Voters won’t likely notice a difference when casting their ballots in the Aug. 5 primary and special election, but big changes have improved the process. The Clark County Elections Office recently com ...

When presidents get into political hot water, it’s almost always their own fault. That’s as true today for President Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein case as it was for his predecessors.

Jeff Otto and a companion fish one of the Forlorn Lakes in Skamania County. A few of these high-country lakes can be driven to and are good for canoes or other light craft. (Terry Otto for The ...

Johnston started attending weekly meditation sessions and longer retreats at the Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple, a remodeled church in Northeast Portland. That’s where she met fellow seekers from ...

Daniel Eungard gets a handful of tsunami alerts each month because of his job running the tsunami hazards program for the Washington Geological Survey. Most of them are nothing.

When I was a kid, my friends and I spent long summer days outdoors, picking daisies, observing roly-poly (also known as pill) ...

The West Columbia Gorge Humane Society in Washougal is changing some of its procedures after fielding criticism from some benefactors.

As a child, Heidi Barley watched her family pay for groceries with food stamps. As a college student, she dropped out because she couldn’t afford tuition. In her twenties, already scraping ...

The Port of Woodland was awarded $752,000 in Washington’s capital budget for infrastructure improvements around its Rose Way Industrial Park, the port announced Monday.

Who they came to see?” Beyoncé asks as she performs her 2023 single “My House” during the “Cowboy Carter” tour. For many, the answer has been Blue Ivy.

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People looking for things to do this weekend in Clark County will have plenty of options. The Clark County Fair opened Friday, and the Vancouver Arts & Music Festival continues through the weekend ...