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October 9, 2025
Dying leaves seen on a western red cedar tree Friday in Vancouver show the stress some native tree species are facing due to climate change. Western red cedar, western hemlock and bigleaf maple trees are dying in greater numbers because of hotter, drier summers. Trees already stressed from heat or drought can be more susceptible to fungus and pests such as beetles.

Tree loss accelerates amid hotter summers

The hot, dry summers Clark County and much of the Pacific Northwest have experienced in recent years are harming some native tree species. Forestry experts and environmental groups say western hemlock, western red cedar and bigleaf maple are dying off due to the changing climate.

October 2, 2025
Jasmine Nesbitt, of Redmond, Ore., harvests a large pumpkin on opening day Sept. 20 at Bi-Zi Farms Pumpkin Patch in Brush Prairie. (James Rexroad/ for The Columbian)

A variety of Clark County farms offer pumpkins, mazes, more to kick off fall

Western Washingtonians are a funny bunch. We spend much of the year complaining about the rain, but after a mere three months of summer, we go bananas with excitement at the first sign of fall. When flame-orange pumpkins appear in stores and in fields, gray weather isn’t far behind — yet all we can talk about is pumpkin spice and fuzzy sweaters. October’s pumpkin patches, harvest festivals and other autumn celebrations offer us a brief window to flirt with the idea of coziness while still soaking up sunshine. Yes, it’s technically fall, but you can feel summer’s last kiss on your cheek and it’s absolutely glorious. So embrace the paradox! Get out your plaid flannel shirts and sturdy boots because it’s time to revel in the season’s fleeting beauty.

October 2, 2025
U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, left, talks with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey at the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. During their meeting, the pair discussed the Trump administration’s threat to end vote-by-mail election options. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Perez says she’ll fight to protect mail voting

Following a meeting with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey and a tour of the recently remodeled and expanded Clark County Elections Office last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, said she is a firm believer in Washington’s vote-by-mail system and that she will fight to protect it while in Washington, D.C.

September 18, 2025
A C-Tran bus highlighting the city of Camas on one side, the Camas lily on the back and the Camas School District on another side sits outside the Lacamas Lake Lodge during the 2019 Camas State of the Community address on Sept. 19, 2019. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

C-Tran turns to court over small cities

Faced with an impasse over what the state requires and what its own advisory group has suggested, C-Tran’s board of directors has agreed to seek a court-ordered solution.