Jean-Jacques Asperges once relished returning home after a long day working at a radio station in one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists.

Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, the bat has become baseball's latest fad.

FILE - Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird reacts to fans chanting "Thank you Sue" after the Storm were eliminated from the playoffs with a loss in Game 4 of a WNBA basketball playoff semifinal to the Las ...

A ballplayer who’s dedicated to her team, first and foremost, Evergreen junior Maile Wong prefers not to draw extra attention to herself.

As Columbia River Mental Health Services explores ways to restore behavioral health programs it suspended last week, patients and advocates are still reeling.

Vancouver Mall has survived the rise of big-box stores and online shopping, the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic, even as thousands of other malls have shut their do ...

Steven Miller, 35, was shocked when he clicked on The Columbian’s website in February. Beneath the headline, “Vancouver man suspected of attempted murder held on $1.5 million bail,” was a photo of his ...

Two respected employees of the First National Bank used the same pistol when they died by suicide in 1901. Bank President ...

Here are some of the top stories of the week on columbian.com. Wondering what else was popular this week with readers? Check ...

Local fire officials say they are ready for the upcoming wildfire season that typically runs from June through October, despite potential state and federal cuts.

The Columbian’s managing editor for production turned to me after a daily news meeting had just ended and said something like, “Will, we need to pick a new comic to replace ‘Phoebe an ...

On a sunny spring morning in 1955, our physical science teacher at Centralia High School told us he had a surprise for us. We were all going outside to watch a young woman demonstrate the phenomenon o ...