At times when he was underestimated as a baseball player, Richard Tejeda bet on himself. Now, the USC sophomore catcher and second-year Ridgefield Raptor is seeing the payoff.

As Monique McKenzie surveyed the aftermath of a SWAT team’s search of her trailer and shed, she wore fabric over her nose and mouth to keep lingering tear gas from compromising her cancer-weakened hea ...

There are two reasons why, at age 82, Rich Liedtke finds himself delivering food for what he hopes will add up to $500 a week ...

More than six years have passed since FVRLibraries last hosted a drag queen story hour. Opponents of the events asked the library to agree to never hold drag queen story hour again, as well as perform ...

Parents may not have to wake up quite so early to get their kids into swimming lessons this summer with two new swim schools ...

The owner of Juxtaposition, a luxury home decor retailer with locations in downtown Camas and Ridgefield, has announced she plans to close both stores.

As long as there have been shared tennis-pickleball courts in Camas, there have been clashes — among players vying for more court time, neighbors tired of hearing the recognizable “thwack” of ...

Tomatoes don’t set fruit until temperatures warm into the 80s. So if you find a plant with fruit already set because it has ...

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The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s modern ...

Summertime is a great time to start projects — the longer days give us light to work by, and less or no rain lets us work on our patios or driveways. Those who garden have already been working outside ...

A typical June weather pattern is in store for us the next 10 days or so. This translates to morning clouds, afternoon sunshine, brisk northwest winds at times and highs mostly in the 70s. Clouds will ...