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Three Creeks Community Library counts down to Noon Year
With five minutes to go before the clock struck 12, anticipation levels rose in the community room at the Three Creeks Community Library. A net suspended from the ceiling was full of colorful balloons,...
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Sheriff’s office trying to identify theft suspects
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help identifying a man and woman suspected of stealing a cellphone and wallet from an employee at an Orchards consignment store. The couple...
View ArticlePublic meetings for the week of Jan. 1
Tuesday Camas City Council, City Hall, 616 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas. n 4:30 p.m., workshop: fire department request for surplus fire engine, minor amendments to municipal code about environment, North...
View ArticleHoliday Closures: New Year’s Day
• MAIL: Post offices closed Monday, no home delivery. The postal unit at the Shell gas station, 1605 N.W. Sixth Ave., Camas, is open 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. every day of the year. • BANKS: Many banks closed...
View ArticleThe year in photos – 2016
What a year. Protesters made it known they didn’t want oil trains coming to the Port of Vancouver, Democrat Bernie Sanders paid us a visit and so did former President Bill Clinton. Even rap icon Snoop...
View ArticleWeather Eye: Cold, some snow ring in new year with a shiver
Happy New Year! And what better way to ring in a new year than with a little cold and snow? More of the cold than the snow, but we plunge into the deep freeze later today and remain below freezing...
View ArticleSTEM program with Vancouver roots adds Brooklyn chapter
A science and technology learning program founded by a then-Vancouver woman is expanding its operations to New York City next year. Next spring, iUrban Teen will launch a chapter in Brooklyn, N.Y.,...
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Phase of Northeast 119th St. work wrapping up
A country road just north of Vancouver will continue its transformation into a suburban thoroughfare later this year. Clark County Public Works is wrapping up the first phase of improvements to a...
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Reimbursement from employer eases adoption for Camas couple
CAMAS — Six-year-olds Jameson and Jaxson Lyons were a blur in red and blue T-shirts, running around the living room and occasionally launching themselves onto the couch at their home in Camas. “They’re...
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Year in Review: The Columbian’s Top 10 stories of 2016
Some problems can’t be solved in 12 months. So, the crunch in affordable housing and the homelessness problem are The Columbian’s top two stories of the year. Again. And — no surprise in a community...
View ArticleMan hurt when car hits tree along I-5
A man was injured Saturday evening when the vehicle he was driving struck a tree in the Ridgefield area. Steven J. Due, 23, who resides at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Tacoma, was driving north on...
View ArticleIdaho man hurt in vehicle crash near Battle Ground
An Idaho man was taken to a hospital Saturday evening following a crash between two vehicles west of Battle Ground. The collision occurred at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday on state Highway 502 near...
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First Day Hike a good start to 2017
BATTLE GROUND LAKE — There are many ways to begin the new year: a Champagne toast, fireworks or maybe just going to bed early. For many who love the outdoors, however, the start of 2017 was marked with...
View ArticleHoliday Closures: New Year
• MAIL: Post offices closed, no home delivery. The postal unit at the Shell gas station, 1605 N.W. Sixth Ave., Camas, is open 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. every day of the year. • BANKS: Many banks closed; check...
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Off Beat: Keeper of quiet, videographer of viral bobcat video
Lee Snook might consider adding a couple of things to her National Park Service job description. Viral videographer, of course, but maybe custodian of quiet, as well. We recently caught up with the...
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Local governments embrace art in public spaces
Visiting a government building isn’t always a happy experience — let alone a deep, moving one. When’s the last time you were touched by joy and insight while paying a parking ticket or speaking up at a...
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Larch inmates train shelter dogs for adoption
Demetrius Route said there is only one thing that matters when it comes to training Zelda, an energetic 3-year-old Chihuahua-terrier mix. “It’s all about love with her,” he said. “You can tell she was...
View ArticleVancouver woman’s body found in Oregon waterway
The body found Saturday in the Multnomah Channel in Oregon has been identified as that of a Vancouver woman. The body of Leticia E. Montes, 20, was reported at about 12:30 p.m. that day by residents of...
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McEnerny-Ogle announces run for Vancouver mayor
Vancouver City Councilor Anne McEnerny-Ogle officially announced her candidacy for mayor Monday morning at the Vancouver Firefighters Union Hall, where she presented her approach and priorities for the...
View ArticleSuspected DUI vehicle collision injures two
A Kelso woman faces possible charges of driving under the influence, vehicular assault, reckless driving and reckless endangerment after causing two separate collisions Monday morning that sent a...
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