The Columbian

The regional drug task force is operating under a new name after the Skamania County Sheriff's Office pulled its detective out of the program for budget reasons. More »Clark-Skamania drug task force loses detective, gets new name

Friends, co-workers and others who knew Tatyana Tupikova are waiting for more information on what happened to the 22-year-old woman whose body was found off state Highway 503 earlier this month. More »Battle Ground woman's death still puzzling

A group of students waded through the icy waters of the Muddy River near Mount St. Helens on Thursday, nets at the ready. More »Students get an electrifying lesson with fish

Deputies with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office on Friday morning arrested two men allegedly in connection with two residential burglaries in Hazel Dell. More »Suspects in Hazel Dell burglaries arrested

John Eckhart took the witness stand Friday afternoon and told jurors he's barely literate, so he couldn't read books on how to help his autistic sons, but that he'd heard on either "Nanny 911" or "Supernanny," … More »Vancouver father defends lockup of autistic boys

A series of thunderstorms delivered lightning, hail and heavy rain Friday night in Clark County, causing at least one house fire, downed tree branches and broken windows, and reports of brief power ou … More »UPDATE: Storm sweeps through Clark County

Welcome, class, to Math 101. Yes, Jimmy? More »Press Talk: Math class is now in session

With U.S. House Speaker John Boehner as a guest, U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, kicked off her campaign for re-election on Friday, drawing attention from roughly 70 MoveOn.org and Occupy Vancouver … More »UPDATE: Herrera Beutler's campaign kickoff draws 300 guests, 70 protesters

Alayna Higdon says door was installed less than two weeks before boys were removed More »Defendant justifies cage-like door

St. Helens, Ore. police on Friday identified a body that was found in the Columbia River as the man who fell from a Christmas ship in December. More »Police identify body found in Columbia River as man who fell from Christmas ship

Dozer Day supporter: Waste Connections provided a recycling truck at last weekend's Dozer Day. The company was misidentified in a story on Page C1 Monday. More »Correction: Dozer Day

Four-year-old Carter Harris, who was named Clark County Honorary Sheriff earlier this month, will cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony of the Portland Rose Festival today. More »Boy goes from 'chief for a day' to ribbon-cutter

After 54 years of service -- and at least 5,000 bridge lifts -- one of the trunnions on the northbound span of the Interstate 5 Bridge is showing some age. More »Interstate 5 Bridge trunnion old, but still carrying weight

Military personnel whose lives were cut short serving our country and a military presence that lasted 162 years will be saluted Monday at Vancouver Barracks. More »Memorial Day events honor soldiers, history

Prior to the Oak Tree Casino's opening five months ago, Woodland council members cautioned the city administration against using its revenues to pay for recurring city expenses such as contracting out … More »Woodland casino revenues fall short

The two health insurance plans awarded contracts to provide care for 65,000 Clark County managed Medicaid clients were unable to meet network adequacy requirements. More »Medicaid coverage deemed inadequate

About 5 percent of Clark County sixth-graders have drunk alcohol. But by the time those same kids reach eighth grade, that percentage jumps to 20 percent, according to the statewide Healthy Youth Surv … More »Experts explore teen addiction at seminar

Local and regional transportation agencies chatted with Columbian users More »Live chat transcript: Transportation departments

Mexican restaurant aims to open its doors after two-alarm fire More »Fire-damaged Vancouver restaurant to reopen Friday

$2,700 restitution in Woodland bulldog ransom case More »$2,700 restitution in Woodland bulldog ransom case

Here is a press release from the Camas Police Department: More »Police arrest three men on suspected drug offenses

The defense began calling witnesses Thursday morning in the trial of a Vancouver couple accused of imprisoning two autistic boys. More »Defense begins in child-imprisonment trial

The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington has received a $700,000, four-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to combat intergenerational poverty. More »Gates Foundation gives $700,000 to Vancouver philanthropic clearinghouse