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Alicia Kaye Stowe sits at the defense table Tuesday during her trial for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. The former Daybreak Youth Services skills coach was accused of having sexual contact with a minor patient while at the Brush Prairie facility. Judge Jennifer Snider dismissed the case Wednesday for lack of evidence.

Judge cites accuser’s lack of certainty in dismissing the sexual misconduct case against a Daybreak youth counselor

A judge on Wednesday dismissed the criminal case against a former Daybreak Youth Services skills coach accused of having sexual contact with a then-16-year-old patient. In her dismissal, Clark County…
Courts & Crime
C-Tran’s board of directors postponed a change in bylaws that would affect the transit agency’s involvement in light rail on a planned Interstate 5 Bridge replacement.

C-Tran board postpones changes to its role in planning and paying for light rail on a new I-5 Bridge

The C-Tran board of directors decided this week to postpone any change in bylaws governing the transit agency’s involvement in planning, cost analysis and negotiations for light rail on the…
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Politics
Union High School senior and student advocate Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, 17, speaks to the Evergreen school board Feb. 11. He taught himself Spanish his freshman year. By his sophomore year, he said his teachers started asking him to translate for multilingual learners.

‘Do I step in?’: In Evergreen and Vancouver districts, students are asked to translate for ‘multilingual learner’ classmates

During his freshman year, Union High School student Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, a native English speaker, asked his Spanish-speaking family members to help him learn that language, too. By his sophomore year,…
Clark County News
Washougal junior Jenna Klopman (2) drives to the hoop against Aberdeen in a Class 2A district tournament play-in game on Wednesday. Klopman scored a game-high 25 points in the Panthers’ 68-52 victory.

Washougal school district’s athletic programs may come under review

Changes could be coming to the Washougal School District’s athletic programs.
Sports

Clark County

The east end of Vancouver Plaza, shown June 15, 2011, is busy with anchor store Target. Target is among those companies closing this year for Easter.

What’s open in Clark County on Easter? Many retailers closed but grocery stores operate normal hours

Many small businesses and some larger retailers will be closed Sunday for Easter, although most area grocery stores will remain open.

Business

New York-based fast-food restaurant Shake Shack opened its Vancouver doors today in Fisher's Landing.

Shake Shack is open for business in east Vancouver

New York-based fast-food restaurant Shake Shack opened its Vancouver doors this morning in Fisher’s Landing.

Northwest

The vehicle Clark County sheriff's deputies say sped away from a traffic stop Tuesday morning at more than 130 mph in the Orchards area. Deputies say an 18-year-old Vancouver man ran from them twice after abandoning the vehicle in a neighborhood.

Washington Senate passes bill to require speed limiting devices for habitual speeders

The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday attempting to stop habitual speeders in their tracks.

Sports

Varsity360: Talking transfers with Mountain View basketball coach JC Alexandervideo icon

The Columbian's Micah Rice and Mountain View boys basketball coach JC Alexander discuss the rising trend of players transferring and how the WIAA's proposed amendment…

Politics

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., Friday, April 4, 2025.

Trump officials’ defiance over Abrego Garcia’s deportation is ‘shocking,’ appeals court says

The Trump administration’s claim that it can't do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S.…

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A few hundred people showed up on the Capitol steps on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 to voice their opposition against tax increases proposed by Democrats in the Washington state Legislature.

Democrats in Washington Legislature reveal sweeping new tax plan

Democratic lawmakers in Washington are beginning to lay out the buffet of tax increases they want to use to fill most of a $16 billion…

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FILE - A homeless woman smokes fentanyl in a park June 28, 2024, in downtown Portland, Ore.

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response

Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught up in another increasingly serious problem: misinformation.

Nation / World

Florida State University students wait for news amid an active shooter incident at the school’s campus in Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday, April 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Kate Payne)

Florida State gunman used deputy mom’s former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities say

The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire Thursday at Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two people and wounding at least…

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Opinion

April 17: Trade War

Editorial Cartoons for Week of April 14, 2025

In Our View: Washington GOP lawmaker’s DOGE bill ignores reality

Crisp: Antisemitism comes to Texas

Letter: Perez must hold Trump accountable

Letter: Trade policy lacks common sense

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