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Biden’s long fight with Republicans over Ukraine aid has ended, but significant damage has been done

April 24, 2024, 8:23am Politics

President Joe Biden’s long, painful battle with Republicans in Congress to secure urgently needed assistance for Ukraine will end Wednesday when he signs into law a $95 billion war aid… Read story

Decades of dallying led to current delay on menthol ban

April 24, 2024, 8:23am Health

The Biden administration’s delay in finalizing a ban on menthol cigarettes is the result of decades of resistance, delays and industry lobbying, according to former officials and public health advocates. Read story

Clark County

Gianna Emra

Spokane Valley Deputies looking for 12-year-old runaway, also listing as missing from Vancouver

Spokane Valley deputies asked for the public’s help locating a 12-year-old who did not return to her group home after school Friday.

Northwest

In this image from video from Senate Television, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., listens as she presides over the Senate acting as a court of impeachment, during the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington.

Northwest lawmakers help Congress pass $95 billion package to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — and force the sale of TikTok

The Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping $95 billion national security bill that includes long-delayed aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with humanitarian aid…

Politics

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks with U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, center, with U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai Scott Walker, left, while attending a basketball game between the Shanghai Sharks and the Zhejiang Golden Bulls at the Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Shanghai, China.

Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign…

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Schools

Evergreen Public Schools board of directors president Rob Perkins, from left, member Gary Wilson and Superintendent John Boyd listen to public comment Tuesday evening at an Evergreen Public Schools board of directors meeting at district headquarters in Vancouver. The board voted to approve $18.7 million budget cuts to the district next year.

Evergreen Public Schools takes step to seek new superintendent after Boyd’s retirement

With Evergreen Public Schools Superintendent John Boyd announcing his retirement last week, Clark County’s largest school district will again begin the process of identifying a…

Courts & Crime

Darrell E. Riley is accused of shooting Lindy Rummell March 23 in her home in the 18000 block of Northeast 119th Street in Hockinson. Although this pickup was reported stolen from the house, investigators said there were no signs anyone had forced their way inside.

Suspect in alleged Hockinson murder-for-hire scheme still held in Oregon

The man accused of fatally shooting a Hockinson woman last month in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme remains in custody in Eugene, Ore., almost a month…

Nation & World

FILE - Second-grade students select their meals during their lunch break in the cafeteria, Dec. 12, 2022, at an elementary school in Scottsdale, Ariz. The nation&rsquo;s school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time

The nation’s school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture…

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Control engineers Brad Davis, left, and Kyle Walker check the placement of carbon fiber by the machine that is making test wing spars for the Boeing 777X.

Boeing retaliated against its own engineers working for FAA, union says

Boeing’s white-collar union alleged Tuesday that company management retaliated against engineers overseeing design work on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration, heightening concerns about a…

Weather

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: After Wednesday, damp spell will be upon county

Our warm and sunny weather lingers and will continue into Wednesday before a much-needed damp spell is cast down upon us. As of Monday, Vancouver…

Health

Smoke and vapor coming from locomotives being repaired at BNSF&rsquo;s maintenance yard have residents in the Lincoln neighborhood worried about pollution exposure.

‘Pollutants’ from BNSF locomotives in rail yard called ‘outrageous’ by Lincoln neighborhood residents

Smoke and steam billowing from locomotives parked at BNSF Railway’s maintenance yard near West 39th Street has some residents worried about what’s ending up in…

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