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October 30, 2025

Washougal High School to hold native plant sale

Washougal High School Green Team students will hold a native plant sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in the Excelsior Building parking lot at Washougal High.

October 9, 2025
Singed trees remain standing in the Columbia River Gorge’s Coyote Wall Recreation Area in mid-September, about six weeks after the Burdoin Fire. (Photos by Scott Hewitt/The Columbian)

Drastic change of scenery at Coyote Wall

BINGEN — In spring, you can count on the Columbia River Gorge’s Coyote Wall trail network to dazzle the eyes with crowded carpets of yellow and purple wildflowers. In the heat of summer, Coyote Wall’s jagged, tilting grassland dries out into a furrowed plateau of glowing gold.

September 4, 2025
Funding from the state’s Climate Commitment Act is helping C-Tran add a bus rapid transit line along Highway 99 that connects Vancouver’s waterfront and downtown areas to Hazel Dell and Salmon Creek. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Clark County gets $80M in climate funds

Funding to Clark County cities, nonprofits, public utilities, ports, school districts and others through the Climate Commitment Act has grown to nearly $80 million since Washington awarded the first grants in May 2024.

July 17, 2025
City of Camas crews travel along Lacamas Lake while spraying aluminum sulfate to the water on Tuesday morning in hopes of eliminating harmful algae blooms. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Camas treats lake to fight algae blooms

Lacamas Lake is getting a new weapon in the fight against toxic algae blooms. Crews from the city of Camas spent the early part of this week on boats spraying aluminum sulfate on the lake.