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Nurses at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center participate in an informational picket Thursday morning in Vancouver.

PeaceHealth nurses picket Vancouver hospital, demanding safe staffing and fair wages

Picketers lined the sidewalk on Mill Plain in front of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center this morning, decked out in blue and carrying signs supporting nurses.
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Officer Andrea Mendoza of the Vancouver Police Department escorts a suspected shoplifter into a patrol car Oct. 12, 2022, at the Fred Meyer store in Cascade Park. Mendoza is facing fourth-degree assault, a gross misdemeanor, after she was captured on video threatening to use her Taser on the genitals of a suspected shoplifter in May.

Trial to begin for Vancouver police officer captured on video threatening to use Taser on suspect’s genitals

The misdemeanor assault trial for Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza begins today in Clark County District Court.
Courts & Crime
Construction workers hold a piece of siding in place while building houses along Northeast 138th Avenue in east Vancouver.

Clark County Council pushes to provide more ‘middle housing,’ aiming to increase access to homeownership

As part of a long effort to create a greater variety of housing options with potential for smaller, more affordable homes, the Clark County Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to…
Business
A helicopter drops water on the Nakia Creek Fire in east Clark County on Oct. 12, 2022.

Clark County Council OKs agreement to use Camp Bonneville property for firefighting

Clark County will again partner with the Washington Department of Natural Resources to help combat wildfires in the region as officials plan a season without Larch Corrections Center firefighters.
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Evergreen schools superintendent John Boyd announced his retirement effective June 30.

Evergreen schools Superintendent John Boyd will retire as of June 30

Evergreen Public Schools Superintendent John Boyd announced Wednesday he will retire from his position effective June 30.

Business

A cyclist boards a C-Tran Vine bus at the Turtle Place Transit Center in downtown Vancouver in 2021.

C-Tran approves Vine extension to connect Vancouver Mall and Fisher’s Landing transit centers

C-Tran officials approved an extension of its Fourth Plain Boulevard bus rapid transit line known as The Vine.

Northwest

Semi Bird addresses the crowd at a fundraising event at The Lodge at Frontier Park Graham on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.

Washington governor candidate Semi Bird says ‘no excuse’ for financial crime

Republican gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird pleaded guilty in 1993 to a misdemeanor count of bank larceny for lying on a credit application by using the…

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Sports

Caden Spanier, Skyview HS

Caden Spanier of Skyview is The Columbian Week 23 prep athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger

Senior baseball player had a big week at the plate and on the mound for the Storm

Politics

Former President Donald Trump, flanked by attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury selection in New York, Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Juror dismissed in Trump hush money trial as prosecutors ask for former president to face contempt

Prosecutors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump asked Thursday for the former president to be held in contempt and fined because of seven…

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Prineville man shot multiple times by Clark County sheriff’s deputies in Salmon Creek, says medical examiner

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified a central Oregon man as the person fatally shot by Clark County sheriff’s deputies Saturday in Salmon Creek.

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Graffiti covers the walls of a jail cell at the Clark County Jail.

As fentanyl use increases, Clark County Jail grapples with opioid withdrawals

As fentanyl use increases, the Clark County Jail is grappling with more people experiencing withdrawal from drug use while in custody.

Nation / World

In this photo released by Sitaro Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Sitaro), hot molten lava glows at the crater of Mount Ruang as it erupts in Sanguine Islands, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area.

Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave

Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to…

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Letter: NW Natural misplaces blame

Letter: Road repairs are needed

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