Most read stories on Columbian.com last week:
No. 1) B.G. photographer captures precious time for grieving families
Linda and Chris wouldn’t have years or months or even days with their son. Instead, they had minutes. But those minutes, and several more after his death, were forever captured by a photographer’s camera.
No. 2) Clark County’s middle class feeling squeezed
Tricia Brandemihl sees her family as the quintessential image of the American middle class. Her family’s story of increasing financial struggle is one repeated across the county and nation in discussions between friends and family, media reports, policy making and political debate. But what exactly is the middle class, and how much of Clark County fits in that category?