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The leading source for news and information in Clark County, Washington. Find us everywhere at https://nitter.cf/t.co/OSOosnuztH

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Empowered congressional Democrats gear up for battles over immigration and ICE oversight columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Empowered congressional Democrats gear up for battles over immigration and ICE oversight

Empowered congressional Democrats gear up for battles over immigration and ICE oversight

WASHINGTON — As it became clear on election day that Republicans would lose the House of Representatives, House Homeland Security Committee Democrats posted a three-word message on social media to Mar

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Feds ask for proposals for industrial use of Hanford land. Data centers possible columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Feds ask for proposals for industrial use of Hanford land. Data centers possible

Feds ask for proposals for industrial use of Hanford land. Data centers possible

The Department of Energy issued a request for industry proposals Friday to use up to 3,700 acres of unneeded Hanford nuclear site land in Eastern Washington for industrial projects.

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Nominees for The Columbian 2026-27 Week 9 high school athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Nominees for The Columbian 2026-27 Week 9 high school athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer...

Nominees for The Columbian 2026-27 Week 9 high school athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer...

Here are the nominees for The Columbian 2026-27 Week 9 high school athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger.

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Locals in College Football: Tobias Merriweather's impact goes beyond boxscore for unbeaten Utah columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Locals in College Football: Tobias Merriweather’s impact goes beyond boxscore for unbeaten Utah

Locals in College Football: Tobias Merriweather’s impact goes beyond boxscore for unbeaten Utah

Tobias Merriweather might not put up many stats. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t helped Utah become one of just two 9-0 teams in major college football. Merriweather appeared briefly in Utah’s top-10 clas

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Ridgefield encourages residents, visitors to Gather at Greely during fall, winter columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Ridgefield encourages residents, visitors to Gather at Greely during fall, winter

Ridgefield encourages residents, visitors to Gather at Greely during fall, winter

Summer brings crowds to downtown Ridgefield, where community events draw residents and visitors to explore local businesses and connect with their neighbors. But when the rain and colder conditions ar

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Report raised concerns about use of AI on Seattle 911 calls columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Report raised concerns about use of AI on Seattle 911 calls

Report raised concerns about use of AI on Seattle 911 calls

Years ago, a technology officer inside Seattle’s government warned the city’s Fire Department that experimenting with artificial intelligence for 911 medical calls would pose equity risks.

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Tavin Timperley of Prairie cross country is the Week 8 high school athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Tavin Timperley of Prairie cross country is the Week 8 high school athlete of the week, sponsored...

Tavin Timperley of Prairie cross country is the Week 8 high school athlete of the week, sponsored...

Tavin Timperley of Prairie cross country is The Columbian's 2026-27 Week 8 athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger. He received 309 of 563 votes to earn the honor.

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Clark County history: Early La Center depended on the East Fork Lewis River columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Clark County history: Early La Center depended on the East Fork Lewis River

Clark County history: Early La Center depended on the East Fork Lewis River

Just 3 miles up the East Fork Lewis River sits La Center, Clark County’s only port not on the Columbia River. European settlers established the town.

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AI safety advocacy gains ground in midterms’ wake columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
AI safety advocacy gains ground in midterms’ wake

AI safety advocacy gains ground in midterms’ wake

WASHINGTON — Candidates who favor stricter oversight of artificial intelligence racked up wins in key congressional races, aided by a pro-regulation political funding group backed in part by Anthropic

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Judge taps lawyer to look at federal conduct in golf course case columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Judge taps lawyer to look at federal conduct in golf course case

Judge taps lawyer to look at federal conduct in golf course case

WASHINGTON — A federal judge said Saturday that she intended to appoint a former U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., to investigate the government’s conduct in the lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s

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L.A. leaders slam ICE after two detained near hospital columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
L.A. leaders slam ICE after two detained near hospital

L.A. leaders slam ICE after two detained near hospital

LOS ANGELES — Federal immigration officers reportedly detained two people late Friday evening amid an anti-ICE protest near a hospital in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights neighborhood, sparking additional a

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Senate plan to fast-track energy projects faces new opposition columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Senate plan to fast-track energy projects faces new opposition

Senate plan to fast-track energy projects faces new opposition

WASHINGTON — After more than a decade of false starts, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are on the cusp of advancing a bill to reform the Byzantine system for approving projects needed to modernize powe

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Bird flu detected at poultry facility in Pierce County columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Bird flu detected at poultry facility in Pierce County

Bird flu detected at poultry facility in Pierce County

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has detected bird flu in a Pierce County commercial poultry facility, according to a Thursday news release from the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Departmen

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Nippon Dynawave’s president retires after decades in industry columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Nippon Dynawave’s president retires after decades in industry

Nippon Dynawave’s president retires after decades in industry

Matt Peerboom stepped down from his role as president of Nippon Dynawave Packaging last week in what the Longview company says was a long-planned retirement after decades working in the pulp and paper

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Clark county advisory council members question role in light of Public Health leadership change columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Clark county advisory council members question role in light of Public Health leadership change

Clark county advisory council members question role in light of Public Health leadership change

Members of a volunteer board charged with advising the Clark County Council on public health priorities have raised concerns about whether they can meaningfully fulfill their responsibilities after of

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Voters upheld Washington's millionaires tax. Will courts do the same? columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Voters upheld Washington’s millionaires tax. Will courts do the same?

Voters upheld Washington’s millionaires tax. Will courts do the same?

Washington’s new income tax on high earners has survived a repeal effort at the ballot box by a wide margin.

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Spread the words: Couve Zine Swap and 40 local creators bring DIY publication culture to city columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Spread the words: Couve Zine Swap and 40 local creators bring DIY publication culture to city

Spread the words: Couve Zine Swap and 40 local creators bring DIY publication culture to city

Q: What is a zine?

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Lowland lakes preparing for trout fishing columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Lowland lakes preparing for trout fishing

Lowland lakes preparing for trout fishing

The first trout stockings of the Washington lowland lakes trout season have begun, with three lakes in Vancouver’s backyard already well stocked. Lakes in southwest Washington are set to receive well

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Raegan Zaemann, Columbia River shine at 2A/1A girls swimming district meet columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Raegan Zaemann, Columbia River shine at 2A/1A girls swimming district meet

Raegan Zaemann, Columbia River shine at 2A/1A girls swimming district meet

Columbia River had six first-place times in capturing the 2A/1A girls swimming district title Saturday at Dick Mealy Memorial Pool at Mark Morris High School. The top five individual placers and re

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Ridgefield volleyball sweeps Columbia River for 2A District 4 title columbian.com/news/2026/nov/…
Ridgefield volleyball sweeps Columbia River for 2A District 4 title

Ridgefield volleyball sweeps Columbia River for 2A District 4 title

The Ridgefield Spudders won their first 2A District 4 volleyball title since 2022 by taking down the Columbia River Rapids in three sets 25-14, 25-16, 25-22 on Saturday afternoon at Woodland High Scho

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