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Thousands of Clark County residents qualify to have drug convictions vacated because of the Blake decision.

Thousands in Clark County eligible to have drug convictions vacated and legal fees refunded

Four years since the Washington Supreme Court’s Blake decision, which declared the state’s previous simple drug-possession law unconstitutional, state data shows only about a quarter of eligible Clark County convictions…
Clark County News
Isaac Gil, a 2024 Washougal High School graduate, will compete at World Fighting Championships 175 on May 10 in Tacoma.

Washougal grad Isaac Gil drawn to high stakes of mixed martial arts fighting

Isaac Gil had a decision to make after graduating from Washougal High School in 2024 — continue wrestling at the college level or launch a mixed martial arts fighting career.
Clark County Life
This fine Chinook was taken off Long Beach last year while fishing with guide Bob Rees. The Chinook seasons have yet to be set, but all the proposed options allow for more Chinook catch than last year.

Spring means lots of nearby salt-water fishing options

Washington’s salt water seasons officially started on March 8 when the bottom fishing season opened.
Sports

Clark County

A Prairie High esports team member looks at a monitor displaying Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Wednesday during practice at Prairie High School.

With stigma fading and scholarships available, video games take off at Clark County schools as extracurricular activity

Prairie High School students went head-to-head — more like screen-to-screen — against Camas High School during an esports match Wednesday after school.

Business

In this photo provided by Gigablue, circular structures called booms containing particles engineered by the company Gigablue, float in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Dunedin, New Zealand, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, as part of a project to grow tiny organisms known as phytoplankton that absorb carbon dioxide from the ocean.

Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon

From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known company is pumping a slurry of minerals into the…

Northwest

Green Hill School in Chehalis in 2024. Prison riot offenses are regularly filed against youth at Green Hill School, a juvenile rehabilitation facility in Chehalis which has been overcapacity for the past year.

Washington state lawmakers aim to relieve strained juvenile legal system

With overcrowding at one of Washington’s two youth prisons hitting a crisis point, state lawmakers this legislative session have homed in on juvenile crime and…

Sports

Houston guard Emanuel Sharp (21) tries to shoot around Gonzaga guard Dusty Stromer (4) during the second half of the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Wichita, Kan.

No. 1 seed Houston holds off Gonzaga comeback, beats No. 8 seed Bulldogs 81-76 to reach Sweet 16

LJ Cryer matched a career high with 30 points, including two free throws with 14.2 seconds left, and No. 1 seed Houston held on to…

Politics

Reba Saldanha/Associated Press (Reba Saldanha/Associated Press)

N.H. offers preview of voting rules considered nationwide

A voter in Milford, N.H., missed out on approving the town’s $19 million operating budget, electing a cemetery trustee and buying a new dump truck.…

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Hudson's Bay High School students gather in front of the Vancouver Public Schools administrative services building Jan. 6 while protesting the district's handing of sexual allegations against a Hudson's Bay teacher. A third party report indicated the district missed red flags in its handling of the case.

Hudson’s Bay administrators failed to spot red flags in handling of sexual allegations against Vancouver teacher, says report

Third-party investigations released Wednesday found Vancouver Public Schools administrators did not appropriately discipline former Hudson’s Bay High School English teacher Shadbreon Gatson or thoroughly investigate…

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Health

Walkers and joggers are silhouetted on a jetty Sept. 19, 2020, as the sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean in Bal Harbour, Fla.

Question social media health advice, experts say

In the corners of social media dominated by wellness content, influencers recommend an assortment of treatments and products to support weight loss, fight exhaustion or…

Life

One of two cougar cubs photographed in Michigan, the first confirmed sightings in about a century.

Wild mountain lion cubs found in Michigan for first time in century

Two mountain lion cubs have been photographed in Michigan, a state where the big cats were hunted to near extinction and their young haven’t been…

Nation / World

Palestinians run away from a blast following an Israeli army strike, in central Gaza City on Sunday, March 23, 2025.

Palestinian death toll in Gaza war passes 50,000; strikes continue

More than 50,000 Palestinians have now been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry said Sunday, as new…

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Opinion

March 21:  Trump Economy

Editorial Cartoons for Week of March 17, 2025

In Our View: Focus of annexation should be on residents

Brown: Building goes, but history remains

Other Papers Say: Gun measure could backfire

Harrop: Keep your elbows up, Canadians

The Cowlitz Tribe won't buy the Tri-Mountain Golf Course. What should happen next?

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