Clark County will have to decide how — or whether — to fund ongoing efforts to improve water quality and reduce toxic algae at Vancouver Lake now that the state has pulled $330,000 in funding for the ...

Tim Hagensen discovered the alleged mix-up earlier this year when he attempted to sell his burial plot back to the city of ...

When Kara Hendrie moved her catering business, Miere Catering, to downtown Washougal in 2023, she didn’t anticipate interest from passersby.

A Washington State University Vancouver conservation biologist has spent decades studying butterflies and recently coauthored a report that provides a guide to recovering butterfly populations across ...

Maybe it celebrates our agricultural roots. Maybe it’s one of the last ways in the digital age that diverse members of a community gather in person. Or maybe it’s just, as its new slogan proclaims, th ...

A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum.

Earlier this year, I glommed onto a trend that is sweeping women of a certain age in the U.S.: I became a woman who lifts.

The following is presented as part of The Columbian’s Opinion content, which offers a point of view in order to provoke thought and debate of civic issues. Opinions represent the viewpoint of the ...

Roy Schimelpfenig, in his letter of July 18, said protesters are motivated by hatred instead of the “betterment of America” (“Kneel to one true King,” Our Readers’ Views).

Clark County must prioritize the expansion of pedestrian and bicycle trails to promote the health and well-being of its residents. Increasing access to safe, well-maintained trails encourages physical ...

For more information, call Clark County Public Health at 564-397-8428 or visit In the health department’s scoring system, the fewer the points, th ...

Fireflies are lighting up summer evenings across the U.S. Northeast, putting on dazzling shows in backyards and city parks.