The Columbian

By Saturday evening, the Battle Ground district school board will set the dollar amount and length of a replacement school tax levy measure to appear before voters on Feb. 9.It's no... Full Story »

Clark County to open 5,600-square-feet for nonprofit groups Full Story »

Police responded to multiple reports of someone throwing eggs off of overpasses along Padden Expressway Thursday evening.   Full Story »

Gov. Chris Gregoire’s announcement Thursday that she will propose new taxes to help close a yawning $2.6 billion state budget deficit drew quiet agreement and sharp criticism from two Clark... Full Story »

Art Curtis, Clark County’s elected prosecuting attorney for nearly 29 years, announced Thursday that he plans to step down at the end of his term in December 2010.Curtis gave no... Full Story »

The day after a harrowing predawn birth inside a tent at a homeless camp along the Discovery Trail, both mother and baby girl were "doing great" at Southwest Washington Medical Center, a... Full Story »

The board of commissioners is close to an agreement that would give Clark County its first full-size, public baseball field, despite some neighbors’ objections.The lighted field... Full Story »

Brace for it. Winter’s on the way.Forecasters are calling for subfreezing temperatures beginning this evening with a cold air mass from Canada and the possibility of snow flurries. Full Story »

Share, Vancouver’s biggest provider of services to the homeless and hungry, has reported a tremendous outpouring of giving from the local community to people in need.More than... Full Story »

The Rock Solid Teen Center, the North County Community Food Bank and local foster children will be the beneficiaries of a holiday festival at the Gardner Center.The event runs from 4 to 8... Full Story »

From 8 to 9 a.m. today, Vancouver Mayor Royce Pollard will be manning the phones for KPAM-AM 860’s Operation Santa Claus fundraising drive to support the Salvation Army’s Home Front War... Full Story »

Vintage Books, a small bookstore in the Vancouver Heights, is continuing its annual Book Angel program. Each holiday season the company works to get books into the hands of local... Full Story »

Air quality authorities will lift a stage 1 burn ban for Clark County as of noon today as a cold-weather inversion begins to loosen.The Southwest Clean Air Agency had asked residents to... Full Story »

A 53-year-old man was severely injured Thursday night when his motorcycle crashed into a car in the intersection of West 39th and Daniels streets.Paramedics and Vancouver police rushed to... Full Story »

A man and woman found shot to death in a murder-suicide were identified Thursday as Erin M. Epley, 34, and Kyle D. Epley, 47.The Epleys were found dead about 2 p.m. Wednesday... Full Story »

Home building activity in unincorporated Clark County showed a slight improvement in November. Building permits for single-family homes matched October and showed a strong increase from November... Full Story »

Mother, girl appeared OK; camping near Discovery Trail raises concerns among nearby residents Full Story »

A Vancouver man wanted in an alleged car jacking was arrested this morning following a brief standoff with SWAT officers in the Sifton area.Larry A. Full Story »

A man reportedly was breaking into mailboxes late Wednesday night at a Vancouver apartment.A 911 caller told authorities the man was associated with a... Full Story »

A judge on Wednesday handed down a 25-year prison sentence to a Vancouver man who kidnapped and molested a 13-year-old boy he met over a phone chat line. Full Story »

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the suspect in the Nov. 25 robbery of a Hazel Dell bank.Deputies are asking for assistance from the public to identify the man who... Full Story »

A 22-year-old Vancouver man pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder for beating his grandmother to death in 2007.Daniel P. Marter was scheduled to go to trial next week on charges... Full Story »

Cemetery photo: The Heritage Ambassador who portrayed murderer Edward Gallagher at Old City Cemetery was Jack Berhow, a ninth-grader at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. A Page... Full Story »

Snow could fall Friday night in much of the Vancouver-Portland metro area, although forecasters arent ready to declare another December white-out. Full Story »

A free block foam collection event for Clark County residents will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Fisher's Landing Transit Center, 3510 S.E. 164th Ave. Recycling block foam... Full Story »