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C-Tran delays support of CRC

Local transit agency waits for verdict in Legislature

Citing several unanswered questions about the Columbia River Crossing project, the C-Tran board decided Tuesday evening to put off a decision about whether it should reaffirm its commitment to the controversial project.

Portland fluoride measure fails

PORTLAND — Portland residents voted to keep their city the largest in the U.S. without fluoride in the water.

Lane closures set for state Highway 503

Workers with the Washington State Department of Transportation will close left and center turn lanes on both directions of state Highway 503 Wednesday and Thursday nights between 65th and 71st streets. Lane closures will be in effect between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. while crews make safety and traffic improvements to that stretch of the highway.

Torch passed at community foundation

Luncheon honors outgoing president, key philanthropists

Richard Melching was so celebrated, honored and applauded at the Hilton Vancouver Washington on Tuesday, he said he found the whole thing embarrassing.

Jobless Clark County residents' aid is cut

Federal benefits reduced 21% for 2,500 people due to sequester

An estimated 2,500 Clark County residents received a 21 percent reduction to their federal unemployment benefits over the weekend, demonstrating one more way across-the-board federal spending cuts could slow Clark County's economic growth, a regional economist says.

Clark County economy expands, but it still has a 'long ways to go'

Employment gained 2,500 jobs in 12 months through April

Clark County's economy continued to expand in April at a healthy annualized rate of roughly 2 percent, a state Employment Security Department report showed Tuesday, with payrolls fattening in several sectors, including construction, manufacturing, and leisure and hospitality.

Vancouver man out of coma, into new challenge

Luke Ashe applying dedication he used to lose weight before he became ill to his rehabilitation

Luke Ashe's life suddenly became dark, surrounded by nothingness. Then, just as abruptly as it left, the light came back.

Hazel Dell man walks away from rollover crash on I-5 (with video)

A 32-year-old Hazel Dell man walked away from a rollover crash Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 5.

PeaceHealth and UW Medicine agree to affiliate

Vancouver-based PeaceHealth, which operates four medical centers in Washington and five in Oregon and Alaska, will form an alliance with academic hospital system University of Washington Medicine, the organizations announced today.

Apple's Cook faces Senate questions on taxes

WASHINGTON — Apple's CEO is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates.

Homeless man found dead in downtown Vancouver identified

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the homeless man found dead in downtown Vancouver as Charles Merrit Allen, 39.

Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

WASHINGTON — The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.

Decision time for Portland fluoridation

PORTLAND — Procrastinators dropped off their ballots Tuesday as Portlanders decided for the first time in more than 30 years whether to add fluoride to their drinking water.

UPDATE: Serach for tornado survivors nearly complete

MOORE, Okla. — Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb.