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Circulation Director Rachel Rose said the letter carriers did their best, and in some cases even delivered papers with missing addresses to the mailboxes of known subscribers.

From the Newsroom: Addresser loses its grip

March 16, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

Let’s start this column with an apology to print subscribers who didn’t receive last Saturday’s edition, or received it late. We had one of those kinds of problems that crops up now and again when you manufacture things. Read story

The Port of Camas-Washougal wants to bring Grove Field airport, along Northeast 267th Avenue north of Camas, into the city limits.

Port of Camas-Washougal wants Grove Field airport to be annexed into city

March 16, 2024, 6:08am Business

The Port of Camas-Washougal wants Clark County to annex Grove Field into the county’s urban growth boundary, a necessary first step in the port’s quest to bring the airport into Camas’ city limits. Read story

Union junior Noah Koyama flexes after winning the 4A 138-pound championship Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, during the Mat Classic state wrestling tournament at Tacoma Dome.

All-Region Boys Wrestling: Noah Koyama, Union

March 16, 2024, 6:05am Latest News

Noah Koyama became the seventh Union boy to win a state wrestling championship last month at Mat Classic XXXV and only lost one match all season. For his accomplishments, Koyama is The Columbian’s All-Region boys wrestler of the year. Read story

Bob and Marian Russell, who survived the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, look over some old newspaper clippings at their Vancouver home in this photo originally published in The Columbian in 1998.

Clark County History: Local couple survived Japanese death camp

March 16, 2024, 6:04am Clark County Life

A lesser-known fact about America entering World War II is the bombing of a U.S. Navy base at Cavite on Manila Bay, Philippines, on Dec. 10, 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese wanted the Philippine Islands because they needed access to the raw materials of… Read story

Check It Out: Read up on the Emerald Isle

March 16, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life

As I’m writing this column, Saint Patrick’s Day is just a few days away. I’ve had a fascination with Ireland since the fourth grade. Why so specific? Well, my teacher asked each student to pick a country and write a paper about it as well as provide representative examples of… Read story

Questions ahead for tolling on Interstate 5 Bridge

Cars travel along the Interstate 5 Bridge in October 2022, as seen from the top of one of the northbound bridge lift towers. Tolling on the current I-5 Bridge, to help pay for its replacement, is expected to start in 2026.

A bistate subcommittee heavily involved in re-establishing tolls on the Interstate 5 Bridge to help fund its replacement met Friday for the first time since Oregon’s plan to toll all lanes of I-5 and Interstate 205 from the interstate bridges to near Wilsonville, Ore., was canceled. Read story

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