Shari Phiel
Staff Writer at The Columbian
Professional journalist based in Clark County, Washington. Phone: 360-562-6317 Email: [email protected]
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The blare of a siren and the shout of “Fire in the hole!” across a PA system heralded the end of the Condit Dam on the White Salmon River in 2011. Yet about 50 miles away — and almost 13 years later — the Kwoneesum Dam on Wildboy Creek was brought down with a slow, deliberate and methodical process that took months to complete.
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News / Business / Clark County Business Environmental Integrity Project says paper industry needs to modernize its plants By Shari Phiel, Columbian staff reporter Published: June 17, 2025, 6:08am A new report from Environmental Integrity Project — a national watchdog group founded by Eric Schaffer, former director of the Environmental Protection Agency — claims some paper mills could be generating up to three times more greenhouse gas emissions than reported. Researchers spent six months...
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columbian.com | Shari Phiel
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 background checks on anyone making presentations at local libraries. While library officials will only say that no future drag queen story hours are scheduled, they did agree to background checks.
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News / Business / Clark County Business Effort will target diesel fuel, oil, as well as metals such as zinc, copper By Shari Phiel, Columbian staff reporter Published: June 7, 2025, 6:06am An environmental analysis for the Port of Vancouver’s stormwater treatment project will require several steps to offset potential environmental impacts. The project includes installing an underground pretreatment system and an above-ground polishing system that, combined, will treat runoff from an estimated...
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3 weeks ago |
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News / Politics / Clark County Politics Council approves elementary students’ resolution to promote protection of wild places, landscape By Shari Phiel, Columbian staff reporter Published: June 6, 2025, 6:09am Clark County is the latest among a growing list of counties taking steps to protect Washington’s favorite cryptid, Bigfoot. On Tuesday, the county council passed a resolution designating all of Clark County as a refuge for the large, hairy, humanlike creatures. According to the...
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