Ridgefield News

Propstra's gift keeps on giving The late George Propstra gave many special things to Vancouver, but for me the best gift was the salmon run bell tower at the southwest corner of Esther Short Park.

Connecticut's year-old marriage equality law has meant hard-earned respect for same-sex couples - society's official acceptance and the state's unqualified recognition of their domestic happiness.

Bob Kellum uses a grinder to finish a stained concrete floor Oct. 2 in Tacoma. Bonnie Wyatt has a stained concrete floor with a sun carved into it in her Seattle home.

Ducks are smarter than you think Byron Lathim's Nov. 6 letter, "Refuge riveted by hunters' bullets," expressed concern over the hunting of "tame" ducks at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Clubs MONDAY 42-PLUS SINGLES happy hour, 4:30 p.m. at Dodge City, 4250 E. Fourth Plain Blvd.

Higher costs for government services have driven the state's projected budget shortfall to about $2 billion, Gov.

Local refuge managers envision a $9 million combined office and visitor center rising on the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Inside a Seattle University building, part-time instructor Stan Finkelstein is enjoying the retired life.

Rick Browne won several photography awards from the Society of American Travel Writers.

No victor in today's Clark County election is likely to be named among Bill O'Reilly's "Pinheads and Patriots" or excoriated by Keith Olbermann as the "Worst Person in the World." That's because nary a single Republican or Democrat is listed on the ballots .

For Southwest Washingtonians sick and tired of trying to explain to their friends where they live, it's the idea whose time has never come.

After two decades of lobbying, several lawsuits and a presidential visit, the long-sought Columbia River channel deepening project will end with a bang.

More than $1.4 billion in federal stimulus money has been spent in Washington state, and the influx of cash has helped pay for tens of thousands of jobs, officials said Friday.

For Vancouver Sign co-owner Dick Miller, the time couldn't be better for his business to expand.

While Battle Ground school leaders prepare to celebrate the district's centennial in January, dire rumors threaten to kill the party mood.

From the way Dee Metro moves about the dimly-lit sanctuary of the former Ridgefield Community Church, one would think she actually lives here.

Paul Lewis, Ridgefield: Scott Gullickson is committed to quality education, seeks community input and makes decisions based on facts - desirable qualities to serve on the Ridgefield School Board.

Vancouver's mayoral race is the county's marquee political event this November, but a look at the number of registered voters by government agency suggests more people's lives would be affected by a Clark Public Utilities commissioner.

Two large fire departments that have grown in size due to mergers are asking voters to give them five-member boards of commissioners, to allow better representation and greater flexibility between meetings.

A Vancouver man with convictions in 2005 and 2007 for possessing methamphetamine could face 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.