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Press Talk: Words from a talented book author
CAPTIVA ISLAND, Fla. — Writers — the great ones — have the ability to place us in the moment they have created. You can feel it, you can hear it, you can taste it. The human mind loves to be...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 6/18
Friday — 2,770 adult summer chinook, 298 jack chinook, 300 steelhead, 14,064 sockeye , 91,502 shad. Water temperature: 63.6 degrees.
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21 arrested in Vancouver oil train protest
Twenty-one people were arrested for trespassing Saturday afternoon when they sat in the middle of a railroad crossing near the Vancouver Amtrak station and refused to move. Vancouver police pulled the...
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Sweet 16: Students get new bikes with PAL’s help
Who knew that good grades and regular school attendance could be the remedy for a broken bike? Just ask Judah Kadiasang. The 9-year-old boy was among 16 students who received new bicycles Saturday...
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Flu season over, health officials say
Clark County's influenza season is officially over, local health officials said Wednesday. This year's flu season, which began in late January and lasted about 17 weeks, peaked in early April. During...
View ArticleBattle Ground-area teen burned during auto repair project
A Battle Ground-area teen was transported Saturday evening to Legacy Oregon Burn Center in Portland after flames erupted during an automotive repair project. The 17-year-old male was working on a car...
View ArticleWeather Eye: One pesky low seems to be lurking behind the last one
Happy Father’s Day! I mentioned here a few days ago about the pesky upper-level low-pressure system that was going to spin and wobble out of here by the weekend. Well, it has been doing that but keeps...
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Men rack up most overtime in Vancouver, Clark County
Public safety personnel worked millions of dollars in overtime for the city of Vancouver and Clark County last year, and men earned most of it. Out of the top-50 overtime earners in the city in 2015,...
View ArticleMount Hood Meadows announces summer chairlift schedule
Mount Hood Meadows will be offering summer chairlift rides on weekends from July 16 though Labor Day. The ski area has announced that Stadium chairlift will operate from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 6/19
Saturday — 2,003 adult summer chinook, 300 jack chinook, 263 steelhead, 12,899 sockeye, 73,972 shad. Water temperature: 63.5 degrees.
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Men far outnumber women in highest-paid public jobs in Vancouver, Clark County
It pays to be a man at a public agency in Clark County. A man was the top-paid employee last year at most public agencies in the county. Just six of the area's 35 major public agencies gave their...
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Projects breathe new life into Barracks
A year from now, people will be living in a historic setting, in a dozen apartments that are new yet still retain elements of their 1887 origins. And the residents won't have to deal with many of the...
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Press Talk: To all those complicated dads
My dad was a special kind of complicated. Back in 2001, when he died, I wrote this tribute. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. My dad could work a phone better than anyone I know. He could...
View ArticleColumbian staffers take 11 SPJ awards
Columbian staff members won 11 awards, including four first-place awards, in this year’s Region 10 Excellence in Journalism contest sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. The contest...
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Foes share costs of Cowlitz casino opposition
Clark County government has spent almost nothing on a lengthy court battle to prevent the Cowlitz Tribe from building a casino west of La Center, while the city of Vancouver has shelled out roughly...
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Fathers share special day with sons
Mike Swanson of Vancouver had a nice start to Father's Day -- he slept until 10 a.m. while his 16-year-old son washed and vacuumed his car. "We were going to go to breakfast, but I decided to sleep...
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Dog dies in overnight Salmon Creek house fire
An overnight fire destroyed a Salmon Creek house, displacing three people and killing one of their dogs. Firefighters returned to the scene Wednesday afternoon after flames erupted amid the ruins of...
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Man arrested after SWAT standoff in east Vancouver
A man was arrested Wednesday night following a three-hour police standoff at the Alder Creek Apartments in east Vancouver. The incident began around 5:30 p.m. at the complex, 11614 N.E. 49th St., after...
View ArticleInterstate Bridge lift plan amended
Vancouver – Crews from the Oregon Department of Transportation are performing maintenance lifts for electrical testing and cable oiling on the Interstate 5 Bridge this week. Lifts on both spans which...
View ArticleI-205 offramp paving this weekend
Vancouver – The southbound offramp from Interstate 205 to Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard will be closed for paving Friday night, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. It...
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