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Vancouver man involved in fatal Oregon crash
A Vancouver man was involved in a fatal crash in Eastern Oregon on Tuesday. Dmitriy L. Ryabchinskiy, 39, was driving a tractor-trailer south on Highway 11 northeast of Pendleton, Ore., about 1:15 p.m....
View ArticleSnow removal ending at winter recreation parking lots
OLYMPIA — Money to plow snow, groom trails and maintain restrooms at winter recreation parking lots in Washington will be gone as of Friday. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is...
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Clark Talks: Ruling on county zoning plan, Olympia update
This week’s episode of Clark Talks, The Columbian’s weekly podcast, explores the state growth management board’s recent ruling on the county zoning plan and brings you another update from Olympia. The...
View ArticleLong Beach razor clam closure continues
OLYMPIA — Razor clam digging is open today through Sunday, alternating between Mocrocks and Copalis beaches. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife approved the four days of digging — the first...
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Comments sought on Spirit Lake pumice plain road
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to resume using an abandoned three-mile road across the pumice plain north of Mount St. Helens to collect core samples and reach the the Spirit Lake Outflow for...
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Fishing report 3/30
Although the Columbia River is too high and too muddy for sport fishing, test fishing with tangle nets shows there are spring chinook around. Seventeen drifts on Sunday in the lower river captured 53...
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Steelhead fishing restrictions, closures loom
Summer steelhead returns to the upper Columbia and Snake rivers are forecast to be the worst in three decades in 2017 with angling restrictions almost certain — and partial closures possible — at...
View ArticlePolice: Woman confronted by burglars, 3 arrested
A woman was confronted by three burglary suspects who were later arrested Wednesday night in Ridgefield. A resident at 2021 S. Osprey Drive in Ridgefield called 911 just after 9 p.m. to report that she...
View ArticleFamily of 9 temporarily displaced after dryer fire
A family of nine was temporarily displaced from their Heritage neighborhood home after their dryer caught fire early Thursday morning. Crews with the Vancouver Fire Department were called to 16404 N.E....
View ArticleThree in Clark County arrested in ICE operation
SEATTLE — Immigration agents rounded up 84 people — three in Clark County — during a three-day operation in Washington, Oregon and Alaska, authorities said Thursday. The operation ended Monday and...
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Spring chinook fishing extended in lower Columbia
Washington and Oregon approved on Thursday a four-day extension of spring chinook salmon fishing in the lower Columbia River, with angling now open through April 10. Water conditions have been horrible...
View ArticleCourt records: Man says he didn’t know trailer was stolen
A Vancouver man says he bought Joshua Nickelsen’s camper trailer and then dumped it in Hazel Dell after learning from his cousin that it was stolen, court records show. Joshua S. Manning, 36, told...
View ArticleMan in court in Wal-Mart groping case
A Ridgefield man accused of groping a teenage girl and female employee at the Battle Ground Wal-Mart appeared Thursday in Clark County Superior Court. Dmitriy S. Sveshnikov, 22, faces two allegations...
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Students join coding craze
Clark County school districts are cracking the code of curriculum preparing students for the modern workforce. Area districts are increasingly adding computer science courses for their students or...
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Leavitt touts city’s achievements
During the 2017 State of the City address, Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt noted how he keeps using the same quote from President Abraham Lincoln in speeches and was doing it again. “You cannot escape the...
View ArticlePro-Trump rally planned for Sunday at Esther Short Park
Organizers are planning a rally in support of President Donald Trump, with treats and speakers, for Sunday afternoon at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver. The rally is set for 1-3 p.m., and...
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Camas children’s author explores ‘Goodbye’
No more laptops, no more books, no more teacher’s tired looks. Pack up that and clean up this, now give Mrs. McBee a goodbye kiss! OK, that may not scan perfectly, but Gretchen Brandenburg McLellan...
View ArticleFlyfishing school scheduled April 29
CAMAS — Registration is open for the Clark-Skamania Flyfishers’ annual Beginning Flyfishing School on April 29 at Camas Meadows Golf Club, 4105 N.W. Camas Meadows Drive. The class will begin at 9 a.m....
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Smile! It’s Alpacapalooza
It’s like a magical scene from some animated Disney musical: hundreds of gorgeously colorful and sensually soft sweaters, blankets, hats, scarves, shawls, mittens and slippers, all strolling humbly...
View ArticleWSP: Battle Ground man runs red light, causes crash
A Battle Ground man will face charges after police say he ran a red light on state Highway 503 in Brush Prairie, causing an injury crash. Charles Haga, 50, was driving a 2001 Toyota pickup north on the...
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