On a recent Saturday near Seattle, Cheryl Ewaldsen pulled three golden loaves of wheat bread out of her kitchen oven.

The median income for three-person families in Clark County rose sharply over the past five years but was flat from 2023 to 2024.

More woolly bear caterpillar reports are coming in. Columbian reader Michael Roll discovered one in the Orchards area that had a narrow orange band indicative of a colder winter. This critter agrees w ...

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The race for Vancouver City Council, Position 1, is a relatively high-profile contest featuring two strong candidates who also have some flaws. The Columbian’s Editorial Board recommends a vote for ch ...

Already, local shoppers are seeing higher clothing prices. Apparel has jumped 6.9 percent since last year, according to the latest figures from the Seattle-area Consumer Price Index. It rose a ...

About 15 million deaths could be avoided each year and agricultural emissions could drop by 15 percent if people worldwide shift to healthier, predominantly plant-based diets, according to the EAT-Lan ...

On Christmas Day of 2022, Aaron Lutz received word from one of his regular customers that the family had lost water service at their house due to freezing weather. Lutz didn’t hesitate to act, ...

Standing barefoot in a grassy patch of dandelions, Iris Phoebe Weaver excitedly begins listing the many ways the modest plant can be used medicinally and in cooking. “I just picked ...

For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic ...

The United States is regarded, rightly, as the standard-bearer for liberal (in the classical sense) perseverance and civil peace in the modern age. But from this country’s own revolution to the Civil ...

Nan Henriksen’s dog, Lucky, doesn’t trust the motives of strangers. The fluffy white dog glowered at me from her lap for the entire hour I sat on Henriksen’s couch.