Politics

Mayors declare love in advance of Valentine’s

No chocolates, cards, or bottles of wine were exchanged between Camas Mayor Scott Higgins and Washougal Mayor Sean Guard when they met with local reporters Thursday. Yet, I exited Washougal's council […]

You sunk my battleship!

Bringing the decommissioned USS Vancouver to its namesake town comes up from time to time. It came up again recently, I heard when chatting with Jan Bader, the city's program and […]

B.G. Mayor's Only Challenge Is … Me?

Battle Ground Mayor Lisa Walters' frankness was one of the attributes her fellow council members told me they revered about her prior to her appointment as mayor last month. I encountered […]

B.G. Mayor’s Only Challenge Is … Me?

Battle Ground Mayor Lisa Walters' frankness was one of the attributes her fellow council members told me they revered about her prior to her appointment as mayor last month. I encountered […]

"And you will eat your words"

With Washington in line to become the seventh state to allow same-sex marriage, national media are taking interest in our corner of the country, including New York Times columnist Frank […]

“And you will eat your words”

With Washington in line to become the seventh state to allow same-sex marriage, national media are taking interest in our corner of the country, including New York Times columnist Frank […]

Bureaucrats, journalists have one thing in common, critic contends

Turnabout is fair play, so since we wrote in December about phrases that bureaucrats love and journalists hate, we thought we should share a blog post that gives examples of […]

Commissioners in 3-D

Before last Thursday's State of the County address at Washougal High School, I asked Columbian photographer Zach Kaufman if he could try, in addition to taking a photo of Commissioner […]

Team Herrera Beutler!!

We all know Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt and Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler met recently to bury the hatchet. And though a one word description of the meeting from her spokesperson was […]

Leavitt 2013?

Councilors Larry Smith and Jeanne Stewart, both of whom have indicated they may toss their hats in the mayoral race ring in 2013, are likely to have at least one […]

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