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Steve Fessler reassembles reporter desks on Wednesday afternoon in The Columbian's newsroom.

From the Newsroom: We moved the furniture

Steve Fessler reassembles reporter desks on Wednesday afternoon in The Columbian's newsroom.

January 11, 2025, 6:09am Clark County News

As I mentioned last week, we are in the process of combining the Camas-Washougal Post-Record’s two-person news staff with The Columbian’s 14-member local news team in an effort to improve both papers. This week the effort took physical shape as we rearranged some of the newsroom furniture. Read story

From the Newsroom: Working with the Post-Record

January 4, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

As I am fond of telling anyone who will listen, The Columbian is a family-owned small business, not part of a corporate newspaper chain like The Oregonian is. But there is one asterisk. Read story

In downtown Vancouver, Main Street forms the boundary between east and west addresses.

Clark Asks: What do different street identifiers — avenue, court, street, circle — mean?

In downtown Vancouver, Main Street forms the boundary between east and west addresses.

January 3, 2025, 6:05am Clark County News

Recently, Ronald Clement, who lives in Vancouver’s Fishers Creek neighborhood, asked The Columbian, “What do the different street identifiers mean, e.g., court, avenue, street, lane, circle, etc.?” Read story

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files 
 Columbian co-owners Ben Campbell, left, and Will Campbell use an old film projector to view home movies shot by their great-grandfather, Herbert J. Campbell.

From the Newsroom: Our newsroom’s top stories

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files 
 Columbian co-owners Ben Campbell, left, and Will Campbell use an old film projector to view home movies shot by their great-grandfather, Herbert J. Campbell.

December 28, 2024, 6:09am Clark County News

Today’s the day we present our top stories of the year to our readers. As I mentioned in a column earlier this month, we’re doing the project differently this year. Rather than have our news staff vote on the stories we think were most important, we are listing the local… Read story

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files 
 Santa Claus awaits his next young visitor in this December 2022 photo taken at Vancouver Mall.

From the Newsroom: Why Santa doesn’t get much press

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files 
 Santa Claus awaits his next young visitor in this December 2022 photo taken at Vancouver Mall.

December 21, 2024, 6:09am Clark County News

With a week to go until Christmas Eve, I looked to see how much press we’ve given Santa Claus this year. Read story

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian 
 Law enforcement officers investigate a shooting at the Cascade Park Safeway store on Dec. 5. It was one of seven local shootings involving police so far in 2024.

From the Newsroom: My list of this year’s top stories

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian 
 Law enforcement officers investigate a shooting at the Cascade Park Safeway store on Dec. 5. It was one of seven local shootings involving police so far in 2024.

December 14, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

Every December since who knows when, The Columbian has published a top stories of the year package. Most years, newsroom staffers choose the stories we think are most important, but this year, Erin Middlewood, our managing editor for content, wanted to try something different. We’re listing our most-read online stories,… Read story

Editors at The Columbian, clockwise from left, Managing Editor For Production Merridee Hanson, Local News Editor Jessica Prokop, Web Editor Amy Libby, Assistant News Editor Colleen Keller and Managing Editor for Content Erin Middlewood meet at 10 a.m. Thursday to discuss the Friday print newspaper plan and web stories.

From the Newsroom: Meetings help meet our goals

Editors at The Columbian, clockwise from left, Managing Editor For Production Merridee Hanson, Local News Editor Jessica Prokop, Web Editor Amy Libby, Assistant News Editor Colleen Keller and Managing Editor for Content Erin Middlewood meet at 10 a.m. Thursday to discuss the Friday print newspaper plan and web stories.

December 7, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

I was sitting in a meeting this week and I started thinking about how we use meetings to shape stories and put together our print and digital products. We’ve changed these meetings quite a bit this year as we moved to more of a digital-first strategy. So I thought I… Read story

From the Newsroom: News from holidays of the past

November 30, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

As I mentioned last week, our Thanksgiving newspaper this year was produced in advance so that it could arrive in customers’ mailboxes on Wednesday. Thursday was a postal holiday, so we had to choose between Wednesday and Friday delivery. Read story

Steakburger was a birthday party favorite and even hosted a few weddings. Tabitha Dorman, 19, and Anthony Gibson, 18, play a round of golf after getting married there in 2002. The newlyweds were employees of Steakburger. Friends, family and co-workers were on hand to wish the couple well.

Steakburger remains a fond memory for generations of Clark County residents

Steakburger was a birthday party favorite and even hosted a few weddings. Tabitha Dorman, 19, and Anthony Gibson, 18, play a round of golf after getting married there in 2002. The newlyweds were employees of Steakburger. Friends, family and co-workers were on hand to wish the couple well.

November 29, 2024, 6:10am Business

It was probably Clark County’s most popular golf course. And the hamburgers were pretty great, too. Read story

From the Newsroom: We don’t mean to be confusing

November 23, 2024, 6:12am Clark County News

I will be the first to admit that our election coverage was a little confusing to print readers. As I previously reported, we pushed the election night press start late so that we could have the first returns in the Wednesday print edition. After that, we went back to regular… Read story