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The Clark County Public Service Center is pictured in Vancouver in 2020 (The Columbian files)

6 ethics complaints filed with Clark County in past year still await investigation

Six ethics complaints filed with Clark County in the past year are still waiting to be investigated. The delay seems to be just as frustrating for county officials as it…
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Two-alarm fire damages Smokin’ Oak building in downtown Vancouver

A two-alarm fire struck downtown Vancouver barbecue restaurant Smokin’ Oak on Thursday evening.
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Judge David Gregerson speaks from the bench in his courtroom at the Clark County Courthouse in 2023.

Clark County Jail inmate makes first appearance for allegedly threatening to kill a Superior Court judge

A Clark County Jail inmate who has been convicted of intimidating a judge eight times is now accused of threatening to kill a Clark County Superior Court judge. According to…
Clark County News
Karen Morrison, right, executive director of Odyssey World International Education Services, works with Abby Hollopeter, women&rsquo;s health advocate/researcher, in their downtown Vancouver office Monday morning.

CEO of Vancouver nonprofit sees ‘good things’ as Clark County makes strides to diversify leadership

A recent national study found diversity among nonprofit leaders has not increased in the past three years, but one Vancouver CEO is optimistic about strides toward diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Oregon man killed in wrong-way crash on I-5 north of Woodland

An Oregon man was killed in a wrong-way crash north of Woodland on Interstate 5 on Thursday night, which closed the northbound lanes of the…

Business

NW Natural has added an item labeled &ldquo;WA Climate Act Fee&rdquo; to bills for customers in Clark County. The fee is calculated per therm of natural gas consumption.

Builders launch initiative to block Washington’s natural gas phase-out

Backers of an initiative to halt the state’s push to end natural gas use in homes and other buildings began gathering signatures Wednesday after a…

Northwest

A boy looks at a memorial for Tylee Ryan and Joshua &ldquo;JJ&rdquo; Vallow in Rexburg, Idaho, on June 11, 2020. A judge is considering what effect a paperwork snafu should have on one of the three murder charges against Chad Daybell, an Idaho man accused of killing his wife and his new girlfriend's two children.

Murder charge against Chad Daybell will stand despite wrong date of child’s death, judge says

A typo in the triple murder indictment of an Idaho man accused of killing his wife and his girlfriend’s two children doesn’t mean that he…

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Politics

President Joe Biden speaks at a memorial service to honor law enforcement officers who&rsquo;ve lost their lives in the past year, during National Police Week ceremonies at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

House panel advances Garland contempt after White House blocks access to Biden special counsel tape

The House Judiciary Committee voted to move forward with an effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress hours after the White…

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Ring Camera footage provided by a reader shows a cougar roaming around Northeast Padden Parkway and 137th Avenue in east Vancouver Sunday morning.

Cougar caught on camera at 137th and Padden Parkway in Orchards

A cougar was spotted in a residential area near Padden Parkway and Northeast 137th Avenue in Orchards this weekend.

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Health

FILE - A container of Narcan, a brand name version of the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone, sits on a table following a demonstration at the Health and Human Services Humphrey Building on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Washington. The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell in 2023 &mdash; for only the second time since the current national epidemic of drug deaths began more than three decades ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the numbers on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

Fewer US overdose deaths were reported last year, but experts say it’s too soon to celebrate

The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday.

Nation / World

A Ukrainian serviceman of the ACHILLES battalion of the 92nd brigade carries a suicide drone to the position it will use to take off over Russian positions in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine on Sunday, May 12, 2024.

Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine’s Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer…

Economic Forecast &#8211; March 2024

Economic Forecast – March 2024

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Opinion

May 17: Middle Ground

Editorial Cartoons for Week of May 13, 2024

In Our View: Long road ahead on eliminating traffic deaths

Letter: One can be pro-life, pro-choice

Letter: Misconceptions about stormwater

Letter: County councilor is unfit

Did you see the Northern Lights this month?

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