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Footage from two body-worn cameras shows the suspect pointing a handgun at Clark County sheriff’s deputies before being shot.

Bodycam footage shows carjacking suspect point gun at Clark County sheriff’s deputies before they shot him

Investigators on Friday released body-worn camera footage from Clark County sheriff’s deputies that shed light on the fatal shooting of a suspect April 13 in Salmon Creek.
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Top Stories: PeaceHealth picket, Evergreen schools chief retiring, Salmon Creek schooting

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Firefighters debrief after extinguishing a small fire in a planter box next to The Columbian&rsquo;s front door on Saturday morning.

From the Newsroom: Luckily, it was only a small fire

My office window overlooks Eighth Street west of Esther Short Park. Not an hour goes by that I don’t see a person who seems to be homeless or suffering from…
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Vancouver Police Officer Andrea Mendoza listens to opening statements in her trial for gross misdemeanor assault Thursday at the Clark County Courthouse. Mendoza is accused of assaulting a man she was arresting and threatening to use a Taser on his genitals.

Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza defends actions in arrest of suspected shoplifter

Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza, who’s accused of pulling down the pants of a shoplifting suspect and threatening to use her Taser on his genitals, took the stand to defend…
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Clark County

After decades of only having one Trader Joe's in Clark County, the company has filed permits for a third to open in east Vancouver. A second location in Salmon Creek is expected to open May 2.

Salmon Creek set to welcome Trader Joe’s on May 2

Clark County’s second Trader Joe’s grocery store, at 14007 N.E. 10th Ave. in Salmon Creek, will open May 2.

Business

A panel, moderated by Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon, from left, with Meta&rsquo;s Nick Clegg, president of global affairs, Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist, Joelle Pineau, vice president of AI research, and Chris Cox, chief product officer, is held at the Meta AI Day in London, April 9. Meta, Google and OpenAI, along with leading startups, are churning out new artificial intelligence language models and trying to persuade customers that they&rsquo;ve got the smartest, fastest or cheapest chatbot technology.

Meta’s artificial intelligence model beats some peers – but its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users

Facebook parent Meta Platforms unveiled a new set of artificial intelligence systems Thursday that are powering what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls “the most intelligent AI…

Northwest

A skier floats over the Central Oregon Cascades while launching a 360 in the Woodward Terrain Park near the Skyliner lift at Mt. Bachelor.

It’s shaping up to be a memorable spring on the slopes in Pacific Northwest

Just when skiers and snowboarders were ready for the sun-soaked slopes and warmer days of spring skiing, winter returned to Central Oregon.

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Politics

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on protections for access to in vitro fertilization on Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington, DC. During the news conference U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said she would reintroduce her legislation &ldquo;Access to Family Building Act&rdquo; in response to Alabama&rsquo;s State Supreme Court ruling that stated frozen embryos created during IVF are considered children. The news conference was also attended by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Sen. Patty MUrray (D-WA).

Conservative justices stir trouble for Republican politicians on abortion

Abortion opponents have maneuvered in courthouses for years to end access to reproductive health care. In Arizona last week, a win for the anti-abortion camp…

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Burgerville crew member Ruby Runnels, 19, greets a customer while working the drive-thru at the restaurant&rsquo;s Salmon Creek location Wednesday afternoon. Several industries in Clark County rely heavily on teens for jobs that peak in demand during the summer. A spokeswoman for Burgerville said the fast-food chain expects to hire 150 additional employees at its Clark County stores between now and July 1.

Summer jobs picture upbeat for Clark County teens

Teen employment in Clark County has been on the decline for years but not anymore — good news for teens wanting to earn some money…

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Health

Sacred Heart Emergency Center is pictured Friday, March 29, 2024, in Houston. Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. At Sacred Heart Emergency Center in Houston, front desk staff refused to check-in one woman after her husband asked for help delivering her baby. She miscarried in a restroom toilet in the emergency room lobby while her husband called 911 for help. (AP Photo/David J.

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom

One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her…

Life

Brutal, racist, opportunistic and temperamental, Gen. William S. Harney nearly started a war with Great Britain while he commanded Vancouver Barracks in the years prior to the Civil War.

Clark County history: Gen. Harney, former Vancouver commander, remembered today as a brutal racist

In 2016, the Federal Board of Geographic Names voted to rename South Dakota’s highest point, formerly Harney Peak, as Black Elk Peak. The move was…

Nation / World

A visitor looks at the plaques on the wall of healing at the Columbine Memorial, Wednesday, in Littleton, Colo. Trauma still shadows the survivors of the horrific Columbine High School shooting as the attack&rsquo;s 25th anniversary approaches.

25 years later, trauma still shadows survivors of Columbine shooting

Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between her parents in bed, still wearing the shoes she had on…

Economic Forecast &#8211; March 2024

Economic Forecast – March 2024

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Opinion

April 20: Kennedy Family

Editorial Cartoons for Week of April 15

In Our View: Evergreen schools need stability at the top

Jayne: Clark helps to teach economics

Other papers say: Fiscal breakdown threat serious

Westneat: MAGAfication of GOP has party under pressure

How did your tax season go this year?

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