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Thomas Scanlan, the Fish Distribution Program manager, processes a load of fresh surplus chinook salmon. The fish are surplus salmon from Washington hatcheries on the Lewis, Cowlitz, Kalama and Washougal rivers. (Photos by James Rexroad for The Columbian)
GivingTuesday

Today, on GivingTuesday, The Columbian is highlighting some of our best work from the past year. We are asking you to support our newsroom through a tax-deductible donation to our Community Funded Journalism project, which will be matched by $5,000 donation from Vancouver Audubon. All the stories on Columbian.com are free today. Please share with friends and family and support independent local journalism in Clark County.

'We have it in our DNA': Cowlitz Tribe provides free salmon to all members – no matter where they live

For Cowlitz Indian Tribe members, the taste of salmon is the defining flavor of their cultural identity. It’s so entwined with Cowlitz tradition that the tribe created a fish distribution program to ensure that all Cowlitz tribal members, no matter where they live, can get a taste of home in…

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez speaks to the crowd at an election night party at the Hilton Vancouver on Nov. 5.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez condemns President Biden’s decision to pardon his son

Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has condemned President Joe Biden’s decision to grant a full and unconditional pardon for his son, Hunter Biden.
Clark County News
Guadalupe V. Munoz, 44, appears in May in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and driving under the influence. He struck a fire truck that had responded to a prior crash and then struck two pedestrians who had stopped to help, killing one and injuring the other. He was sentenced Tuesday to about 12 years in prison.

Woodland man who killed woman when he crashed into first responders, good Samaritans on I-5 gets 12½ years

A Woodland man was sentenced Tuesday to 12½ years in prison for a May drunken-driving crash that killed one person and injured another who had stopped to help another driver…
Courts & Crime
A driver passes a fence and caution tape that prevent entry into a former surface parking lot near the new parking center at The Waterfront Vancouver in September. A new commercial parking tax may dissuade people from visiting the waterfront, said Barry Cain, president of Gramor Development, which owns the new parking garage.

Kiggins owner and waterfront developer say new Vancouver taxes will drive away customers

Movie theater and parking lot owners are frustrated with the city of Vancouver’s decision to tax customers.
Clark County Business
Clinical supervisor Brook Vejo, center, talks with the Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention team during a December 2019 meeting at Catholic Community Services in Vancouver.

Report from Children’s Alliance finds Washington ranks 48th nationally in youth mental health

Depression and anxiety among youth has surged across the state, according to a recently released report. But resources to support adolescent mental health remain insufficient.
Health

Clark County

People touring the new emergency room building at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver walk down a second floor hallway June 28.

Clark County’s Top 10 employers have changed in the last decade but PeaceHealth remains No. 1

Clark County has changed dramatically in the past decade. Nowhere is that more evident than on the Columbia River Economic Development Council’s list of organizations…

Business

A bus with barred windows carrying detained immigrants from the plane in the background leaves Boeing Field around noon on Tuesday, April, 23, 2019. The charter flight from Phoenix was operated for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

ICE can use Boeing Field for deportations, appeals court rules

The federal government can continue using King County-owned Boeing Field to conduct deportation flights despite county objections, a federal appeals court ruled last week, clearing…

Northwest

Green Hill School.

‘Perfect victims.’ Tri-Cities man joins 100s alleging WA allowed abuse of teen offenders

The horrors inside a state-run juvenile detention center will never leave one Tri-Cities man.

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Politics

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, greets DNC Chair Jaime Harrison after phone banking with volunteers at the DNC headquarters on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Washington.

Democrats’ outgoing chair says Trump’s win forces party to reassess how it reaches voters

As he concludes his time as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Jaime Harrison is downplaying his party’s November loss to President-elect Donald Trump and…

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Health

A good way to do deep breathing exercises is while sitting on a bench outside. If that&rsquo;s not an option, doing it at a desk works.

Deep breaths can reduce stress and anxiety

A simple, uncommon ritual starts each staff meeting at Myosin Marketing. When everyone is gathered on Zoom, and before they get to the meat of…

Life

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This Aug. 25, 2020 image captured by NASA&rsquo;s Hubble Space Telescope shows the planet Jupiter and one of its moons, Europa, at left, when the planet was 406 million miles from Earth. (, ESA, STScI, A. Simon, M. via AP)

Jupiter to reach maximum visibility and brilliance in Pacific Northwest skies this weekend

Advising readers to scan the night sky this time of year always feels a little awkward, because the Pacific Northwest’s view-obscuring cloud cover is legendary…

Nation / World

Ousmane Taher and his family cross from Sudan into Chad near Acre Sunday, Oct 6. 2024.

They fled war in Sudan. But they haven’t been able to flee the hunger

For months, Aziza Abrahim fled from one village in Sudan to the next as people were slaughtered. Yet the killing of relatives and her husband’s…

High School Sports &#8211; September 2024

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Editorial Cartoons for the Week of Dec. 2, 2024

In Our View: GivingTuesday movement continues to grow

Westneat: Perez plan likely expertly doomed

Breslin: Trump humming a different tune

Letter: Councilors are accessible

Should historical markers be reviewed and updated?

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