06/24/11 A veteran Washougal High School administrator whose job title and salary were downgraded due to district budget concerns has gotten his old job back, Washougal school officials said this week. The school district initially moved Washougal High Associate Principal Gordon Washburn to a student services administrator position as just one of several cost-cutting measures designed to slash more than ...
06/22/11 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.
06/17/11 Washougal Mayor Sean Guard offered this statement via email: "I apologize again to the community and our wonderful staff for creating this emarressing (sic) situation. There is no one to blame but myself for making a poor decision to use my city-assigned vehicle that day."
06/16/11 Toward the end of his life, Purple Heart recipient Charles Sabatier Jr. worried that he and his work would be forgotten.
06/16/11 Washougal Mayor Sean Guard will face a misdemeanor charge in Cowlitz County for a December incident in which he allegedly used the emergency lights on his city-owned vehicle to pass slower traffic on Interstate 5, court officials said Thursday.
06/14/11 Kalama's Jared Neiman and Jake Clizbe earned all-Southwest Washington 1A Trico Division first-team honors in a pair of track events after a recent vote of the league's coaches.
06/14/11 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.
06/13/11 Hiking book author Craig Romano calls Silver Star Mountain east of Battle Ground the premier hike in southwest Washington; Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge near Washougal is best for Audubon birders.
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.
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.
06/05/11 The Columbian welcomes submissions about Clark County residents or businesses, as well as regional business events. Information must be received by noon of the Tuesday preceding the intended Sunday publication date. Send to mary.ricks@columbian.com or fax 360-735-4491. Sales awards are not published.
06/03/11 From left, Jerry Igo, Donna Enz and Bev Linde walk a trail and look for weeds while working with a weed pulling party on a Dalles Mountain property owned by the Friends of the Columbia Gorge Thursday, May 19, 2011.
05/23/11 The following have applied to the Washington State Liquor Control Board: Kyle A. Teel, for a license to sell beer and wine at Cook House Grill, 17407 N.E. 159th St., Brush Prairie.
05/23/11 A Washougal man remained in critical condition Monday morning with injuries suffered in a one-car accident on state Highway 14 on Saturday afternoon. Bryan McElroy, 40, suffered blunt force trauma, the Washington State Patrol said in a press release. He was taken from the accident scene about 4 p.m. by Life Flight helicopter .
05/22/11 A Washougal man is in critical condition this afternoon with injuries suffered in a one-car accident on state Highway 14 on Saturday afternoon. Bryan McElroy, 40, suffered blunt force trauma, the Washington State Patrol said in a press release. He was taken from the accident scene about 4 p.m. by Life Flight helicopter .
05/22/11 Kelso's Brittney Sanders and Kylee Gaspar of Mountain View shared Player of the Year honors in Greater St. Helens 3A League softball following a recent vote of the league's coaches.
05/22/11 Craig Romano laughed when asked if he's a "professional hiker." He prefers to call himself a "full-time outdoors writer." But to do that job requires a lot of time on the trail.
05/12/11 Handmade furniture, ceramic flower pots and imported African baskets will be for sale Saturday at the Two Rivers Heritage Museum — along with hundreds of donated home-grown plants and flowers.
05/04/11 Currently Vancouver WA Plumbers at Portland Plumbing Plus are offering unlimited discount to all customers in Vancouver Washington and beyond. Discount coupon is valid for all works major or minor from plumbing to heating, water heater supply/installation/repair, gas plumbing, drainage systems plumbing and drainage problems...
05/02/11 Bart Phillips on Monday tendered plans to resign from his longtime position as president and board member of the Columbia River Economic Development Council, according to the following press release from the organization: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | 
