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Developer buys another downtown Vancouver building

Hurley Development new owner of former Pacific Tower; firm has targeted city's urban corridor

Another downtown Vancouver building has sold to Hurley Development, a local company in its fifth year of snapping up real estate in this city's only urban corridor.

AAA: 31.2 million expected to hit road for holiday weekend

It's going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation's highways.

Man arrested on suspicion of raping 5-year-old relative

Detectives with the Children's Justice Center arrested a Vancouver man Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of raping a 5-year-old relative.

HP stays in slump as earnings dip 32 percent

CEO says revenue might not start growing at an acceptable rate for a while

SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard's slump is deepening as the world's largest personal computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices.

Perch in the surf

Redtails available off the Washington beaches provide coastal recreation along with a tasty meal

Camas freshman, River senior win state golf titles

Humphreys wins 4A boys crown, Bartek takes 3A girls title

Brian Humphreys wins 4A boys crown, Chloe Bartek takes 3A girls title

Ex-Great Wolf Lodge lifeguard charged with rape of guest, 14

More information has been released in a case in which Thurston County prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old former lifeguard at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound with second-degree rape and third-degree child rape for an alleged sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl who was a guest at the waterpark resort.

Sex trade soap handed out at Portland motels

PORTLAND — Volunteers have been passing out bars of soap at motels along a Portland street known for its "lingerie shows" and prostitution stings.

2 Oregon timber counties reject public safety levies

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Voters in two Oregon timber counties — Curry and Josephine — have turned down tax increases to fund law enforcement, but a jail levy passed in a third, Lane County.

Vandals cut cruise ship lines at Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Lighting and security are being improved at a cruise ship dock at Port Townsend where vandals cut mooring lines last week.

Washington man convicted in Juneau woman's death

UNEAU, Alaska — A Washington man convicted of murdering a Juneau woman is scheduled to be sentenced next week.

Astros vendor fired, took snow cones into bathroom

HOUSTON (AP) -- A vendor at Houston's Minute Maid Park has been fired after a fan filmed him taking a tray of snow cones into a stadium bathroom and putting it on the floor of the stall while using the facilities.

White Sox's Danks to come off DL

CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago White Sox say pitcher John Danks will be activated from the disabled list and make his first start in more than a year against Miami on Friday.

Battle Ground schools evacuated for suspicious metal device

A suspicious metallic object left in a staff bathroom at Tukes Valley Middle School prompted an evacuation of the middle and primary school this morning.