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Here are some of the stories that were popular this week with Columbian readers:
As Clark County residents try to reconcile themselves to rapidly increasing rents and home prices, one possible villain has emerged in the popular imagination: corporate homebuyers.
The notion of private investors buying available homes and pricing out local residents has even entered into the debate among congressional candidates, with Republican Joe Kent blaming prices on large international investors.
The terms low-income housing and affordable housing are often used interchangeably, causing confusion for many.
So, what is the distinction? The answer is complicated.
A man accused of murdering an Idaho couple Saturday was released in July from the Clark County Jail after months of awaiting competency restoration services at Western State Hospital.
John Cody Hart, 28, is charged in Adams County Magistrate Court in Idaho with two counts of first-degree murder. Authorities say he fatally shot husband and wife Rory Mehen, 47, and Sara Mehen, 45, the owners of the Hartland Inn in New Meadows, Idaho, where he was apparently staying.
Clark County sheriff’s deputies say they are investigating a possibility that a Vancouver Public Schools employee videotaped girls in a locker room at Alki Middle School, 1800 N.E. Bliss Road.
The investigation was launched Wednesday morning after school staff became suspicious and closed the locker rooms at the school, which serves the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
Never in a million years would Bill Culver have expected his Tuesday morning to begin with such fanfare.
Culver, who’s taught a variety of vocational classes in Evergreen Public Schools for 40 years, was presented with the 2022 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence award earlier this week. The national award came with a check for $100,000 for Evergreen’s programs and was welcomed with school cheerleaders and a round of applause from students and staff at Evergreen High School.
