to-balance-growth-with-small-town-character/ #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #EnvisionRidgefield2045 #ComprehensivePlan #WashingtonState #GrowthManagement #Transportation #Housing #CommunityPlanning #SmallTown

In her acclaimed series of mysteries set in and around Glacier National Park, Christine Carbo explored the perilous intersection between humans and the natural world. In her new standalone thriller, THE CONFESSION ARTIST (Thomas & Mercer; May 5, 2026; $16.99 Paperback), Carbo shifts her focus from the remote Montana wilderness to a vast and virtually inescapable landscape rife with threats from anonymous monsters: the digital world.     It began with a pencil sketch of a middle-aged, bearded man. Someone unknown had posted it on several untraceable accounts across social media. Below the photo, in yellow block text, all caps, was a command: CONFESS, OR DIE. YOU HAVE SIX DAYS. At first, few people paid attention. About a week later, a reporter who had been intrigued by the random posts wrote that a man resembling the sketch had been fatally shot just outside of Seattle. Police denied a connection, but the accounts generated a ton of new followers. A month later, a second sketch, paired with the same chilling demand, was posted. It went viral. This time, the sketch was of a woman. By the end of that week, a female mirroring the drawing was found murdered in Santa Monica, California. When the third sketch—another male—dropped, it got global attention. Law enforcement agencies across the US, especially in the West, went on high alert. But after six days passed, no one turned up dead. Had the man fessed up and been spared?        A first-year PI in the Flathead Valley, Crosbie Mitchell yearns for something more exciting than tracking down cheating spouses. Still, she has little interest in all the buzz surrounding the killer dubbed “The Confession Artist.” Boredom aside, she doesn't regret her decision to quit the force. Being the lone woman cop in her precinct was tough even before her coworkers saw her as toxic for reporting sexual harassment. And after Jess, her sister and only family, was raped, she needed to be there for her. The real reason, however, is something Crosbie can barely think about without feeling… slimy, or worse. Yes, Crosbie has skeletons shoved deep in her closet. Yet, she's knocked for a loop when a fourth sketch goes viral and Jess gasps in horror: “It's you.” Brushing it off, Crosbie insists:  “I'm a nobody from Montana.” Then, her ex-boyfriend calls with a significant detail: the woman in the sketch is wearing the same dangling earrings, in the shape of a feather with a round stone in the center, as the handcrafted pair he gave her. You have six days to confess or die. Crosbie's heart pounds at the thought. What should she confess first?Keeping the tension building, THE CONFESSION ARTIST follows Crosbie as she digs into the identity of the online killer and evades a stalker. Before the sketch made her a public figure of wild speculation, Crosbie had been hired to investigate the suspicious death of a Native American journalist about to expose the shady and environmentally destructive practices of a local oil and natural gas company. Could Crosbie be the target of a copycat vendetta launched by Ridgefield's filthy rich and unscrupulous owner? Or maybe that charming reporter who popped up out of nowhere to interview her is really a serial killer? Oh, and Crosbie can't shake the hunch that both her ex-boyfriend and her sister know more than they're telling her.           Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.

Battle Ground, La Center, Ridgefield, and Yacolt each brought different priorities to a Clark County Planning Commission hearing on the 2045 Comprehensive Growth Management Plan Update, covering urban growth area expansions, housing capacity, jobs, and farmland preservation. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/clark-county-growth-plan-puts-north-municipalities-at-center-of-uga-debate/ #ClarkCounty #GrowthManagement #UrbanGrowth #LandUse #BattleGround #LaCenter #Ridgefield #Yacolt #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyToday

Ridgefield resident and wildlife refuge volunteer Oliver Spencer is calling for thorough environmental review of the Port of Ridgefield's proposed waterfront redevelopment, citing concerns about wildlife, wetlands, noise, lighting, traffic, and the character of the community along a major migratory path for millions of birds. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-time-is-running-out-for-scrutiny-and-environmental-review-of-port-of-ridgefield-proposed-waterfront-development/ #Ridgefield #PortOfRidgefield #WaterfrontDevelopment #RidgefieldWildlifeRefuge #ClarkCounty #Opinion #Environment #Wildlife #WashingtonState #MigratoryBirds

MAJ Development Corporation has submitted plans to Ridgefield for a mixed-use project near Pioneer Street and Discovery Drive, proposing an 84,000-square-foot retail building, a 136-unit multifamily development, a convenience store with 12 fueling stations, a coffee kiosk, a drive-thru bank, and a car wash on roughly 16.94 acres. No tenant has been identified. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/business/large-retail-store-part-of-proposed-ridgefield-development/ #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #RidgefieldDevelopment #WashingtonState #MixedUseDevelopment #RetailDevelopment #LocalBusiness #Housing #ClarkCountyToday

Ridgefield Main Street and the Port of Ridgefield have installed large-scale photo panels on the Greely Building in Downtown Ridgefield, featuring imagery of the National Wildlife Refuge, Chinookan Plankhouse, dragon boats, and other community landmarks. Local company Ballyhoo is handling the installation. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/business/ridgefield-main-street-unveils-new-greely-building-photo-panels/ #RidgefieldMainStreet #DowntownRidgefield #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #PublicArt #CommunityBeautification #GrelyBuilding #PNW

At an Aug. 12 Port of Ridgefield Commission meeting, a packed room of more than 30 extra attendees filled seats and spilled into the hallway to object to a proposed waterfront development including a 58-room hotel, office building, and residential units. A petition opposing the project has gathered more than 3,400 signatures. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/business/ridgefield-waterfront-plans-meet-resistance-community-voices-weigh-in/ #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #WaterfrontDevelopment #PortOfRidgefield #WashingtonState #CommunityNews #LocalNews ---

The Port of Ridgefield is planning a 21st century working waterfront with 250 to 350 total residential units, a kayak launch, and expanded boat access. The boat launch currently runs at a loss, generating $120,000 a year against $180,000 in operating costs. Public feedback is open through Aug. 17. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/business/port-envisions-a-21st-century-working-waterfront-for-ridgefield/ #PortOfRidgefield #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #WaterfrontDevelopment #MixedUse #ColumbiaRiver #WashingtonState #EconomicDevelopment #CommunityPlanning #PublicEngagement

The Happy Accidentals bring their 5th Annual Gospel Concert to Shaffer Farm in Ridgefield on August 23 at 6:30 p.m. The free outdoor event draws 200 to 350 people each year and this year features the Voices of Praise Christian Youth Choir. Bring a lawn chair and a dessert to share. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/happy-accidentals-5th-annual-gospel-concert-set-for-aug-23/ #HappyAccidentals #GospelConcert #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #SouthernGospel #FreeEvent #VoicesOfPraise #CommunityMusic #WashingtonState #LiveMusic

Recreational fires are now prohibited in La Center, Ridgefield, Woodland, and unincorporated Clark County, effective immediately. Fire Marshal Donna Goddard says escaped campfires risk igniting larger grass and brush fires under current extreme conditions. The ban has no set end date. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/general-outdoor-burning-prohibition-expands/ #ClarkCounty #FireBan #WildfirePrevention #OutdoorBurning #ClarkCowlitzFireRescue #PublicSafety #Washington

C-TRAN is offering free shuttle service to the Clark County Fair every day from August 7 through August 16, with pickup at eight locations including Vancouver Mall, Fisher's Landing, Battle Ground, La Center, Ridgefield, and Yacolt. Shuttle riders also receive a coupon for $1 off fair admission. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/c-tran-takes-you-to-summers-best-party-for-free/ #ClarkCountyFair #CTRAN #ClarkCounty #Vancouver #PublicTransit #FairSeason #Washington #FreeShuttle #BattleGround #Ridgefield

Delanie Craighead, the 2026 American Honey Queen, arrived in Clark County at 1 a.m. and was helping open the Clark County Fair by 10 a.m. She will spend the next few days at the Bee Barn sharing live hives and bee education with fairgoers. Mars Encounters and the carnival are also open at Summer's Best Party, running through Aug. 16 in Ridgefield. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/all-the-buzz-from-opening-day-of-the-clark-county-fair/ #ClarkCountyFair #ClarkCounty #Ridgefield #AmericanHoneyQueen #Beekeeping #SummersBestParty #MarsEncounters #FairSeason

Vancouver's law enforcement policy remains unchanged despite six days of public outcry and a City Council appearance by the city attorney, city manager, and police chief. The Clark County Council advances Rules of Procedure changes, the 3rd Congressional District race takes shape, two lawsuits challenge Initiative 645's ballot language, and the 158th Clark County Fair opens August 7 in Ridgefield. URLHERE #ClarkCounty #Vancouver #ClarkCountyFair #Initiative645 #3rdCongressionalDistrict #ClarkCountyToday #WashingtonState #Podcast #WeeklyNewsletter #LocalNews

The 158th Clark County Fair opens August 7 in Ridgefield with a 20,000-square-foot Mars Encounters exhibit, headliner concerts featuring Midland and Collective Soul, grandstand rodeo and Monster Trucks, and admission prices matching last year. Fair CEO John Morrison anticipates more than 250,000 visits over the 10-day run. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/its-happening-soon-blast-off-to-fun-at-the-2026-clark-county-fair/ #ClarkCountyFair #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #SummerFair #WashingtonState #CountyFair #MarsEncounters #FairConcerts #FamilyFun #SouthwestWashington

More than 50 regional teams will race 250-meter sprints on Lake River at the free Paddle for Life Dragon Boat Festival in Ridgefield on August 1, 2026. The event supports the Catch-22 Ospreys, Southwest Washington's only all-survivor dragon boat team, who are preparing to compete in France with 4,500 survivors from more than 35 countries. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/paddle-for-life-roars-into-ridgefield-dragon-boat-racing-powers-local-breast-cancer-survivors-aug-1/ #PaddleForLife #DragonBoat #Ridgefield #BreastCancerSurvivors #CatchOspreys #ClarkCounty #WashingtonState #CommunityWellness

“You didn't have to look someone in the eye while you extinguished their life, and you could do it from a distance.” — Mike McIntire on what the gun changedIs there an American way of violence? Earlier this month, the film critic David Thomson blamed gory Hollywood movies, like Coppola's Godfather, for glorifying it. Today's guest has an even more brutal answer. According to Mike McIntire, the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative journalist, it's the gun itself that can be blamed for the perpetual American plague of violence.Yes, the gun did it. In his new book Ricochet: Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence, McIntire observes that every developed country has violent movies, violent video games, and significant mental illness. But what no other country has are schoolchildren, grocery shoppers, and churchgoers massacred on a regular basis. Up to forty thousand Americans die from guns every year — half of them suicides — and yet we treat these uniquely dangerous machines as if they were iPhones.How did this catastrophe happen? McIntire's answer focuses on the law as much as the culture. English common law imposed a duty to retreat in the event of conflict. Then, amid the centennial jingoism of 1876, an Indiana court declared that “retreat” was not “the tendency of the American mind.” A “true man,” explained an Ohio court, doesn't fly from threats. Stand your ground was born — and with it, a legal redefinition of what it means to be an American.And then there's the NRA — founded in 1871, ironically, by a former New York Times correspondent as a marksmanship club, and radicalized a century later. Its greatest coup was reframing the Second Amendment from militia clause into individual right — a maneuver that Warren Burger, a Republican chief justice, called the “biggest fraud” ever perpetrated on the American people. And today even the NRA looks moderate compared to new online radical right-wing gun rights groups.McIntire, a gun owner himself, doesn't preach. Instead he describes his first murder scene as a young cop reporter — the dead man peacefully lying in the grass, one small round hole in the side of his head. Clean, efficient, clinical. Like an iPhone app. That's the American way of violence. The gun did it. And will continue to do so until America retreats from its deadly love affair with the firearm.Five Takeaways•       It's the Gun Itself. Every developed country has violent movies, violent video games, mental illness, and toxic social media. What none of them has, McIntire argues, is a repetitive, constant problem of schoolchildren, grocery shoppers, and churchgoers being massacred. Up to forty thousand Americans a year die from guns — half of them suicides — and firearms account for three-quarters or more of all homicides. Yet America treats these uniquely dangerous things as ordinary consumer goods, bought, sold, marketed, and carried around like an iPhone or a wallet. Whatever role Hollywood plays — and McIntire takes David Thomson's argument seriously — you have to start with the one thing that is actually different: the gun.•       A Daily Trickle of Bloodshed. When a plane crash kills two hundred people, there is a massive media and government response. When two hundred people die in scattered shootings across fifty states in the same period, there is a local news story, and then nothing. Gun violence in America has slipped into the category of acceptable losses — background noise. The conundrum for gun-safety advocates is how to sustain attention on a crisis that only becomes visible when the next Sandy Hook or Parkland arrives.•       No Duty to Retreat. English common law, imported into the colonies, required you to retreat from a public confrontation before resorting to lethal force. Amid the centennial fervor of 1876, American courts began overturning homicide convictions on new grounds: retreat, declared Indiana's Supreme Court, was not “the tendency of the American mind,” and a “true man,” added an Ohio court, need not fly from an aggressor. The repeating rifle helped make the old duty obsolete — you cannot outrun a bullet — and stand your ground became canon. Every week, somewhere in America, the defense still succeeds.•       “The Biggest Fraud”: Rewriting the Second Amendment. The founders' great fear was a standing army; the amendment preserved a well regulated militia — trained and disciplined, not unlimited. Beginning in the 1970s, the NRA underwrote sympathetic scholarship, law reviews, and court cases in a deliberate long game to recast the amendment as an individual right — moving guns from common law, where legislatures can regulate, into constitutional law, where they largely cannot. Warren Burger, the Republican former chief justice, called it the biggest fraud he had ever seen perpetrated on the American people. Now the Supreme Court's “common use” test — found nowhere in the Constitution — means a weapon popular enough may be unbannable, with AR-15 bans next on the docket.•       The Death Star Eclipsed. McIntire's cache of internal NRA documents traces the organization's path from post-Civil War marksmanship club — cofounded by a former New York Times correspondent — to radicalized lobbying juggernaut, complete with pro-gun Democrats like John Dingell on its board. Today it has been outflanked by no-compromise groups like the Firearms Policy Coalition, which at any given moment is pushing more lawsuits against state gun laws than the NRA. Guns remain the third rail — Beto O'Rourke said “hell yes” to taking away AR-15s and has not held office since. The irony in McIntire's prescription: gun-safety advocates should copy the NRA's own generation-long legal strategy.About the GuestMike McIntire is an investigative journalist at The New York Times and a member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting teams, whose work has exposed everything from Russian election interference to the hidden financial incentives of policing. He is the author of Champions Way: Football, Florida, and the Lost Soul of College Sports. He lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut. His new book is Ricochet: Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence (One Signal/Atria, July 2026).References:•       Ricochet: Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence by Mike McIntire (One Signal/Atria, July 2026). Jane Mayer: “McIntire is both a superb reporter and storyteller.”•       A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies by David Thomson — the recent Keen On guest whose argument about Hollywood and American violence opens the conversation.•       The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford — the classic anatomy of the American funeral business that lends this episode its central question.

Washington Farmland Trust has permanently protected April Joy Farm, a 24-acre certified organic operation in Ridgefield, marking the first farmland conservation easement funded by Clark County's Legacy Lands program. Clark County's agricultural acreage has decreased by nearly 40% since 2017, and Ridgefield's median home price has grown 147% in the last decade. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/business/washington-farmland-trust-supported-by-clark-county-legacy-lands-protects-its-first-farm-in-the-county/ #WashingtonFarmlandTrust #ClarkCounty #Ridgefield #FarmlandConservation #LegacyLands #AprilJoyFarm #OrganicFarming #FoodEquity #PacificNorthwest #Agriculture

Oliver Wolcott, a Forgotten Founder and Declaration of Independence signer, picked up a musket to defend the nation he helped create. Discover the remarkable patriot who signed America's founding document, fought for independence, and devoted his life to serving the American republic. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin remain household names, yet few Americans know Oliver Wolcott, one of the forgotten Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence and fought in the American Revolution. A physician, farmer, judge, soldier, and Governor of Connecticut, Wolcott never sought fame or recognition. He simply answered the call whenever his country needed him. This episode of America's Founding Series, part of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, follows Oliver Wolcott from the halls of Independence to the Battle of Ridgefield and beyond. Discover how one of America's most overlooked Founding Fathers helped secure American independence and why his life of duty, sacrifice, personal responsibility, and public service offers timeless lessons for preserving liberty 250 years later. What You'll Learn In This Episode: Why Oliver Wolcott risked everything by signing the Declaration of Independence How a Declaration signer left Congress to fight on the front lines of the Revolutionary War The important role Oliver Wolcott played during the Battle of Ridgefield and the fight for American independence Why duty, sacrifice, and personal responsibility defined the Founding Fathers and America's first generation What Oliver Wolcott's extraordinary life teaches about preserving freedom, civic responsibility, and the American republic today Subscribe to The P.A.S. Report Podcast for America's Founding Series, where forgotten patriots, the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and the principles of liberty come to life. If you enjoyed this episode, leave a five-star review and share it with family and friends to help keep the stories of America's forgotten Founders alive. Topics Covered: Oliver Wolcott, Forgotten Founder, Declaration of Independence, Declaration Signer, Founding Fathers, American Revolution, Battle of Ridgefield, Revolutionary War, Connecticut History, America 250

John Krupinsky grew up in Danbury Connecticut in a law enforcement family — his father and brother were both cops. He followed that path starting in Ridgefield before joining the Danbury Police Department where he spent 45 years working undercover becoming a sergeant and a detective running drug busts and working alongside federal agencies. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, John shares the complete truth about what 45 years in law enforcement really looked like — from policing in the 80s and 90s to undercover work to drug busts to the city's relationship with federal agencies to his take on local cops working with ICE to why it is harder to be a cop today to dealing with social media and first amendment auditors to massage parlor busts to encountering Ian personally when he owned a club in Danbury to going viral to the Black Lives Matter movement. _____________________________________________ #cops #police #truecrimestories _____________________________________________ Thank you to GLD & FACTOR for sponsoring this episode: GLD: New customers get 40% Off with code LOCKEDIN at https://www.gld.com/ _____________________________________________ Factor: Head to http://factormeals.com/lockedin50off and use code lockedin50off to get 50 percent off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. (See website for more details). _____________________________________________ Connect with John Krupinsky: https://www.instagram.com/johnkrupinsky/ _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction to John Karpinsky 00:54 Growing Up in a Policing Family 02:27 Starting a Career in Richfield and Danbury 05:48 Life and Work in Small Town Policing 07:41 Homelessness and Community Solutions 10:54 The Evolution of Policing Culture 14:04 Changing Crime Trends and the Drug Epidemic 18:48 Danbury's Unique Crime Profile and Law Enforcement Tactics 21:52 Gangs, Task Forces, and Major Cases 27:03 Undercover Work and Policing Methods Then vs. Now 34:44 Tech Advancements & Challenges in Modern Policing 39:35 Working with Federal Agencies & Major Takedowns 47:00 Cooperating with ICE and Local vs. Federal Law Enforcement 01:00:44 Navigating Police Department Administration and Patrol 01:04:38 Stories from the Danbury Nightclub Scene 01:11:28 Dive Team Dangers and Notable Local Cases 01:15:01 Drug Busts, Asset Forfeiture, and Ongoing Enforcement 01:20:27 Massage Parlors, Prostitution, and Community Issues 01:23:50 Most Impactful Cases and Coping with Trauma 01:32:00 Community Policing, Respect, and Building Relationships 01:37:07 Going Viral and Entering the Media Spotlight 01:44:42 Career Reflections and Lessons Learned 01:53:00 First Amendment Auditors and Modern Challenges 01:58:14 Closing Thoughts and Reflections _____________________________________________ To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/LockedInWithIanBicka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Krupinsky grew up in Danbury Connecticut in a law enforcement family — his father and brother were both cops. He followed that path starting in Ridgefield before joining the Danbury Police Department where he spent 45 years working undercover becoming a sergeant and a detective running drug busts and working alongside federal agencies. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, John shares the complete truth about what 45 years in law enforcement really looked like — from policing in the 80s and 90s to undercover work to drug busts to the city's relationship with federal agencies to his take on local cops working with ICE to why it is harder to be a cop today to dealing with social media and first amendment auditors to massage parlor busts to encountering Ian personally when he owned a club in Danbury to going viral to the Black Lives Matter movement. _____________________________________________ #cops #police #truecrimestories _____________________________________________ Thank you to GLD & FACTOR for sponsoring this episode: GLD: New customers get 40% Off with code LOCKEDIN at https://www.gld.com/ _____________________________________________ Factor: Head to http://factormeals.com/lockedin50off and use code lockedin50off to get 50 percent off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. (See website for more details). _____________________________________________ Connect with John Krupinsky: https://www.instagram.com/johnkrupinsky/ _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction to John Karpinsky 00:54 Growing Up in a Policing Family 02:27 Starting a Career in Richfield and Danbury 05:48 Life and Work in Small Town Policing 07:41 Homelessness and Community Solutions 10:54 The Evolution of Policing Culture 14:04 Changing Crime Trends and the Drug Epidemic 18:48 Danbury's Unique Crime Profile and Law Enforcement Tactics 21:52 Gangs, Task Forces, and Major Cases 27:03 Undercover Work and Policing Methods Then vs. Now 34:44 Tech Advancements & Challenges in Modern Policing 39:35 Working with Federal Agencies & Major Takedowns 47:00 Cooperating with ICE and Local vs. Federal Law Enforcement 01:00:44 Navigating Police Department Administration and Patrol 01:04:38 Stories from the Danbury Nightclub Scene 01:11:28 Dive Team Dangers and Notable Local Cases 01:15:01 Drug Busts, Asset Forfeiture, and Ongoing Enforcement 01:20:27 Massage Parlors, Prostitution, and Community Issues 01:23:50 Most Impactful Cases and Coping with Trauma 01:32:00 Community Policing, Respect, and Building Relationships 01:37:07 Going Viral and Entering the Media Spotlight 01:44:42 Career Reflections and Lessons Learned 01:53:00 First Amendment Auditors and Modern Challenges 01:58:14 Closing Thoughts and Reflections _____________________________________________ To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/LockedInWithIanBicka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we are reviewing a couple of events that are important for the Multifamily Market including a proposal to convert vacant Portland storefronts into housing, leadership changes at Home Forward, a major waterfront redevelopment in Ridgefield, a lawsuit involving  Apartments.com's payment platform, and two federal housing policy updates.

Ridgefield Mayor Matt Cole says the city's public safety grant funding came in at $1.1 million — well above the $250,000 originally expected. Cole also discusses the rec center contractor selection, a new police chief search following Chief Cathy Doriot's retirement, the Kennedy Well water project, and the Rise Downtown Redevelopment Initiative. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/mayor-reflects-on-productive-first-half-of-2026-as-ridgefield-projects-advance/ #Ridgefield #ClarkCounty #RidgefieldWA #PublicSafety #RecCenter #DowntownRedevelopment #WaterInfrastructure #CityGrowth #WashingtonState #LocalNews

Ridgefield Campus | Pastor Nathaniel continues Ridgefield's series on the Holy Spirit by teaching on the importance of stewardship and being trustworthy with what God gives you.

Tiger Talk Senior Intern take over, return of the interns! This week on Tiger Talk, we welcome a second group of RPS Communications intern co-hosts, Claire Burns and Kayla Jacobowitz. They join us to talk about the exciting new projects including an Insider's Guide to RHS and a district art e-gallery showcasing RPS student artists. Thanks for listening to these fresh new voices!

Tiger Talk Senior Intern take over! On this episode, RHS Senior interns Henry Neligan and Andrew Carter interview Kylie Lassow and Chloe Collins, two attendees of the Panama intern trip. This episode of Tiger Talk dives into the global medical squad Panama trip our interns went on. We learn about why they went, what they did, and what they got out of it. You will get a peek into what a day looks like for both our Panama interns and our RPS communication interns, Henry and Andrew.

In part 2 of our season finale, the Evil Robot Story Pirates attempt to destroy imagination and creativity once and for all. Featuring two new stories: “Coco's Crazy Schedule”, a song about a hot cocoa-loving axolotl who stays extremely busy, written by Ethan, a 10 year old from Indiana, and “The Advice Toilet", a story about a wise toilet whose talents take them all the way to Broadway and beyond, written by a 10 year old from Illinois named Ellie. Also featuring a brand new edition of Story Love with Lee and Peter.  Get your FREE Summer Survival Kit at storypirates.com/podcast Join the Summer Story Challenge and get double the ad-free episodes this summer by joining Creator Club at storypirates.com/podcast We've teamed up with Rhett and Link from Good Mythical Morning for a special story contest to celebrate their new book: Spaghetti Head & Chicken Fingers. To find out more and submit your kids' stories, visit storypirates.com/mythical The Story Pirates 2026 tour continues! Get tickets at storypirates.com/live June 13 - Ridgefield, CT June 27 and 28 - North Adams, MA Check out a longer, more awesome version of Story Love on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VadZbUAdHAQ Submit kids' stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love

In part 1 of our season finale, the Story Pirates and the Evil Robot Story Pirates both arrive at StoryTellerCon. Featuring two new stories: “Flowers Will Not Grow Well Enough For My Mom To Like Them”, a song about a high stakes race to grow beautiful flowers before mom gets home from the Bahamas, written by Kendyl, a 9 year old from Indiana, and “The Breakdancing Knight”, a story told in meter about a medieval knight with some modern tricks up his armored sleeve, written by a 12 year old from Georgia named Abel.  Fans of Circle Round: find Rebecca and Eric's new podcast Lions & Legends at lionsandlegends.org We've teamed up with Rhett and Link from Good Mythical Morning for a special story contest to celebrate their new book: Spaghetti Head & Chicken Fingers. To find out more and submit your kids' stories, visit storypirates.com/mythical The Story Pirates 2026 tour continues! Get tickets at storypirates.com/live June 13 - Ridgefield, CT June 27 and 28 - North Adams, MA Check out a longer, more awesome version of Story Love on YouTube Submit kids' stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love

Lee explores an alternate reality where the Story Pirates never existed. Featuring two new stories: “Waffles”, a story about a girl with a mysterious vendetta against everyone's favorite breakfast food, written by Sophia, an 8 year old from New York, and “Belinda the Bobble”, a story about a ponytail holder that defuses an ancient feud, written by a 9 year old from the UK named Imani.  We've teamed up with Rhett and Link from Good Mythical Morning for a special story contest to celebrate their new book: Spaghetti Head & Chicken Fingers. To find out more and submit your kids' stories, visit storypirates.com/mythical The Story Pirates 2026 tour continues! Get tickets at storypirates.com/live May 16 - Portsmouth, NH May 17 - Medford, MA June 13 - Ridgefield, CT June 27 and 28 - North Adams, MA Check out a longer, more awesome version of Story Love on YouTube Submit kids' stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love

The Story Pirates visit a roadside cherry stand with a strange proprietor (Hari Kondabolu). Featuring two new stories: “Hair Hospital”, a song about a place where you can receive both health care and hair care, written by two friends from California named Aviva and June, and “The Real Reason Why Dinosaurs Went Extinct”, a story about a bunch of scientists who don't know their facts and end up in a pit full of spicy stuff as a result, written by an 11 year old from Germany named Fritz.  The Story Pirates 2026 tour continues! Get tickets at storypirates.com/live May 16 - Portsmouth, NH May 17 - Medford, MA June 13 - Ridgefield, CT June 27 and 28 - North Adams, MA Check out a longer, more awesome version of Story Love on YouTube Submit kids' stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love

Rolo and Baby With a Mustache make funny bumper stickers. Featuring two new stories: “The Attack of the Dino Nuggets”, a story about a magic juice box that causes everyone's favorite lunch food to grow huge, written by Zach, a 12 year old from Colorado, and “The Case of the Missing Art”, a story a museum heist with a twist that you have to hear to believe, written by an 8 year old from Washington, D.C. named Nigel. Peter and Lee also read more stories written by kids in the latest installment of Story Love.  The Story Pirates 2026 tour starts next week! Get tickets at storypirates.com/live May 2 - Munhall, PA May 3 - Cincinnati, OH May 16 - Portsmouth, NH May 17 - Medford, MA June 13 - Ridgefield, CT June 27 and 28 - North Adams, MA Check out a longer, more awesome version of Story Love on YouTube Submit kids' stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love