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Business leaders quiz Clark County legislators on capital gains tax, I-5 Bridge, COVID relief Published: May 23, 2021, 6:07am Share: State Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber, R-Republic, left, talks with state Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, right, on the otherwise empty floor of the Washington House, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. With most representatives attending remotely, lawmakers were considering a proposed new tax in Washington state on capital gains that would...

Letter: Open our hearts to light rail By Kurt Berning, Vancouver Share: Spiders, public speaking, and heights are all legitimate fears. But fear of light rail? Maybe it’s time to go see a doctor. As Anthony Macuk wrote in “Bridge effort strives to avoid light rail controversy,” the extension of the MAX to downtown Vancouver was one of the factors that stopped the Columbia River Crossing project in 2013. In the article, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, Sen. Lynda Wilson, and Rep....

In Our View: Light rail on new I-5 Bridge: To be or not to be? The Columbian Share: Most of us learned an important life lesson years ago: When facing difficult tasks, do the hardest part first. As Mark Twain quipped: “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” While we would not recommend eating a live frog at any time of day, the point is well taken. Get the hard part out of the way, and the rest is relatively easy....

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Clark County sees high demand for large, expensive houses Published: February 10, 2021, 6:00am Share: 6 Photos Reynaldo Sotelo, left, and Simeon Chavez of Gecho Construction lend a hand at a home being built at Parklands at Camas Meadows. The home under construction will be 8,000 square feet, part of a trend toward physically larger homes during the pandemic. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery The Camas-area house was just under 7,300 square feet, the biggest that Connor Zuvic...

In Our View: Resolve now to ditch single-use plastic bags The Columbian Share: The new year will bring the end of single-use plastic bags by retailers, and even though their elimination has been delayed, a good New Year’s resolution for Clark County residents is to get in the habit of finding alternate ways to carry their goods home from the store. Washington’s plastic bag ban was originally to take effect Jan. 1, but Gov. Jay Inslee recently issued a proclamation that delays...

Top 10 stories of 2020: Pandemic, shootings, wildfires hit Clark County by The Columbian The SARS-COV-2 virus is incredibly small, but the reverberations of its impact on humanity dominated the events of 2020 and will linger for years. There was never any question that the novel coronavirus pandemic is The Columbian’s — and the world’s — top story of 2020. Clark County’s first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, was reported on March 7. Since then, it has sickened mo...

In Our View: Cheers, no jeers, for warm holiday spirit The Columbian Share: With Christmas being less than a week away, ’tis the season for cheers. Nothing but cheers, and maybe a little joy. Thus, we are eschewing our weekly Cheers and Jeers editorial — or at least part of it. Cheers: To Christmas lights. Even during a pandemic — perhaps especially during a pandemic — brightly decorated homes are one of the most enjoyable facets of the Christmas season. With the skies tu...