Many airports remained embroiled in protests today after President Donald Trump on Friday issued a temporary order to turn away travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries. That list includes:...
https://blogs.columbian.com/digital-desk/2017/01/30/how-many-in-clark-county-come-from-banned-list/
Every year the media trots out Top 10 and Best of lists as the year draws to a close and we are not stranger to this trend. Earlier this week, we provided a list of the top 10 local stories of 20...
https://blogs.columbian.com/digital-desk/2017/01/04/a-look-at-our-most-popular-facebook-posts/
Clark County’s Elections Office is still counting ballots but the vast majority have been tallied, so far giving Democrat Hillary Clinton a slight edge over Republican President-elect Donald Tr...
https://blogs.columbian.com/digital-desk/2016/11/10/how-clark-county-voted-for-president/
In recent years, Republican U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler hasn’t had too much trouble dispatching her opponents to keep her seat in the 3rd Congressional District, but this year she faces sta...
https://blogs.columbian.com/digital-desk/2016/11/03/can-a-democrat-win-the-3rd-district/
Median household income rose in Clark County last year as it did in many counties across the country, something reporter Patty Hastings wrote about last week on columbian.com. Here in this county...
https://blogs.columbian.com/digital-desk/2016/09/20/most-counties-see-growth-in-median-income/
They say we don’t talk to our neighbors any more but let’s pretend we do, and we know what they do for a living. But do you ever wonder whether what all of those other people in your neighbor...
https://blogs.columbian.com/digital-desk/2016/09/09/what-we-do-for-work-in-clark-county/
What’s the worst day and time to cross the I-5 bridge? Reporter Dameon Pesanti, who covers transportation for The Columbian, wanted to know so earlier this spring he set out to find the answer,...
https://blogs.columbian.com/digital-desk/2016/06/27/three-ways-to-look-at-i-5-bridge-crashes/
Clark County’s population grew by 8 percent based on 5-year population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday, May 19, 2016, making the county the fifth fastest-growing in the...
The jury is still out on whether Clark County has seen a flood of new jobs resulting from a decision in 2013 to waive traffic impact and application fees for all nonresidential development in un...
Owning a home has long been considered by many people to be a key piece of attaining the so-called American dream. It appears that now that also means having about 600 square feet per person. As ...
https://blogs.columbian.com/digital-desk/2016/05/11/homes-just-keep-getting-bigger-and-biggerer/