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FBI team searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case

Authorities say the residents of building are not in danger

SPOKANE -- Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

Help us celebrate student achievement

The Columbian will publish information about high school graduations in Clark County.

Minnehaha store aims to keep the magic alive (with video)

Dave's Killer Magic Shop a haven for local magicians to perfect their craft and pass it on to others

The smirking store owner behind the counter was curiously calm for someone whose wallet had suddenly burst into flames.

Missing doctor was seen entering park in Ukraine

YAKIMA -- As the search for Dr. Jay Sloop entered its fourth day in Kiev, organizers explained why volunteers focused their efforts on a large urban park in the Ukrainian capital.

Man arrested after 8-hour standoff; no grenade found

EVERETT (AP) -- Police said they captured a home intruder late Friday who held them at bay for nearly eight hours after claiming to have a grenade.

Pair plead guilty in '05 killing of Ore. woman

PORTLAND (AP) -- Two men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2005 death of a Hillsboro woman who was stabbed 29 times with a screwdriver.

Courthouse attacker gets 26-year term

CHEHALIS (AP) -- A McCleary man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for a 2012 attack on a judge and a deputy sheriff in the Grays Harbor County Courthouse in Montesano.

Columbian staff receives professional awards

The Columbian won 26 awards, including second place for general excellence, for its staffers' work in 2012 in a five-state competition organized by the Society of Professional Journalists.

Sheriff's detective faces charges in fight

Girlfriend's actions allegedly angered him at campfire

A Spokane County sheriff's detective faces felony charges of domestic violence and second-degree assault after allegedly using a flashlight to hit his girlfriend and another man at a drunken party last Sunday near Odessa.

Vancouver Farmers Market board seeks new strengths

New members, new structure intended to make group more stable

The Vancouver Farmers Market on Thursday appointed a couple of new board members, elected interim officers, worked out a procedure to vet additional board members and reviewed a draft of proposed bylaws changes.

Parents protest New Vision removals

Children were moved; where and how they are now is a matter of debate

New Vision Programs, a chain of foster homes for troubled children in Vancouver and Lacey as well as Clackamas and Milwaukie, Ore., has sued the state Department of Social and Health Services for pulling its kids out of its facilities without proper notice or explanation.

Hazel Dell Parade of Bands - striding like a superhero

At Saturday's 49th annual Hazel Dell Parade of Bands, 120 entries and 23 middle- and high school bands paraded down Northeast Hazel Dell Avenue and up Northeast Highway 99.

Fire damages house in east Vancouver

The fire was reported at 4:53 p.m. to a house at 13822 S.E. 36th St. Units arriving on scene from Vancouver Fire Department Station 9 reported flames coming from the house’s garage.

Floral fish nearly fills Washington border

Welcoming steelhead is a new challenge for volunteer gardening organization

Motorists, particularly those who fish, may do a double-take as they drive north through Vancouver on Interstate 5. Volunteer gardeners planted a large steelhead trout Saturday morning in the "Welcome to Washington" sign, and it looks to be the state's biggest catch yet.