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The Camas Lions Club recently completed The Hand Project, a service initiative providing prosthetic hands to four individuals ...

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We have a judicial system, don’t we? How can one person, who himself has been convicted of crimes, have the authority to override a judicial verdict and issue pardons to felons who were tried and sent ...

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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission has recently come under scrutiny for an alleged anti-hunter mentality after several decisions, including the axing of the state’s spring bear ...

The League of Women Voters of Washington strongly endorses Senate Bill 5400 in support of local journalism. This measure seeks to defend democracy in communities that have been hard hit by a changing ...

In simplistic terms, the Secure Rural Schools program provides federal payments to make up for restrictions on timber harvests. As The Columbian has written editorially, “The federal government has ...