Washington’s already-squeezed food bank system expects further pressure as an estimated 170,000 residents stand to lose food stamp benefits under the president’s tax cut law.

For more than six years, the Cedar Park Assembly of God in Kirkland has been fighting Washington state in court over a law that requires employer-sponsored health insurance to cover access to abortion ...

The Burdoin Fire, which has burned more than 10,000 acres in the Columbia River Gorge, is 90 percent contained as of this morning.

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.

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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 ...