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Former Columbian outdoors writer, Camas native Allen Thomas dies

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Allen Thomas, outdoor writer for The Columbian for four decades, died Thursday of leukemia. He was 73.

A 1975 graduate of the University of Washington, Thomas began at The Columbian as an intern in 1974, then left to do a joint internship for The Columbian and Longview Daily News covering the 1975 session of the Washington State Legislature.

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