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News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds

May 1, 2024, 2:19pm Latest News

Even as many Americans say they learn about the 2024 election campaign from national news outlets, a disquieting poll reveals some serious trust issues. Read story

Duane Eddy, twangy guitar hero of early rock, dead at age 86

May 1, 2024, 2:11pm Entertainment

Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as "Rebel Rouser" and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll and influenced… Read story

Clark County

(Cowlitz County Coroner)

Officials ask for help ID’ing 2022 Woodland train collision victim

The Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify a woman killed in a train collision two years ago in Woodland..

Northwest

A statue is seen at Chiang Rai Thai Cuisine, a family restaurant run by members of the Iu Mien community, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Troutdale, Ore. There is a sizeable Iu Mien community in Portland and its suburbs, with a Buddhist temple and Baptist church, active social organization, and businesses and restaurants.

A massive Powerball win draws attention to a little-known immigrant culture in the U.S.

Cheng “Charlie” Saephan wore a broad smile and a bright blue sash emblazoned with the words “Iu-Mien USA” as he hoisted an oversized check for…

Politics

FILE - Pro-life demonstrators walk in the front of the Arizona Capitol prior to the vote on the proposed repeal of the state&rsquo;s near-total ban on abortions prior to winning approval from the state House on, April 24, 2024, in Phoenix. Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are expected to make a final push Wednesday, May 1, to repeal the state&rsquo;s long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions that a court said can be enforced. (AP Photo/Ross D.

Arizona’s Democratic leaders get enough votes to repeal 19th century abortion ban

Democrats secured enough votes in the Arizona Senate on Wednesday to repeal a Civil War-era ban on abortions that the state’s highest court recently allowed…

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Schools

Sophomore Charles Paulin, 15, from left in white helmet, joins junior Aileene Villegas, 17, pink hat, senior Carl Steele, 18, and senior Maxx Van Hoomissen, 18, during the groundbreaking on a new building to support construction trades and maritime pathways for Vancouver students at Hudson&rsquo;s Bay High School on Tuesday morning.

Vancouver schools celebrate future of trades education with new building at Hudson’s Bay

Vancouver dignitaries, school staff and students weathered relentless showers to celebrate Southwest Washington’s newest investment in trades education at Hudson’s Bay High School on Tuesday…

Courts & Crime

Julio Cesar Segura, shown at 2022 court appearance, then 20, appears in January 2022 in Clark County Superior Court in connection with the death of off-duty Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota. Jury selection in Segura&rsquo;s murder trial is set to begin today.

Jury selection to begin in Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota’s death

Jury selection is set to begin today in the murder trial for the robbery suspect accused in the 2022 death of off-duty Vancouver police Officer…

Nation & World

Achilleas Triantos crew chief of a firefighter helicopter, checks from the open door as approaching a mountain for landing during a drill near Villia village some 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Athens, Greece, Friday, April 19, 2024. Greece&rsquo;s fire season officially starts on May 1 but dozens of fires have already been put out over the past month after temperatures began hitting 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in late March. This year, Greece is doubling the number of firefighters in specialized units to some 1,300, adopting tactics from the United States to try and outflank fires with airborne units scrambled to build breaks in the predicted path of the flames.

Greece boosts special firefighting units to cope with its growing heat risk

Skimming over miles of hills blackened by wildfires west of Athens, Fire Lt. Col. Ioannis Kolovos readies his elite fire crew crouched inside a helicopter.

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Business News

A banner for cruise operator Viking, marking its initial public offering, hangs on the front of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in New York.

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts as it waits to hear from the Federal Reserve on rates

U.S. stocks swung to a mixed finish on Wednesday after the head of the Federal Reserve said the cuts to interest rates that Wall Street…

Weather

A formation of Mammatus clouds fills the sky over Wichita, Kan., on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Mammatus clouds usually form on the back side of severe thunderstorms. A line of severe storms crossed the state Tuesday afternoon and evening, including a few tornados in the northeastern part of Kansas.

1 person dead, homes destroyed after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas

One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said.

Health

Bottles of alcohol sit on shelves at a bar in Houston. Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart, but better research methods starting in the 2010s have thrown cold water on that.

New research finds no alcohol a path to better health

It’s wine time. Beer Thirty. Happy hour. Five o’clock somewhere.

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