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Employment specialist Kristin Yoshimura, left, stops by to help Vancouver resident Virginia Rittenhouse as she looks for a job at WorkSource Vancouver on Monday morning. With a significant amount of its budget coming from the federal government, Workforce Southwest Washington is feeling the pinch of federal downsizing.

Workforce Southwest Washington plans for the worst amid funding uncertainties, rising demand for employment services

Employment specialist Kristin Yoshimura, left, stops by to help Vancouver resident Virginia Rittenhouse as she looks for a job at WorkSource Vancouver on Monday morning. With a significant amount of its budget coming from the federal government, Workforce Southwest Washington is feeling the pinch of federal downsizing.

April 23, 2025, 6:11am Business Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 2 days ago

Uncertainty is the word of the day for budget planners at both companies and public agencies. Washington’s workforce development programs are no exception. Read story

Sweet, juicy honey mangoes (aka ataulfo mangoes) are in season right now — so why not make a kuchen, and throw in a few raspberries?

Cuckoo for kuchen: This German cake proves an easy, adaptable dessert

Sweet, juicy honey mangoes (aka ataulfo mangoes) are in season right now — so why not make a kuchen, and throw in a few raspberries?

April 23, 2025, 6:10am Clark County Life

Whenever I suffer an emotional blow, I have a coded phrase that my husband and daughter both understand. I say, “The urchin has been activated.” That’s because I have a sea urchin living in my chest and whenever something hurts me, the urchin wakes up and starts poking me with… Read story

Hayes Freedom High School junior Alex Weeks, right, approaches an OnPoint Community Credit Union table during a career fair held inside Hayes Freedom on Thursday.

Clark County teens looking for work frustrated by lack of opportunities

Hayes Freedom High School junior Alex Weeks, right, approaches an OnPoint Community Credit Union table during a career fair held inside Hayes Freedom on Thursday.

April 23, 2025, 6:10am Business Updated 1 day ago

Camas High School junior Talulah Rodrigue was already feeling a bit frustrated when she arrived at Hayes Freedom High School’s first-ever career fair Thursday. Read story

Sandra Fachiol, 22, the newly crowned Miss Clark County 2025, was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and clinical depression at 14 and has dedicated her platform to breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness.

‘I knew if I was going to win, it had to be as myself’: Miss Clark County 2025 dedicates platform to mental health advocacy

Sandra Fachiol, 22, the newly crowned Miss Clark County 2025, was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and clinical depression at 14 and has dedicated her platform to breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness.

April 23, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Health Updated 2 days ago

Sandra Fachiol, a self-professed nerd and childhood tomboy, never saw herself as the pageant type. Read story

Audience members stand to show their support for testimony defending the La Center School District Board of Directors Tuesday, April 22, 2025, during a La Center School District board meeting at La Center High School. Public comment at the meeting focused on the controversy surrounding the district’s policy on gender identity and preferred pronoun usage, which the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction found discriminated against students and staff. The district has appealed the ruling.

Pronoun policy supporters, opponents flock to La Center school board meeting

Audience members stand to show their support for testimony defending the La Center School District Board of Directors Tuesday, April 22, 2025, during a La Center School District board meeting at La Center High School. Public comment at the meeting focused on the controversy surrounding the district’s policy on gender identity and preferred pronoun usage, which the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction found discriminated against students and staff. The district has appealed the ruling.

April 22, 2025, 10:21pm Clark County News Updated 1 day ago

More than 100 people attended the La Center school board meeting Tuesday, an unusually large crowd for the small school district that has recently made national headlines for its policy on pronouns. Read story

Players swarm Portland Winterhawks center Diego Buttazzoni (90) after a goal Wednesday, April 16, 2025, during a second round playoff game between the Winterhawks and the Everett Silvertips at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland. The Winterhawks won in overtime, 6-5.

Winterhawks knock off No. 1 Everett 4-2 in Game 7, advance to WHL Western Conference finals

Players swarm Portland Winterhawks center Diego Buttazzoni (90) after a goal Wednesday, April 16, 2025, during a second round playoff game between the Winterhawks and the Everett Silvertips at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland. The Winterhawks won in overtime, 6-5.

April 22, 2025, 10:17pm Latest News

The Portland Winterhawks beat the Everett Silvertips 4-2 in Game 7 of the Western Hockey League second-round series to advance to the WHL Western Conference finals for a second consecutive season. Read story

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files Capt. James Tierney gears up Friday, March 21, 2025, at the Camas-Washougal Fire Department’s Station 42 in Camas.

Camas, Washougal voters reject proposed regional fire authority

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files Capt. James Tierney gears up Friday, March 21, 2025, at the Camas-Washougal Fire Department’s Station 42 in Camas.

April 22, 2025, 9:25pm Clark County News

A proposal to create a regional fire district in Camas and Washougal was failing in early election returns Tuesday. Read story

Both Battle Ground and Hockinson school district levies were failing as of Thursday.

Battle Ground, Hockinson levies failing in early election returns

Both Battle Ground and Hockinson school district levies were failing as of Thursday.

April 22, 2025, 8:46pm Clark County News

Battle Ground and Hockinson school funding measures were failing as of early election returns Tuesday. Read story

Camas’ Chase McGee clears the bar during the 4A boys pole vault competition Friday, May 24, 2024, during the WIAA State Track and Field Championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

Chase McGee of Camas breaks state record in pole vault by clearing 17 feet, 5 inches

Camas’ Chase McGee clears the bar during the 4A boys pole vault competition Friday, May 24, 2024, during the WIAA State Track and Field Championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

April 22, 2025, 8:33pm Latest News

Camas High senior Chase McGee set an all-time state record in the pole vault Tuesday, breaking Washington’s oldest record in high school track and field.  Read story

A giant sequoia tree is shown planted at an Arboretum Detroit parcel in Detroit, Friday, March 21, 2025.

A sequoia forest in Detroit? Plantings to improve air quality and mark Earth Day

A giant sequoia tree is shown planted at an Arboretum Detroit parcel in Detroit, Friday, March 21, 2025.

April 22, 2025, 5:45pm Latest News

Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit’s eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the city but giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees that can live for thousands of years. Read story