The Columbian

06/09/2026

Loreli Medina-Cárdenas spoke only Spanish when she started in the dual-language immersion program at Pioneer Elementary School, while some of her classmates spoke only English. Within a year, she was fluent in both languages.

Loreli Medina-Cárdenas spoke only Spanish when she started in the dual-language immersion program at Pioneer Elementary School, while some of her classmates spoke only English. Within a year, she was

06/09/2026

A Battle Ground man is being held without bail in the Clark County Jail pending a mental health evaluation after he allegedly stabbed his adoptive parents, killing his father, at their home Friday.

06/09/2026

Harmony, an eaglet whose life has been followed on livestream by residents of Clark County and beyond, died Sunday morning after falling from the tree at Royal Oaks Country Club, which she has called home for 10 weeks.

Harmony, an eaglet whose life has been followed on livestream by residents of Clark County and beyond, died Sunday morning after falling from the tree at Royal Oaks Country Club, which she has called

06/09/2026

State agency leaders received a dire warning from Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office on Friday that they’re headed toward “what will likely be the most challenging budget any of us has yet faced.”

“There will be significant budget shortfalls next biennium in both operating and transportation budgets,” the governor’s budget director, K.D. Chapman-See wrote in a three-page memo. Washington State Standard

State agency leaders received a dire warning from Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office on Friday that they’re headed toward “what will likely be the most challenging budget any of us has yet faced.”

06/08/2026

Barred owls, the famously aggressive and territorial species known to attack Pacific Northwest hikers and joggers, are now officially under attack themselves.

06/08/2026

WASHOUGAL — The Port of Camas-Washougal has launched an effort to develop an airport master plan that will create a long-term road map for aviation improvements and future economic development at Grove Field.

WASHOUGAL — The Port of Camas-Washougal has launched an effort to develop an airport master plan that will create a long-term road map for aviation improvements and future economic development at Grov

06/08/2026

A man died early Monday morning after his vehicle veered off the road and struck a tree in central Vancouver, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

06/08/2026

The former Starbucks storefront at Vancouver Mall is empty no more.

06/08/2026

Toxic and highly corrosive chemicals — similar to those spilled in the fatal disaster at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill late last month — are leaking out of another pulp mill some 90 miles to the northwest, federal records show. This second mill, Cosmo Specialty Fibers, has been closed and degrading for years, accumulating millions of dollars in fines from state and federal agencies.

Toxic and highly corrosive chemicals — similar to those spilled in the fatal disaster at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill late last month — are leaking out of another pulp mill some 90 miles to the

06/07/2026

The University of Washington School of Medicine has received a $25 million donation that will support students hoping to one day provide healthcare in rural and Indigenous communities. The massive gift comes from philanthropists Bill and Carolyn Franke and their family.

The University of Washington School of Medicine has received a $25 million donation that will support students hoping to one day provide healthcare in rural and Indigenous communities. The massive gif