<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Menu
The Columbian logo tagline
Login
Friday,  April 26 , 2024
Current weather Vancouver, WA

Linkedin Pinterest

Top Stories newsletter

The Clark County Elections Office is one of many places you can place your ballot in a ballot box. Or, drop it in the U.S. Mail; the postage is prepaid.

Author of rejected ‘election confidence’ Clark County ballot initiative files court order, asks judge to step in

The Clark County Elections Office is one of many places you can place your ballot in a ballot box. Or, drop it in the U.S. Mail; the postage is prepaid.

January 9, 2024, 7:34pm Clark County News

A proposed ballot initiative organizers say is aimed at “restoring election confidence” has been rejected by the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office. Now the initiative’s author, Rob Anderson, is asking a judge to step in to move the initiative forward. Read story

In this Feb. 8, 2019 photo, Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, speaks during a committee meeting at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Stonier is one of the candidates vying to become speaker of the House in Washington state as House Democrats are poised to elect the first woman to the position in history when they take a scheduled vote at a caucus meeting Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in Seattle. The selection must then be approved by the full House at the start of the 2020 legislative session in January. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Bill to ban child marriage gets unanimous support in Washington House, moves to Senate

In this Feb. 8, 2019 photo, Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, speaks during a committee meeting at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Stonier is one of the candidates vying to become speaker of the House in Washington state as House Democrats are poised to elect the first woman to the position in history when they take a scheduled vote at a caucus meeting Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in Seattle. The selection must then be approved by the full House at the start of the 2020 legislative session in January. (AP Photo/Ted S.

January 9, 2024, 8:01am Editor's Choice

Child marriage is still legal in Washington, and on Monday state lawmakers moved along a proposed law to ban it. Read story

Courtney and Ryan Self pass their toddler son, Hudson, between them at their Vancouver area home, where they run the small business HuddyBearCo. It sells clothing and toys for babies and toddlers. Hudson&rsquo;s premature birth inspired their give-back venture.

After son born prematurely, Vancouver parents start online store HuddyBearCo and donate to NICU

Courtney and Ryan Self pass their toddler son, Hudson, between them at their Vancouver area home, where they run the small business HuddyBearCo. It sells clothing and toys for babies and toddlers. Hudson&rsquo;s premature birth inspired their give-back venture.

January 9, 2024, 6:08am Business

Courtney Self and her husband were shocked when their son was born seven weeks early. Hudson, now 2½, required an extensive stay in the neonatal intensive care unit. Their experience with a preemie led them to launch an online children’s store, HuddyBearCo. Read story

A statue of Capt. George Vancouver sits across from Vancouver City Hall.

Not Canada, D.C., or Nevada: The name Vancouver has historical hook but can be confusing — And we’re sticking with it

A statue of Capt. George Vancouver sits across from Vancouver City Hall.

January 8, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

‘Vancouver, not B.C., Washington, not D.C., Clark County, not Nevada, Near Portland, Ore., not Maine.” Read story

The Attorney General's Office expects to send more than 400,000 checks to Washington households by the end of the year because the state has settled a series of price-fixing lawsuits with chicken and tuna producers.

Tuna, chicken settlement checks from Washington AG’s Office are legitimate – don’t throw them away

The Attorney General's Office expects to send more than 400,000 checks to Washington households by the end of the year because the state has settled a series of price-fixing lawsuits with chicken and tuna producers.

January 4, 2024, 6:05am Business

If you get a check in the mail from the Washington Attorney General’s Office, don’t throw it away. It’s not a scam, as feared by several who called The Columbian after the unexpected checks arrived. Read story

(IStock.com)

Battle Ground man, Vancouver woman ID’d as those killed in December crash

(IStock.com)

January 3, 2024, 12:54pm Clark County News

A Battle Ground man and a Vancouver woman have been identified by the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office as the people killed in a Dec. 20 crash near Five Corners. Read story

The Hanford LIGO facility near Tri-Cities is part of a network that includes a site 1,800 miles away in Louisiana.

Gravitational wave observatory in Eastern WA breaks quantum limit. Why it matters

The Hanford LIGO facility near Tri-Cities is part of a network that includes a site 1,800 miles away in Louisiana.

January 3, 2024, 7:27am Editor's Choice

The LIGO Hanford Observatory near Richland is expected to detect 60% more cataclysmic cosmic events — like colliding neutron stars and black holes — thanks to a quantum limit breakthrough. Read story

Construction continues at Battle Ground Station, the city&rsquo;s new food cart pod. Once completed, the site will house 10 food carts, offering a variety of cuisines.

Opening of Battle Ground food cart pod Battle Ground Station delayed

Construction continues at Battle Ground Station, the city&rsquo;s new food cart pod. Once completed, the site will house 10 food carts, offering a variety of cuisines.

January 3, 2024, 6:07am Business Subscriber Exclusive

The opening of Battle Ground’s newest food cart pod, Battle Ground Station, has been delayed again, and a new opening date has not been set. Read story

A motorist passes the sign for the former Sigrid&rsquo;s cafe, which operated for many years along Northeast 72nd Avenue north of Vancouver. The log cabin that housed the restaurant is now a private residence.

Clark Asks: Reader’s question about a red ‘S’ leads to story of little log cabin that once housed popular German restaurant in Vancouver

A motorist passes the sign for the former Sigrid&rsquo;s cafe, which operated for many years along Northeast 72nd Avenue north of Vancouver. The log cabin that housed the restaurant is now a private residence.

January 1, 2024, 6:03am Business Subscriber Exclusive

When The Columbian recently featured a story about the old Totem Pole restaurant in Hazel Dell, we asked readers what else they would like to know about, using the Clark Asks portal on our website. Read story

Sadie&rsquo;s puppies resting together at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington.

Humane Society for Southwest Washington steps in to help after stray Labrador gives birth to 11 puppies

Sadie&rsquo;s puppies resting together at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington.

December 25, 2023, 3:29pm Clark County Life

In late November, a Vancouver family stumbled upon Sadie, a 3-year-old pregnant stray dog, rummaging through trash in their neighborhood. Initially, the family intended to nurse her back to health, but when Sadie, a Labrador mix, gave birth to 11 puppies around Thanksgiving, they realized they didn’t have the space… Read story