Janeth Sotelo doesn’t buy garlic at the grocery store. She doesn’t buy onions or tomatillos. And she definitely, absolutely doesn’t buy tomatoes. Why would she,…
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Crews extinguish house fire in Salmon Creek
Firefighters quickly extinguished a house fire Saturday evening in Salmon Creek. Clark County Fire District 6 crews responded at 6:19 p.m. to a two-story house…
Vancouver man, 19, arrested in Hawaii, charged with violating quarantine mandate
A 19-year-old Vancouver man and a 20-year-old Oregon man were arrested Friday in the Waikiki section of Honolulu and charged with violating Hawaii’s 14-day quarantine…
Clark County’s Phase 2 application shelved in light of Firestone outbreak
Clark County was not among the group of Washington counties given the green light Saturday to move into Phase 2 of reopening, a delay linked…
Illegal street racing hits Vancouver as activity spills over from Portland
The Vancouver Police Department says its officers are targeting speeders and street racers in the downtown area as some of that illegal activity has spilled…
New calls for home-delivered meals for seniors tapering off in Clark County
New applications for Meals on Wheels People’s home-delivered meals for seniors are tapering off, similar to the trend that the Department of Social and Health…
Working in Clark County: Traci Cole, coach at Burntown Fitness
Traci Cole was leading a class at Burntown Fitness when everything crashed to a halt because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The call came and it…
Higher food stamps caseload likely to linger in Clark County
More than one in 10 Clark County residents are using food stamps to help weather economic uncertainty during the novel coronavirus pandemic. At the end…
From the Newsroom: Get to know our new publisher
What a busy week it was for news at The Columbian! As in, a lot happened at our business this week. On Monday, we found…
Nearly 40 employees at Vancouver food processor test positive for COVID-19
A food processing company in Vancouver’s Fruit Valley neighborhood has become the center of one of the Portland metro area’s largest cluster of COVID-19 cases…






