Cheers: To a bit of budget caution. City councilors have pressed pause on annexation efforts for the city of Vancouver. They have asked City Manager Lon Pluckhahn to remove a $1.4 million budget reque ...

It is time for universal primary care in Washington. It is time to treat hospitals as utilities to be paid for as we pay for the police, water, electric and fire departments. The business of saving pe ...

The first frosts of the season usually reach Clark County in late October or early November. For RV owners, that is the signal to protect the plumbing before the weather does the damage. Brian Free, P ...

The Washington State Football Coaches Association announced Week 10 prep football playoffs that will determine participants ...

Here are the nominees for The Columbian 2026 Week 9 high school football player of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger.

A Vancouver law firm has sued Skamania County Superior Court, alleging the court has been violating state law by charging ...

Why do we like being scared? It’s the adrenaline jolt, according to many articles: that heart-pounding excitement, the heat ...

While the clock change that accompanies the end of daylight saving time is a bit spookier than normal this year, a new report ...

Dating can get complicated for a single executive who’s just moved to a new job in a new city. I got lucky when I arrived in ...

Half of Southwest Washington residents lack the resources to cover basic necessities such as housing and food, a rate higher than the state average and equal to that of the congressional district that ...

Early this year, I lamented that the nation’s former presidents had not come forward, forcefully and ideally as one ...

A newly opened cricket practice pitch at Felida Community Park has some residents cheering the addition of the space. Others think the county may have cut corners to get the project done.