This weekend’s 11th annual Impact Camas-Washougal food drive hopes to raise $19,000 to help needy families in addition to packing boxes of food to be…
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Leaked Trump vision for ‘a leaner NOAA’ scraps key Columbia River salmon restoration fund
By The Citizen on June 2, 2025
A leaked Trump administration budget proposal completely scraps a key Columbia River salmon recovery program as the administration seeks to slash the National Oceanic and…
Repair work planned for August on natural gas pipeline north of Camas
By The Citizen on June 2, 2025
Repair work will likely begin this summer on a section of the Northwest Pipeline just north of Camas. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Body found in Columbia believed to be missing 18-year-old
By The Citizen on June 2, 2025
A body found in the Columbia River is believed to be an 18-year-old man reported missing May 23, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Read…
Mental health advocates work to break stigma in talk at Ridgefield High School
By The Citizen on June 2, 2025
RIDGEFIELD — For the first time since the pandemic, a local mental health advocacy group has been able to get back into classrooms with an…
HOPE Dementia Support connects ‘people who are on the same journey’
By The Citizen on May 31, 2025
For years, David Edwards searched for help for his wife, Patty, who was showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease. In their small Texas town, he repeatedly…
From the Newsroom: Outage sent our staff into overdrive
By The Citizen on May 31, 2025
May 19 was a challenging day for many of us here at The Columbian. Our website, which averages 55,000 page views a day, was completely…
Clark Public Utilities, cities don’t plan changes to PFAS testing despite federal rollbacks
By The Citizen on May 31, 2025
A proposed change to federal testing requirements for specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS — better known as “forever chemicals” — likely won’t affect…
Clark County reaching out to residents after an ‘unknown bad actor’ hacked the county’s data in 2023
By The Citizen on May 30, 2025
Clark County announced Thursday it has begun notifying residents impacted by a 2023 network security breach. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Safety issues and pollution remain at Camp Bonneville, according to Ecology report
By The Citizen on May 30, 2025
A recent inspection report from the state Department of Ecology highlighted continuing safety lapses and lingering pollutants at Camp Bonneville, a retired military training base…