The Columbian

Drainage work planned for northbound I-5 between East 33rd, N.E. 78th streets

June 2, 2023, 5:57am Clark County News

The left lane of northbound Interstate 5 between East 33rd and Northeast 78th streets will be closed from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Monday, June 5 through Thursday, June 8. Read story

This week in Clark County history

June 2, 2023, 5:41am Clark County Life

A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum. Read story

Ridgefield’s Isaac Lovings (40) is greeted at home plate by teammates Jack Salmon (16) and Jeff Hoffman (26) after Lovings hit a solo home run in the Raptors’ season-opening exhibition game against the Cowlitz Black Bears on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at Ridgefield Outdoor Recreation Complex.

Ridgefield Raptors baseball players return to build on last summer’s success

June 1, 2023, 9:21pm Clark County Sports

After the Ridgefield Raptors’ 2022 season ended, Jake Tsukada got a text from teammate Trent Prokes, who was in recruiting mode, hoping to convince Tsukada and other players to return to Ridgefield for another summer. Read story

Pranav Anandh, 14, from Glen Mills, Pa., competes during the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md.

Dev Shah wins National Spelling Bee, going out on top after up-and-down spelling career

June 1, 2023, 8:47pm Latest News

Soft-spoken but brimming with confidence, Dev Shah asked precise questions about obscure Greek roots, rushed through his second-to-last word and rolled to the Scripps National Spelling Bee title Thursday night. Read story

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, right, shoots over Miami Heat forwards Duncan Robinson, left, and Haywood Highsmith during the first half of Game 1 of basketball's NBA Finals, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Denver.

Nuggets roll past Heat 104-93 in Game 1 of NBA Finals

June 1, 2023, 8:11pm Latest News

Nikola Jokic got a triple-double in his NBA Finals debut, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and the Denver Nuggets had little trouble with the cold-shooting Miami Heat on the way to a 104-93 win in Game 1 on Thursday night. Read story

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif. along with other Republican members of the House, speaks at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The bill now goes to the Senate.

Just days to spare, Senate gives final approval to debt ceiling deal, sending it to Biden

June 1, 2023, 7:58pm Latest News

Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline. Read story

Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth interim executive director Shauna Bilyeu, left, applauds Washington School for the Deaf first-grader Dexter White, right, who brought a stuffed terrier mascot to put in a time capsule on Thursday during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth at Washington School for the Deaf. The capsule will be buried somewhere on campus and is set to be opened in 2104.

Vancouver’s Washington School for the Deaf applauds expansion

June 1, 2023, 6:52pm Clark County News

Leaders from the Washington School for the Deaf, the Center of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth and dignitaries from across Washington assembled Thursday afternoon to ceremoniously break ground on the school’s new academic building and gym. Read story

Kelsey Juliana of Eugene, Ore., a lead plaintiff who is part of a lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future, greets supporters outside a federal courthouse, June 4, 2019, in Portland, Ore. A federal judge ruled on Thursday, June 1, 2023, that a lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists can proceed to trial years after they first filed the lawsuit in an attempt to hold the nation's leadership accountable for its role in climate change.

Oregon youths’ climate lawsuit against U.S. government can proceed to trial, judge rules

June 1, 2023, 6:00pm Latest News

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists can proceed to trial years after they first filed the lawsuit in an attempt to hold the nation’s leadership accountable for its role in climate change. Read story

Suspicious death in east Vancouver a homicide, police say

June 1, 2023, 3:45pm Clark County News

Vancouver police said Thursday detectives are investigating a Saturday suspicious death in east Vancouver as a homicide. Read story

Camas names new police chief

June 1, 2023, 3:30pm Clark County News

Following a nationwide search, the city of Camas announced Thursday that Tina M. Jones has been named as the Camas Police Department’s new chief. Read story