On Wednesday, 8 a.m. to noon, the Exit 11 offramp from northbound I-5 to state Highway 502 (Main Street in Battle Ground) will be closed. From 1-4 p.m., the Exit 11 offramp from northbound I-5 to the ...

One of the Columbia River Gorge’s most popular hiking trails, the Cape Horn trail east of Washougal, is getting some much-needed care thanks to volunteers from the Cape Horn Conservancy.

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is a massive disappointment to Democrats in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. She voted for the SAVE Act but called the bill a “dumpster fire,” yet she won’t v ...

Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that Baku blamed on Moscow. Growing ties between Azerbai ...

There are so many losers and so few winners in Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” that it’s a minor miracle that Republicans passed it.

Just as you may have thought that it was finally safe to think about American politics without thinking about Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, he has slinked his way into the national news ...

The pledge by NATO members to spend 3.5 percent of gross domestic product on military capabilities and 1.5 percent on defense infrastructure is the alliance’s boldest commitment in decades. It concede ...

Elon Musk warned that if Republicans passed their big domestic policy bill, he would form a new “America Party” to primary those who voted for it. He doesn’t need a new party. He has his old one, the ...

Cheers: To better facilities for dogs awaiting their forever homes. The West Columbia Gorge Humane Society in Washougal recently showed off its new kennels. The stainless steel kennels cost $165,000 b ...

There’s plenty not to like about President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” not least of which is that it would enlarge the national debt. But at least one part of the budget bill stands to help t ...

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said 11 campers and a camp counselor are still missing after powerful floods inundated ...

Crew members aboard a Liberian-flagged ship set ablaze by a series of attacks in the Red Sea abandoned the vessel Sunday night as it took on water, marking the first seri ...