The Columbian

LOS ANGELES — When Donna Heinel arrived at the federal prison camp in Victorville last year to serve a six-month sentence for fraud stemming from the Varsity Blues admissions scandal, she resolved to spend the time productively. She walked two miles in the morning, ran three miles in the afternoon and tutored inmates studying for their high school equivalency exams.

Today's the day we present our top stories of the year to our readers. As I mentioned in a column earlier this month , we're doing the project differently this year.

Last December, Joey Gagnier told an outreach worker that he was tired of living his life the way it was going. He wanted better for his life: a home for his family, consisting of his mother and their three dogs.

Nearly two years after the city of Vancouver began looking for an all-electric street sweeper to replace its existing fleet of diesel-powered sweepers, the city has yet to make a purchase.

The Columbian published thousands of stories on columbian.com in 2024, from local news to sports to election coverage.

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As Clark County continues to grow, so too will the demand for aggregate materials — the sand, gravel and various sizes of rock needed for construction.

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car on State Route 500 near Proebstel on Friday, the Washington State Patrol reported.

A Vancouver resident was hospitalized in critical condition and three firefighters received electrical shocks after a downed powerline fell on a house Friday near Edgewood Park.

LOS ANGELES — Eric Dailey Jr. scored 18 points, making four 3-pointers, and No. 22 UCLA edged 14th-ranked Gonzaga 65-62 on Saturday in the first college basketball game played at Intuit Dome, the new home of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers.