All politics is local
Bringing you the most interesting and humorous tidbits from local government in Clark County.
Everyone welcome to serve on commissions
To an untrained ear, a sentence spoken at a Clark County commissioner work session would sound like this: "What's deeb think?" That would be DEAB, ...
Blazer Banter
Batum's routine changes, and now shot-making is routine
Practice, most certainly, does not make perfect. But it does make franchise-records and NBA season highs. Just ask Blazers forward Nicolas Batum, who knocked down ...
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Greg Jayne
LaMarcus Aldridge or Blake Griffin?
Really good analysis from Bill Simmons, writing about LaMarcus Aldridge. Simmons was explaining who he would pick for the All-Star Game, and he compared Aldridge ...
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High School Sports
2012 Mat Classic area first-round pairings
Here's the list of the area wrestlers who qualified for state and their first-round matchups: Class 4A (24 area competitors) 106 — Daniel Rice, so, ...
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Life
Try This: The Week Ahead
Film Festival with purpose The fourth-annual Northwest Conference Against Trafficking and Film Festival will feature four film screenings that bring attention to human trafficking, one ...
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Live Well Blog
The Live Well blog is part of The Columbian’s new portal for health news and information in Clark County and Southwest Washington. Reporter Marissa Harshman ...
Hunger blogs
“I came into 2012 fat but I’m going to leave it skinny.” “Your stomach isn’t grumbling, it’s applauding.” “I like images that show skinny, happy ...
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Outdoors blog
News, notes, field reports and other information from Southwest Washington and the Northwest
Trout fishing flop 10/18
I did my annual fall trout-fishing trip at Swift Reservoir last week. Normally the bite is so good that we have a rule requiring changing ...
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Political Beat
George Takei helps Olympia’s gay marriage debate go viral
If Star Trek star George Takei mentions you on his Facebook page, you’re bound to get some attention. Take the speech on marriage equality given ...
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Strictly Business
Behind the news from Clark County’s leading reporting team.
Start of waterfront development at least two years out
It could take at least two years, maybe longer before construction of a fancy waterfront development starts on the former Boise Cascade site in downtown ...
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Your Neck of the Woods
The good, the bad and the…notes about your neighborhood. What’s going on in your neck of the woods? Join the conversation.
Clark County barns on the Washington Heritage Barn Register
These barns can also be found on an interactive map at http://www.columbian.com/heritage-barns-map/. For more information on the Washington Heritage Barn Register visit http://www.dahp.wa.gov/heritage-barn-register. Birrer Farm ...
