Cheers: To digging in. Approximately 35 students from Hudson’s Bay and Fort Vancouver high schools recently helped restore wetlands habitat at Baz River Front Park in Camas. “It’s been cool to be able ...

Clark County’s parks department is hosting a Thursday open house to discuss future plans for the Gordy Jolma Family Natural Area. Some residents living along the natural area’s border ...

Our public libraries serve as a great equalizer, offering the chance for anyone — rich and poor alike — to access great novels, nonfiction and literature without spending a dime. Budgetary concerns no ...

As part of his tightening grip on power, and his assault on 200-plus years of checks and balances, President Donald Trump has bludgeoned some of the nation’s leading law firms into shameful submission ...

I just read the article “Vancouver plans to sell part of parking lot next to City Hall for $1 for affordable housing project” (The Columbian, April 8).

Seattle pollster Stuart Elway kept hearing that people had grown weary of it all. After the third election in a row with Donald Trump, the story was that folks had begun tuning out the political news.

Mike Raymond doesn’t remember a lot about his time at Rainier School, a habilitation center for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Together in a parking lot, they get their assignments for the day — they’ll either cut asparagus or plant seedlings for the next eight hours. This year, it may be harder than usual for farms to hire ...

The Cascade PBS/Elway poll surveyed 403 registered voters across the state between March 27 and 31 using a mix of landline, cell phone and online interviews. It has a 95% confidence level, meaning ...

Recently read a novel by Dan Brown, “Origin,” that starkly summarized the challenges of democracy and is worth taking note of today: “And history has proven that lunatics will rise to power again and ...

In many ways, the Trump administration has given us a window into a dystopian world — flouting a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court, elevating scientific myth into health care policy and so on. B ...

I miss Vice President Mike Pence, and you should, too. That is, if you appreciate the second in command standing up for his oath to the Constitution instead of a man, and if you long for the days when ...