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A police officer talks on his cell phone while officials congregate in front of a building where a shooting reportedly occurred on Tuesday, December 22, at the 505 building at the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.

Confrontation over appointment time preceded Vancouver shooting near PeaceHealth

A police officer talks on his cell phone while officials congregate in front of a building where a shooting reportedly occurred on Tuesday, December 22, at the 505 building at the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.

December 28, 2020, 12:37pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man who fatally shot an employee at a PeaceHealth medical building last week had confronted another employee a few minutes earlier over his appointment time, according to court documents. Read story

A steady flow of cars move under a sign on I-5 reading, “STAY HOME, LIMIT TRAVEL, SAVE LIVES," in Vancouver on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.

Top 10 stories of 2020: Pandemic, shootings and wildfires in Clark County

A steady flow of cars move under a sign on I-5 reading, “STAY HOME, LIMIT TRAVEL, SAVE LIVES," in Vancouver on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.

December 27, 2020, 6:02am Clark County News

The SARS-COV-2 virus is incredibly small, but the reverberations of its impact on humanity dominated the events of 2020 and will linger for years. Read story

Public meetings

December 27, 2020, 6:01am Clark County News

Public meetings for the week of Dec. 27 Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Next shot of rain Tuesday night as we prepare for 2021

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

December 27, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

I trust everyone managed to make it through Christmas well and look toward to the coming new year in many ways, for sure. A couple of weeks ago I threw out a forecast for Christmas Day of partly cloudy and 43 degrees. I got 43 degrees all right, but as… Read story

Karen Morrison of Odyssey World International Education Services sorts through gifts for children in need at Bridgeview Resource Center in Vancouver.

NAACP Vancouver, LULAC, others provide toys for about 150 families for Christmas

Karen Morrison of Odyssey World International Education Services sorts through gifts for children in need at Bridgeview Resource Center in Vancouver.

December 27, 2020, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Bridgette Fahnbulleh knows that real hugs can’t happen in 2020, so she’s hoping that a figurative hug will suffice for now. Read story

Slumberkins co-founders and CEOs Kelly Oriard, left, and Callie Christensen started Slumberkins nearly five years ago, and the duo have found major success. Online sales are higher than ever, it&#039;s helping produce a television show with Jim Henson studios, it&#039;s being integrated into the Camas School District&#039;s curriculum and it&#039;s created a culture for people like customer Susan Hall of Minnesota and tens of thousands of others on Facebook.

Vancouver-based Slumberkins helping children process emotions of pandemic

Slumberkins co-founders and CEOs Kelly Oriard, left, and Callie Christensen started Slumberkins nearly five years ago, and the duo have found major success. Online sales are higher than ever, it&#039;s helping produce a television show with Jim Henson studios, it&#039;s being integrated into the Camas School District&#039;s curriculum and it&#039;s created a culture for people like customer Susan Hall of Minnesota and tens of thousands of others on Facebook.

December 27, 2020, 6:00am Business

Susan Hall has three kids under the age of 10, all with emotional regulation issues. When the pandemic struck in March, she quit her engineering job in Minneapolis to focus on her family and to home-school the kids. Read story

Former Fort Vancouver High School band director Ray B. Johnson plays a trumpet in his home music studio. Johnson is trying to find members of his 1977 stage band to share a CD made on their last day of class with all sorts of classic big band tunes.

Former Fort Vancouver High jazz band director shares CD of session from last day of class in 1977

Former Fort Vancouver High School band director Ray B. Johnson plays a trumpet in his home music studio. Johnson is trying to find members of his 1977 stage band to share a CD made on their last day of class with all sorts of classic big band tunes.

December 27, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Retired music teacher Ray Johnson has a goal he’d like to meet by the new year. Read story

Gardening With Allen: Planning key to creating landscape

December 26, 2020, 6:04am Clark County Life

We just moved into a new home. The developer will be planting a lawn and a few plants for the front. We need to landscape the back. The finished front landscapes of other homes in this development are not very appealing. A few homes have done a more extensive planting… Read story

The Columbian's e-edition is a a digital version of the daily print paper.

From the Newsroom: Edition will be welcome addition

The Columbian's e-edition is a a digital version of the daily print paper.

December 26, 2020, 6:02am Clark County News

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned in my column that we have been working on a secret project. Read story

Karen Kennedy, 51, has noticed people have been in &quot;survival mode&quot; during the pandemic. She hopes people can start to come out of it. &quot;We need to intentionally bring ourselves back into thriving. That&#039;s what I see in January and February next year; being mindful of that and knowing we need support to shift back,&quot; she said.

Working in Clark County: Karen Kennedy, nutritionist, owner at Real Food Matters

Karen Kennedy, 51, has noticed people have been in &quot;survival mode&quot; during the pandemic. She hopes people can start to come out of it. &quot;We need to intentionally bring ourselves back into thriving. That&#039;s what I see in January and February next year; being mindful of that and knowing we need support to shift back,&quot; she said.

December 26, 2020, 6:00am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Local nutritionist Karen Kennedy is prepared for what the new year always brings in America: people with resolutions to get fit. Read story