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 ...

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

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.

As the region inches closer to a new Interstate 5 Bridge, organizers must begin to provide firm answers about one of the project’s most contentious issues — light rail.

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 ...

If you are new to this kind of experience, it may be best to start with a lake that has a short hike in. After you have “wet your feet” with this kind of fishing, there are terrific options farther in ...

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 ...

In the spring of 1972, my friend Steve and I bought a boat. We were both teachers at Marshall Islands High School in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands.

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.

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 ...

Hudson’s Bay Company Chief Factor John McLoughlin wrote a letter dated Aug. 10, 1828, stating on Aug. 8 “an American of the name Black reached this place.” Arthur Black, who arrived nearly unclothed, ...