Northern Quest Casino Forgery Ring Busted

06/09/11 Police in Airway Heights have busted a ring of forgery suspects who used bogus receipts to rip off stores and the Northern Quest Casino.

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New West Valley superintendent 'excited' to start job

06/08/11 YAKIMA, Wash. -- Mike Brophy figures he has nine or 10 more years until retirement. And West Valley just might be the last stop in his career as an educator.

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Junior Parade puts kids on center stage of Portland's Rose Festival

06/08/11 Thousands of children and their families came together for the long-standing Portland Rose Festival tradition.

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Ken Fisher: Clark County should bang on corporate doors in California, focus on 'knowledge workers'

06/07/11 The Fisher Investments CEO didn't make any announcements about his plans in Clark County, but he did offer some advice for the region's economic development leaders.

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Community notebook: Youth wrestler representing Washington at national meet

06/07/11 This week Tommy Strassenberg, a Frontier Middle School sixth grader, will represent Washington state at the USA Wrestling Schoolboy Duals in Indianapolis.

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Community Sports Calendar, June 7

06/07/11 The Community Sports Calendar on Columbian.com is updated each Tuesday. Submit items for the calendar by sending an e-mail to paul.danzer@columbian.com, or call 360-735-4521.

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Elsie Slusher

05/29/11 Elsie Slusher passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 21, 2011, at her home in Walla Walla, WA, where she was living since July of 2010. Elsie was born November 25, 1919, in Crow Agency, MT, the daughter of German immigrants from Gnadentau, Russia.

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Outdoors Calendar

05/29/11 BIKES rides: Various starting locations; Membership and ride information at www.bikesclub.org. Everett Mountaineers: Meetings at 7 p.m. first Wednesday of the month, Snohomish County East Administration Building, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. www.everettmountaineers.org.

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Paul Valencia column: All hands on deck for final weekend

05/25/11 In my dream world, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association would stagger the championships of the spring sports over two or three weekends. We newspaper guys love the fall, for example, with volleyball, soccer, and football all concluding on separate dates. In reality, everything in the spring (except golf) takes place this weekend.

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Wednesday, 05/25/2011

05/25/11 The Cedar Park Christian Eagles' spring sports teams are enjoying a banner year, as the softball, track, and boys' soccer teams are all alive and kicking for state titles.

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Pasco's Martinez atop 3A golf leaderboard

05/25/11 SPOKANE -- Samson Martinez was good through the first several holes of the 3A state golf tournament

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Opinions offered on redrawing political boundaries

05/20/11 About 50 people showed up at a Vancouver hearing of the Washington State Redistricting Committee on Thursday evening, and a dozen offered opinions on how the five-member panel should redraw congressional and legislative district lines to reflect the results of the 2010 Census. The bipartisan panel has until the end of the year to redraw the boundaries of all 49 legislative districts and ...

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Herrera Beutler explains stance on US budget

05/20/11 Southwest Washington Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler said Thursday that she stands by her vote for a controversial GOP budget proposal the House approved last month, but she signalled she's open to compromise.

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Mayor calls for big Cork welcome

05/19/11 The Lord Mayor of Cork Michael O'Connell has called on the people of Cork to join him in welcoming Queen Elizabeth to the city by lining the route that her calvacade will take into the city centre later today.

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Stroke of Good Fortune for Camas Rower

05/19/11 Kayla Yraceburu had charted a straight forward college plan. Her nine years of competitive swimming and her focus on distance freestyle events would appeal to a swim coach at a college where she could study nursing while continuing to race.

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Friday, May 13, 2011 - 11:03

05/19/11 BY DAVID GINSBURG The Associated Press BALTIMORE -- The Seattle Mariners managed only five hits, and still they were poised to snap a four-game losing streak after taking a 1-0 lead in the 12th inning against Baltimore.

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Saints fall on last shot of shootout, Totems have date at the Doc | Soccer state playoff recaps

05/18/11 Interlake matched Lynden throughout the game, but finally fell on the fifth and final penalty round 2-1. Sammamish had no such trouble with the Lancers from Kennedy Catholic, dispatching of them easily in a 5-1 match.

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Baseball state playoff schedule

05/18/11 At Everett Memorial Stadium Newport vs. South Kitsap, 10 a.m. Tahoma vs. Jackson, 1 p.m. Winners, 4 p.m. (winner to May 27 semifinals) At...

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Dog Mountain, more Columbia River Gorge trails worth a hike during spring (tough trails poll)

05/12/11 There's no way to sugar coat this muscle burner up Dog Mountain, especially for out-of-shape spring hikers. But come your first backpack in June, you'll be the better for it. The wildflowers will soon be good, too.

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Washington redistricting panel to meet in Vancouver

05/12/11 The Washington State Redistricting Commission, which is charged with redrawing both congressional and legislative district boundaries this year to reflect 2010 Census figures, will hold an informational meeting and a public hearing next Thursday in Vancouver. The session will be at the Hilton Vancouver Washington, with a presentation by the commission at 6 p.m. Members of the public are invited ...

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