Government offices, the stock market and schools are closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day, but most big retailers are open.

Here are the nominees for The Columbian 2025-26 Week 17 high school athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger.

World shares mostly advanced on Monday and gold declined. Japanese stocks dipped and several stock markets in Asia were closed or trading for a half-day ahead of Lunar New Year celebration ...

For years, it was a daily McDonald’s trip for a cup of coffee with 10 sugars and five creams. Later, it was Starbucks caramel macchiatos with almond milk and two pumps of syrup.

The city of Battle Ground will hold a series of events throughout the year to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its incorporation.

I could not agree more with Sam and Connie Salzman (“ Keep highways free from litter ,” Our Readers’ View, Feb. 6). The trash along our highways is a disgrace to our state and community.

Across the calm waters behind a pumping station near Lake Borgne, hundreds of saplings stand out in the mist, wrapped in white plastic cylinders.

A weekend storm system sweeping across the Southeast brought tornado warnings to Mississippi and Louisiana, and then took aim ...

President Donald Trump has not only turned the Justice Department into a vengeance-seeking arm of the White House, but he’s using it to try to prove the falsehood that massive voter fraud cost him the ...

Every time we get behind the wheel, we trust that the people around us are playing by the same rules. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. One of the most important and simplest rules is that if ...

In Southwest Washington, we expect government to be both effective and accountable. We prepare for disasters because we know response matters. Oversight should be treated the same way.

I find it disturbing that the Clark County Council can, by a simple majority vote, force another council member to vote as the council wishes (“Clark County Council considers changes to rules, procedu ...