The city of Camas has a clear vision for the twisty, two-lane Northeast Leadbetter Road that hugs Lacamas Lake’s northeast shoreline. Eventually, the city will close Leadbetter and incorporate most of ...

My dear friend Michele got married 23 years ago this summer. Like me, she got hitched to an Englishman. Like me, she left Los Angeles County for greener climes — except she moved to New England, while ...

On a cloudy Friday morning, a group of volunteers huddled on the shore of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve ...

Here we go again, the Fourth of July holiday and once again we are told that if not for fireworks sales, many would be unable to raise monies for their nonprofits.

I want to give a shout-out and offer kudos to The Columbian for writing a wonderful story about engineering on the front page of the July 3 paper (“After six years, 32,000 boulders and $172M, the Colu ...

With many national parks facing huge backlogs of deferred maintenance — Yellowstone National Park alone is estimated to have more than $1 billion — the federal government is proposing a new fee on for ...

This robustly seasoned, almost meaty tomato salad was inspired by Mexican salsa macha, a savory-spicy condiment made with dried chilies, garlic, nuts and seeds that are fried in oil, then pureed.

Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run homer, Austin Wells went deep for the third consecutive game and the New York Yankees pounded the Seattle Mariners 10-3 in the opener of a three-game series.

An Albany, Ore., man is accused of driving with more than seven times the legal limit of THC — the active ingredient in marijuana — in his system when he fatally crashed into a bicyclist in March 2023 ...

RIDGEFIELD — Try as they might, the Ridgefield Raptors are still trying to solve the Corvallis Knights to no avail. Tuesday’s 11-9 loss to the Knights at Ridgefield Outdoor Recreation Complex, the ...

It’s not just Texas and North Carolina. Intense rain is falling more frequently in many areas of the U.S. — though where it occurs and whether it causes catastrophic flooding is largely a matter of ch ...

A growing number of firearms are being stolen from parked cars, especially in urban areas, according to a new report that highlights a frequently overlooked source of illegally circulating guns.