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After three years without stable housing, James Turner is moving out of Vancouver&rsquo;s Kiggins Village Safe Stay and into veterans housing in Port Orchard.

With help of Kiggins Village Safe Stay staff in Vancouver, former soldier who had lived in truck heads to complex for veterans

James Turner popped open the hood of his red Ford truck and checked the engine. Soon, he will hop in his truck — which used to be his only shelter…
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Scott Munro, a longtime educator and administrator in Evergreen Public Schools, works through physical rehabilitation exercises at a treatment center in Chicago. Munro suffered a hypoxic brain injury during an elective orthopedic surgery last fall.

Longtime Evergreen educator Scott Munro rehabilitating after brain injury

Every school has a few names and faces it wouldn’t be the same without: the cool teacher, the favorite substitute or the principal who’s been there longer than anyone can…
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Health
Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza watches her body camera footage Monday during closing arguments in her misdemeanor assault trial in Clark County District Court. Mendoza faced the assault charge after threatening to use her Taser on the genitals of a suspected shoplifter in May.

Jury acquits Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza in misdemeanor assault trial

Jurors found Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza not guilty Monday in her misdemeanor assault trial. Mendoza was accused of pulling down the pants of a shoplifting suspect and threatening to…
Courts & Crime
Battle Ground High School teacher Kevin Weeks was arrested in Oregon on charges of online sexual corruption of a minor.

Battle Ground High School teacher arrested on child sex abuse charges in Oregon

Battle Ground High School teacher Kevin Weeks was arrested Saturday in Oregon on a charge of first-degree online sexual corruption of a minor.
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Vancouver artist Alyn Spector will display his Pacific Garbage Patch Babies sculptures during an upcoming fundraiser for the Watershed Alliance of Southwest Washington.

Vancouver artist turns ocean’s trash into treasure. Meet the Pacific Garbage Patch Babies

For the past year, Vancouver resident Alyn Spector has been letting his garbage pile up. From bread bags and food containers to shopping bags and…

Business

Shoppers at Albertsons supermarket in Boise.

Kroger, Albertsons — still hoping to merge — agree to sell more stores to satisfy regulators

Supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons said Monday they will sell more of their stores in an effort to quell the federal government’s concerns about their…

Northwest

FILE - Texas linebacker Jaylan Ford (41) tries to tackle Washington running back Tylin "Tybo" Rogers (20) during the Sugar Bowl CFP NCAA semifinal college football game, Jan. 1, 2024, in New Orleans. Rogers was arrested Friday, April 5, and charged Tuesday, April 9, with raping two women in Seattle. Court documents say he played in two College Football Playoff games for the school after the allegations were known to the university.

How UW investigates sexual assault allegations

Questions swirled about the University of Washington’s Title IX investigation process after the school’s football player Tylin “Tybo” Rogers was allowed to continue playing while…

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Politics

Educational materials provided by the Committee of Safe and Secure Elections are pictured at a conference with local election and law enforcement officials Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Traverse City, Mich. A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. The committee, formed after the 2020 presidential election, is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead and making sure they are connected to local law enforcement. (AP Photo/John L.

Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help

The group gathered inside the conference room, mostly women, fell silent as the audio recording began to play.

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Members of the Vancouver Police Department respond to a call of a dead person suspected to have overdosed at a homeless encampment near Hazel Dell on April 4.  At top, Officer Cole Larson of the Vancouver Police Department confiscates a device for smoking fentanyl from a motorist while on patrol April 4.

People are staying homeless for longer than ever before in Clark County — experts say fentanyl is a factor

It was during cleanup of an encampment in east Vancouver two years ago that the city’s homeless response manager realized a dangerous shift had occurred.

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Health

Measles was under control in the United States, but the U.S. is seeing outbreaks again in areas where vaccination rates have fallen. Because measles is so contagious, outbreaks happen quickly.

Measles is a preventable disease: What parents need to know about measles, vaccines

Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by the measles virus. The infection can lead to serious and sometimes fatal complications. Fortunately, measles is a…

Life

From left, Eddie Vedder, Matt Cameron and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam perform onstage in Hyde Park on July 8, 2022, in London.

Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard on ‘Dark Matter’ album, upcoming tour

In some ways, it’s hard to believe it’s been six years since Pearl Jam last played Seattle, when their ballyhooed Home Shows drummed up more…

Nation / World

Amy Chadwick, stands by map of Hawaii at her current home Monday, April 8, 2024, in Satellite Beach, Fla. Chadwick, a victim of the fires in Hawaii moved to Florida where she could stretch her homeowners insurance dollars while she waits for her lot to be cleared and for permission to rebuild.

Hawaii lawmakers take aim at vacation rentals after Lahaina wildfire amplifies Maui housing crisis

Amy Chadwick spent years scrimping and saving as a single mother of two to buy a house in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian…

Economic Forecast &#8211; March 2024

Economic Forecast – March 2024

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Opinion

April 23:  Humor Is Subjective

Editorial Cartoons for Week of April 22

In Our View: Stuebe campaign raises candidate eligibility issues

Crisp: Sleepwalking into civil war

Letter: Anti-vaxxers ignore risks

Letter: Railroad ignores environment

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