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Dec. 4, 2020

Officials weigh options, costs for reducing inmate numbers at Clark County Jail

Clark County criminal justice officials and county councilors met Wednesday to discuss reducing the jail’s inmate population amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic, concluding that the issue needs to be fixed fast while keeping the facility’s long-term goals in mind.

Union players celebrate after defeating Puyallup.

Friday Night Flashback: Union adjusted, won thrilling 2018 semifinal game vs. Puyallup

Union football coach Rory Rosenbach had immense faith in his 2018 football team.

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Nonprofits’ letter to Clark County justice officials urges more action on jail population

Prior to Wednesday’s jail work session, a coalition of nonprofit groups — American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Columbia Legal Services, Disability Rights Washington, NAMI Southwest Washington and Washington Defender…

Courts & Crime

Clark County is among the counties in Washington that will get rapid response nursing teams from the state because of its high rate of COVID-19 spread.

Short-staffed care homes in Washington state to receive help

The Washington state Department of Social and Health Services will send teams of registered nurses and other health care workers to long-term care facilities across the state with staffing shortages…

Health

Vancouver Master Chorale director Jana Hart records singers Amy Christenson and Ryan Allen on a recent Saturday morning at First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver for a virtual holiday show that will be streamed all month, starting Dec. 7. The group wore masks except when recording an angelic rendition of "The Prayer," a song made famous by Celine Dion and Andrea Boccelli. Then masks went right back on.

For Clark County performing groups, the show must go on(line)

When the sweet conclusion “sleep in heavenly peace” sounds more like “sleep in heavenly pieces-s-s,” Matt Pollock reaches for his digital editing tools.

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E.E. "Van" Valkenberg kept this photo of himself aboard Air Force One.

Vancouver veteran to get final wish to be buried at Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery

A 93-year-old veteran and former chief communicator aboard Air Force One will get one last wish fulfilled: when the time comes, E.E. “Van” Valkenberg will…

Clark County

Buses make their way into the C-Tran 99th Street Station while preparing to unload passengers on Thursday morning.

Clark County assessing housing needs in unincorporated urban areas

Clark County is studying housing needs for unincorporated urban areas north of Vancouver.

Business

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Clark County food service jobs take big hit

The latest round of outdoor-dining-only restaurant restrictions led to sweeping service industry layoffs in the past two weeks, accounting for nearly all of Clark County’s…

Northwest

Sven Spichiger, Washington State Department of Agriculture managing entomologist, displays a canister of Asian giant hornets vacuumed from a nest in a tree behind him Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, in Blaine, Wash. Scientists in Washington state discovered the first nest earlier in the week of so-called murder hornets in the United States and worked to wipe it out Saturday morning to protect native honeybees. Workers with the state Agriculture Department spent weeks searching, trapping and using dental floss to tie tracking devices to Asian giant hornets, which can deliver painful stings to people and spit venom but are the biggest threat to honeybees that farmers depend on to pollinate crops.

Officials take down Asian giant hornet traps but keep watch

All Asian giant hornet traps in Washington state will be taken down by Dec. 23 in preparation for winter.

Officials weigh options, costs for reducing inmate numbers at Clark County Jail

Tolbert elected NAACP Vancouver president

Vancouver veteran to get final wish to be buried at Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery

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The Portland Trail Blazers will open the 2020-21 season on Dec. 23 against the Utah Jazz at the Moda Center in Portland. However, the arena will be empty as fans won’t be allowed to enter due to COVID-19 concerns.

Blazers set to open regular season on Dec. 23 vs. Jazz

The Portland Trail Blazers will open the 2020-21 NBA season by playing their first two games at home in the Moda Center.

Politics

FILE - President George W. Bush, right, with Vice President Dick Cheney at his side, speaks during a meeting with congressional leaders in the White House Oval Office on Sept. 18, 2002. A new CNN Films documentary explores the role of the U.S. vice presidency, which in modern times has emerged into a more powerful position. Still, the film notes that a veep's duties are all up to the president.

Six vice presidents talk about job once considered invisible

After interviewing Dan Quayle in Arizona for his documentary on the vice presidency, filmmaker Jeffrey Roth was rushing to the airport to catch a flight…

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee poses for a photo, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. Inslee, a Democrat, is being challenged by Republican Loren Culp, police chief of the small town of Republic, Wash., in the Nov. 3 election. (AP Photo/Ted S.

What happens if Gov. Jay Inslee takes a job in Biden’s cabinet?

Days after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee won a rare third term in office, the 69-year-old Democrat started appearing on lists of possible picks for President-elect…