Stories by Taylor Balkom

Columbian photographer

@taybalkom

(360) 735-4564

taylor.balkom@columbian.com

What is the fastest way to get from Vancouver to Seattle? Car, plane, bus or train?

Plane, train or automobiles? Columbian competition has staffers seeing who can get from Vancouver to Seattle the fastest

February 24, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

What’s the best way to get from Vancouver to Seattle? Read story

Members of Scout Troops 479 and 5479 salute as they raise an American flag Monday during the Memorial Day Observance at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

Memorial Day salute returns to Fort Vancouver site

May 30, 2022, 5:45pm Clark County News

A few hundred people gathered at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Monday for Vancouver’s annual Memorial Day Observance ceremony. Read story

Protesters chant, hold signs and walk around Esther Short Park on Sunday during a rally to support Ukraine.

People rally in Esther Short Park in support of Ukraine

March 6, 2022, 5:28pm Clark County News

More than a hundred people gathered in Esther Short Park on Sunday to show their support for Ukraine and denounce Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on the country. Read story

Miranda Harvey, 15, left, and Samantha Woehler, 17, center, both of Vancouver, hold a tree while Friends of Trees corporate and business relations specialist Sam Erman widens a hole Saturday in Vancouver. Volunteers with the Portland-based Friends of Trees organization spent the morning planting some 75 trees all over central Vancouver.

Friends of Trees helps Vancouver toward goal of planting 1,500 new trees in 2022

January 15, 2022, 5:01pm Clark County News

Central Vancouver grew a little greener on Saturday, as volunteers with Friends of Trees spent the morning planting more than 75 trees in yards across the area. Read story