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Sen. Adrian Cortes, D-Battle Ground, left, talks with Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, right, after Ferguson’s inaugural address to a joint legislative session in House chambers at the Washington State Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Olympia, Wash.

What is WA’s parental ‘bill of rights’? And how are Democrats seeking to change it?

Legislation to update last year’s parental “bill of rights” initiative is heading to the Washington state House of Representatives amid a host of disagreements over what the changes will mean…
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Piecing together the OHSU and Legacy Health merger: What will it mean for Clark County?

More than a year since Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy Health announced their intent to merge, the potential impact on health care in the Portland metropolitan area, including…
Health
Using a band saw in his Battle Ground workshop, luthier Mark Moreland cuts shapely sound holes (“F-holes”) into the front panel of an expensive cello he is building.

Sound of Battle Ground: Luthier says the climate is ideal for making world-class stringed instruments

One day in December 2016, during a rail journey into same northern Italian countryside where the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari made his stringed masterpieces, Mark and Sharon Moreland found themselves…
Life
Drag racer Cooper Chun sits for a portrait Tuesday at DC Auto Solutions in Vancouver. Chun was set to compete for a national championship in drag racing before being diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in 2022. Now in remission, he’s back on the track and recently secured a major win at a race in St. Louis.  At top, stickers adorn the windshield of Chun’s car.

Back to the races: Vancouver drag racer returns to his passion after beating cancer in his teens

For Vancouver drag racer Cooper Chun, racing has always been an integral part of his life. It’s that lifelong passion that fueled his determination to overcome a cancer diagnosis as…
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Local immigration attorney Mercedes Riggs said people have flocked to her office for help amid the recent onslaught of immigration-related executive orders.

‘This is not being paranoid’: Immigrants in Clark County fearful of mass deportation threats

those both with and without documentation — are terrified of the mass deportations that President Donald Trump has promised.

Business

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after landing at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla ., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, after attending the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race.

Gobsmacked by groceries: Inflation inching higher for Washington consumers weary at the market

In a December interview after winning the presidential election, Donald Trump credited his win at the polls on two topics: immigration and the economy.

Sports

Winter athlete of the week (The Columbian files)

Nominees for The Columbian 2024-25 Week 18 prep athlete of the week sponsored by Killer Burger

Here are the nominees for The Columbian 2024-25 Week 18 high school athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger.

Politics

Pam Bondi is sworn in as Attorney General by Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, right, as President Donald Trump, partner John Wakefield and mother Patsy Bondi, look on, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington.

Trump team asserts power over Justice Department cases, staff

Pam Bondi had insisted at her Senate confirmation hearing that as attorney general, her Justice Department would not “play politics.”

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Sandy Curtis, right, assists Alicia Jacobs by loading warm meals into a plastic bag in Vancouver on Saturday. Curtis and her husband, Kalani Moe, not pictured, have been feeding homeless people every Saturday in the parking lot of Cascade View Covenant Church since last October.

‘No one is left behind’: Clark County couple dish out hot meals, human touch to unhoused

Sandy Curtis and Kalani Moe popped open the hatchback of their car and, in a practiced rhythm, unloaded a canopy, a folding table, and two…

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Health

FILE - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta.

CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts

Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency’s workforce — are being forced out under…

Life

Adrien Brody poses with the leading actor award for 'The Brutalist' at the 78th British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA's, in London, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025.

‘Conclave’ wins best picture at BAFTAs as ‘The Brutalist’ takes directing and acting prizes

Papal thriller “Conclave” won four prizes including best picture on Sunday at the 78th British Academy Film Awards, where genre-bending musical “Emilia Pérez” proved that…

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Calvin Stevens, Air Force Reserve Veteran, poses inside his home in Decatur, Georgia on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2025.

To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class

Evelyn Seabrook was able to buy a home even though she had only a high school diploma. Glenn Flood worked his way up the career…

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Editorial Cartoons for the Week of Feb. 10, 2025

In Our View: Cheers & Jeers: Weathering storm; failing grade

Other Papers Say: Democrats wedded to habit

Schram: Arab leaders must face truth

Leubsdorf: The unanticipated factor

Have high egg prices changed your consumption habits?

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