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A parade of dignitaries follows Gustav Baur, left, as he plays the bagpipe during the 2023 Memorial Day Ceremony at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

Memorial Day events convene in Vancouver, Battle Ground, Washougal

Clark County cities will host myriad ceremonies May 27 to honor the fallen who fought for our freedom.
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Julio Segura, right, listens to opening statements May 6 for his murder trial in the 2022 death of off-duty Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota at the Clark County Courthouse.

Prosecutors will call final witness Tuesday in trial in death of Vancouver police officer

Clark County prosecutors plan to call their final witnesses Tuesday in the murder trial of a Yakima man accused in the death of off-duty Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota.
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Let&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s Go Washington founder Brian Heywood, left, poses with supporters following a press conference about state ballot initiatives, including Initiative 2117, at Jackson&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s Shell Station in Kent.

WA decides: Initiative 2117 to repeal the Climate Commitment Act

What would Initiative 2117 do?
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Red dresses representing murdered and missing Indigenous women hang from trees outside the Cowlitz Indian Tribe Health &amp; Human Services office in Hazel Dell on May 3. May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.

Washington is 2nd in the U.S. for missing and murdered Indigenous women; have recent efforts made headway?

Julian C. Ankney of the Nez Perce Tribe heard stories since she was a child that Indigenous people go missing at higher rates. The statistics showed Indigenous people go missing…
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Chipotle is opening a store in downtown Vancouver.

Chipotle Mexican Grill opening downtown Vancouver location Tuesday

A seventh Chipotle Mexican Grill location in Clark County is opening Tuesday at 1600 Washington St., Suite 101

Northwest

The Columbia Gorge is seen on May 21, 2023, in Corbett, Ore. A young woman died after falling off a cliff while hiking in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, officials said Monday, May 20, 2024. The woman was hiking with friends near Horsetail Falls, about 35 miles on Sunday. After separating from the group and going off trail, she fell an estimated 50 to 60 feet, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said in an emailed statement.

Hiker dies after falling from trail in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge, officials say

A young woman died after falling off a cliff while hiking in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge, officials said Monday.

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Spring Athlete of the Week

Nominees for The Columbian 2023-24 Week 28 prep athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger

Here are the nominees for The Columbian 2023-24 Week 28 high school athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger.

Politics

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event in Forth Worth, Texas, March 4, 2024. Haley exceeded expectations by becoming the last Republican standing against Donald Trump in the Republican presidential nomination fight, and she still hasn&rsquo;t fallen in line and endorsed her former rival. Some allies believe she may be forced to endorse Trump before the November election to avoid permanently alienating the GOP&rsquo;s hardcore base. But if Haley submits to Trump, she also risks destroying her own coalition.

Nikki Haley faces a murky path forward and a key decision on whether or not to endorse Trump

Nikki Haley is perhaps the highest-profile Republican in the nation who has refused to fall in line and endorse Donald Trump’s presidential bid.

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Salvador Aguilar, 31, appears Friday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree assault and theft of a motor vehicle. He&rsquo;s accused of stabbing a woman who was sitting outside a Clark College building.

Bail set at $500,000 for suspect in stabbing at Clark College

A judge set bail at $500,000 for a Vancouver man accused of stabbing a Clark College employee in the neck Tuesday while she sat outside…

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Health

Alexis Bogan, whose speech was impaired by a brain tumor, uses an AI powered smartphone app to create a audible drink order at a Starbucks drive-thru on Monday, April 29, 2024, in Lincoln, R.I. The app converts her typed entries into a verbal message created using her original voice.

Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant.

Nation / World

People hold up posters of President Ebrahim Raisi during a mourning ceremony for him at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 20, 2024. Iranian President Raisi and the country's foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East.

Iran’s president and foreign minister die in helicopter crash at moment of high tensions in Mideast

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in…

Economic Forecast &#8211; March 2024

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Opinion

May 18: Artificial Intelligence

Editorial Cartoons for Week of May 13, 2024

Calmes: Court’s conservatives are unrepentant

Schram: Bring a new world order to Gaza

Leubsdorf: GOP stands for party over morality

Wellman: There’s more to life than work

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