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Beacon Rock&rsquo;s odd history includes near destruction by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as well as almost becoming part of Oregon.

Trek through time: Explore the past by hiking Southwest Washington landscapes with incredible views

Beacon Rock&rsquo;s odd history includes near destruction by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as well as almost becoming part of Oregon.

March 23, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life

People were walking around this beautiful region long before it became known as Southwest Washington. Read story

An "Adventure Park Not Welcome Sign" is staked into the ground on the west side of Washougal River Road near the Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School/Canyon Creek Middle School campus in Washougal on Saturday, Oct. 28.

Despite moratorium, worries about Skamania County ‘adventure park’ persist

An "Adventure Park Not Welcome Sign" is staked into the ground on the west side of Washougal River Road near the Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School/Canyon Creek Middle School campus in Washougal on Saturday, Oct. 28.

March 23, 2024, 6:10am Business

A group of Skamania County residents say they fear the county’s moratorium on recreational applications won’t be enough to keep a proposed adventure park from being built. Read story

A rendering shows a design concept for the future Camas-Washougal Fire Department headquarters station in downtown Camas. Camas officials hope to build the new $26 million Fire Station 41 on city-owned land along Northeast Fourth Avenue, on a site currently housing City Hall Annex offices and a city staff parking lot.

New Camas fire station headquarters will cost $26M

A rendering shows a design concept for the future Camas-Washougal Fire Department headquarters station in downtown Camas. Camas officials hope to build the new $26 million Fire Station 41 on city-owned land along Northeast Fourth Avenue, on a site currently housing City Hall Annex offices and a city staff parking lot.

March 23, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

The city council is getting closer to asking voters in August to approve $26.3 million in bonds for a new headquarters fire station to be built at 528 N.E. Fourth Ave., the former site of a Bank of America branch. Read story

In this undated photo of an Oregon Trail reenactment, a long line of oxen-drawn wagons stops to rest along a trail. In 1878, a 21-year-old Missouri woman, Sarah Elizabeth Butler, kept a diary of her journey along the trail to Fort Vancouver.

Clark County History: Sarah Butler’s Oregon Trail journey

In this undated photo of an Oregon Trail reenactment, a long line of oxen-drawn wagons stops to rest along a trail. In 1878, a 21-year-old Missouri woman, Sarah Elizabeth Butler, kept a diary of her journey along the trail to Fort Vancouver.

March 23, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Just east of the Kansas border at Carthage, Mo., 21-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Butler (1857-1931) opened her diary. Inside, she wrote eight sentences recording the first day of her trek along the Oregon Trail to the Washington Territory. She loaded that entry with information, perhaps rivaling her family’s packing of their… Read story

Camas senior Addison Harris smiles as she leaves the floor of the Tacoma Dome with the state championship trophy  after the Papermakers&rsquo; 57-41 win against Gonzaga Prep.

All-Region girls basketball: Addison Harris, Camas

Camas senior Addison Harris smiles as she leaves the floor of the Tacoma Dome with the state championship trophy  after the Papermakers&rsquo; 57-41 win against Gonzaga Prep.

March 23, 2024, 6:05am Latest News

Addison Harris has plenty of memories of how much Camas girls basketball and its players impacted a young Harris prior to entering high school. And that impact Harris now leaves at Camas is unmatched. The numbers speak for themselves. Read story

Check It Out: Savor springtime selections

March 23, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Spring has sprung! I definitely have a spring in my step now that daffodils and cherry trees are a-blooming. We’re bound to have more rainy days and cool evenings ahead, but when I hear robins chirping outside my bedroom window in the morning, I know that Mother Nature is doing… Read story

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files Local television stations and local AM/FM radio stations in Washington continue to find viewers, including in gyms, like the Planet Fitness location in Hazel Dell.

From The Newsroom: TV, radio do well in Washington

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files Local television stations and local AM/FM radio stations in Washington continue to find viewers, including in gyms, like the Planet Fitness location in Hazel Dell.

March 23, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

As I’ve told you a number of times, newspaper readership is down and online news readership is up. That’s true all around the country; we see it reflected at The Columbian, where our digital-only subscribers now outnumber our print subscribers. Read story

The city of Washougal&rsquo;s wastewater treatment plant will soon receive a $34.5 million upgrade.

Washougal gets $966K from feds for wastewater treatment project

The city of Washougal&rsquo;s wastewater treatment plant will soon receive a $34.5 million upgrade.

March 23, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

The city of Washougal has received another infusion of cash from the federal government to help build a wastewater treatment plant biosolids-handling facility and to decommission its wastewater treatment lagoon. Read story

Gardening with Allen: Designer, full service nursery help plan vision

March 23, 2024, 6:04am Clark County Life

We recently purchased a new home with a front lawn and a few shrubs in front. We would like to add as much as we can afford this spring. We plan to do most of the work ourselves. What priority would you suggest in adding to our landscape? Read story

From left: Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton joins U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Margaret Rice, career and technical education director, during a tour of the woodshop at Washougal High School on Jan. 24. Templeton announced last month that she will take a pay cut next school year to help alleviate the district&rsquo;s $3 million deficit.

Clark County’s small school districts feel financial pinch, too

From left: Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton joins U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Margaret Rice, career and technical education director, during a tour of the woodshop at Washougal High School on Jan. 24. Templeton announced last month that she will take a pay cut next school year to help alleviate the district&rsquo;s $3 million deficit.

March 23, 2024, 6:03am Clark County News

News of tens of millions of dollars in proposed budget reductions in Clark County’s two largest school districts has shocked Vancouver residents, prompting school walkouts and widespread letter-writing campaigns. Read story