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The mad dash is underway as 4- and 5-year-olds scramble at the start of the annual Easter egg hunt in Camas' Crown Park on Sunday. Even with 14,000 eggs to find, the hunt itself was over in just a few minutes. (Randy L.

Egg Scramble: Kids enjoy annual hunt on Easter Sunday in Camas

April 16, 2017, 9:25pm Clark County News

It took dozens of people hours to stuff and place the Easter eggs around Camas’ Crown Park, along with weeks of prep work ahead of time. Read story

Energy Northwest employee Randy Crawford walks around the top of a cooling tower in Satsop, Wash., in 1999. The Energy Facility State Evaluation Council approved the nuclear project, though it was never completed.

Review process has seen energy projects get derailed

March 20, 2016, 6:00am Business

It's not supposed to be easy for Vancouver Energy to build the nation's largest oil terminal on the banks of the Columbia River. Washington's environmental regulations guarantee that. But there is a path through the regulatory labyrinth of the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council that the company might be able… Read story

Andrew Swatosh, 10, a fourth-grader at Hockinson Heights Elementary, releases a scoop of coho salmon into Gravel Point Creek on Thursday east of Battle Ground as part of the Salmon in the Classroom program organized by the Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center.

Students gain knowledge as they release salmon into creek

March 20, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News

BATTLE GROUND -- Squatting on the bank of Gravel Point Creek, Andrew Swatosh, 10, released a scoop of tiny coho into the tributary of Salmon Creek. Read story

Children were enchanted by a bubble machine along the parade route of the 24th Annual Paddy Hough Parade featuring students at Hough Elementary.

Vancouver honors Irish pioneer at Paddy Hough Parade

March 18, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News

Scarlett Heasley, 19 months, was too busy picking a bouquet of dandelions to notice the parade marching by her on Tuesday afternoon. Her mom, McKennah Heasley, waved at the marching students. Somewhere in the parade lineup was her son, Grant, who attend preschool programs at Hough Elementary. Read story

Nicole Parrish, a volunteer at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society, uses the WoofTrax app while walking Cutty, a dog at the shelter, Wednesday morning in Washougal.

Paws for a Cause: App raises money for shelters

March 12, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News

Nicole Parrish has been a volunteer dog walker at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society for nearly three years. For the past few months, Parrish's walks have not only exercised the dogs but also raised money for the no-kill shelter in Washougal. Read story

Put summer fun in focus

Cousin and Friend enjoying themselves on the inner tube.

It will be time for back to school soon enough, but for now people all over Clark County are taking advantage of the great weather to indulge in some summer fun. And in August, The Columbian would love to see how you define summer fun in pictures. Read story

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Egg Scramble: Kids enjoy annual hunt on Easter Sunday in Camas

Review process has seen energy projects get derailed

Students gain knowledge as they release salmon into creek

Vancouver honors Irish pioneer at Paddy Hough Parade

Paws for a Cause: App raises money for shelters

4A boys basketball: Union beats Woodinville for third place at state

Put summer fun in focus

Paddy Hough parade steps off in Vancouver

Clark College cracks book on new year

Robert Gibbs