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December 4, 2025
A room stands and applauds as Northwest Battle Buddies’ 300th service dog, Missy, at left, is given to a veteran Friday during a Northwest Battle Buddies graduation ceremony at Royal Oaks Country Club in Vancouver. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Service dogs help heal veterans suffering from PTSD

Veteran Deanna Garcia and her service dog Missy were recognized Friday as the 300th team to graduate from Northwest Battle Buddies during a ceremony honoring the group’s 293rd through 302nd dogs.

December 4, 2025

Salvation Army kicks off Red Kettle campaign

The Camas-Washougal Salvation Army has kicked off its annual Red Kettle campaign, which provides funds for social services such as food, shelter, disaster assistance and addiction recovery programs. The…

December 4, 2025

Councilors sworn into office

Camas and Washougal city councilors were sworn into office during council meetings on Dec. 2. In Camas, incumbent Martin Elzingre, who ran unopposed, took the oath of office. In Washougal,…

December 4, 2025
Crews sort recyclables at West Van Material Recovery Center in November 2023. The state’s ban on single-use plastic bags appears to be having little impact on reducing plastic coming into landfills and recycling centers. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Cost of plastic bags to rise 4 cents

Shoppers in Washington will soon begin paying 4 cents more per plastic bag at grocery stores and other retailers. The price for plastic bags will increase to 12 cents a bag, plus tax, on Jan. 1, but the bags themselves won’t be any thicker.

December 4, 2025

Colleagues, friends remember Coston

The Washougal City Council honored the legacy of former mayor Molly Coston, who died on Nov. 18 at 77, at its Dec. 1 meeting. Coston served as a Washougal…

December 4, 2025
Veterinary students and scientists look over elk hooves recovered from a harvested elk. Research continues in an attempt to understand how Treponema Associated Hoof Disease infects elk in the wild. (WSU College of Veterinary Medicine)

Discovering the ‘how’ in elk hoof disease

Dr. Margaret Wild, the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine scientist heading up the effort to study hoof disease in elk, will soon be retiring.