The Columbian

Health experts say aromatics are good for your immune system, like those in this Thai-inspired soup.

It’s science! This soup will help cure what ails you in Northwest winters

March 12, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Health

Chicken noodle soup is simply a classic when someone is sick. The broth is good for a sore throat and the vegetables have plenty of vitamins to give the immune system a boost. In fact, a 2000 study published in an actual medical journal said as much. Read story

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

Weather Eye: 70-degree weather on its way to Clark County later this week

March 12, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

Storm number three did not disappoint as it moved through late Monday afternoon. Blustery winds and gray skies with steady rain. Today we feel the aftereffects with scattered showers and still some breezy conditions. Perhaps a thunderstorm with the colder air aloft. Read story

FILE - Traffic travels on the Interstate 5 bridge that spans the Columbia River and connects Portland, Ore., with southwest Washington state, Feb. 13, 2024, as seen from near the Washington state entrance to the bridge in Vancouver, Wash. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek wants to scrap a plan to implement tolls on large sections of the Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 bridges, she said Monday, March 11.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek wants tolling plan on sections of Interstates 5, 205 scrapped

March 11, 2024, 8:04pm Latest News

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek wants to scrap a plan to implement tolls on large sections of two Portland-area interstates, she said Monday. Read story

Biden signs record $3B annual spending for Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington

March 11, 2024, 7:12pm Newsletter

President Joe Biden signed a spending bill Saturday that includes a record annual budget of just over $3 billion for the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington and averted a partial government shutdown that would have included the Department of Energy. Read story

The Georgia Pacific paper mill as seen from Northeast Fifth Avenue in Camas.

Camas mill employee killed in workplace accident

March 11, 2024, 5:15pm Business

A 32-year-old man was killed Friday in a workplace accident at the Georgia-Pacific Camas Mill, according to the Camas Police Department. Read story