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November 13, 2025
Former Columbian outdoors writer, Camas native Allen Thomas dies
Allen Thomas, outdoor writer for The Columbian for four decades, died Thursday of leukemia. He was 73.
Allen Thomas, outdoor writer for The Columbian for four decades, died Thursday of leukemia. He was 73.
Water temperatures in many of Clark County’s rivers and streams, especially in urban areas, continue to rise, according to the county’s most recent stream health report. That was the message Marlena Milosevich Butler of the county’s public works department shared at a water pollution symposium Tuesday.
The waterfowl season has started slowly in Southwest Washington this fall.
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.
The Camas-Washougal Historical Society will present about the history of fishing along the Columbia River at its next community program, to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov.16, at the…
Parking and picnic shelter rental fees at several Clark County regional parks will go up Jan. 1.
WASHOUGAL — Coho salmon and lamprey can once again take refuge and grow to maturity along Washougal’s Campen Creek at Mable Kerr Park thanks to a recently completed $1 million reconnection project by Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership and the city of Washougal.
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.
The city is collecting community feedback about three project designs reviewed by the Washougal City Council during an Aug. 25 work session. The city hosted an open house Sept. 3 and tentatively plans to hold a second one Sept. 24.
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.