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Port of Camas-Washougal Commissioner John Spencer is advocating for a bill that would give voters in seven Washington port districts, including Camas-Washougal, the option of extending the terms of their port commissioners from four to six years.

Bill would let voters extend terms of Camas-Washougal port commissioners from four to six years

Port of Camas-Washougal Commissioner John Spencer is advocating for a bill that would give voters in seven Washington port districts, including Camas-Washougal, the option of extending the terms of their…
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Clark County Business
C-Tran recently began offering complimentary visual assistance services to blind and low-vision transit riders through a cellphone app called Aira Explorer.

C-Tran offers visual interpreters to help Clark County’s blind bus riders navigate safely

C-Tran recently began offering free visual assistance services to help blind and low-vision bus riders navigate their routes.
Health
Amber Rodriguez, a resident at the 415 West Safe Stay community, straightens up her unit in downtown Vancouver. Rodriguez was living in a homeless camp and addicted to fentanyl, which she used to help her sleep through the night in the rowdy camp. Now, she’s one of several Safe Stay residents pleading with the city of Vancouver for permanent funding for the pallet shelter communities.

Should Safe Stays stay? Vancouver officials, advocates for the homeless debate whether communities should be permanent

Vancouver’s system of temporary shelters may become a permanent part of the city’s plan to address homelessness.
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Desert parsley lines the Lyle Cherry Orchard trail in the Columbia River Gorge in spring 2021.

Go east for gorgeous wildflowers; Dog Mountain isn’t the only spot to see blooms near Clark County

The sun shone bright, birds zipped around the sky and tiny, vivid purple, yellow and white flowers flared at my feet.
Clark County Life

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An aerial photo shows the Steigerwald Commerce Center, an industrial park owned by the Port of Camas-Washougal, east of downtown Washougal. The area has been designated as an Opportunity Zone, creating a new investment tool for developers interested in moving into the area’s remaining vacant lots.

Unforeseen issues add $200,000 to Port of Camas-Washougal’s 41st Street project

The Port of Camas-Washougal’s effort to build a new street in the Steigerwald Commerce Center industrial park has hit a speed bump that will add…

Business

Alhambra Modern Dentistry, left, at Alhambra Place is among a growing number of medical-related businesses that are becoming tenants in shopping centers. Photographed on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Alhambra, California. (Myung J.

Getting a filling — at the mall. Why dentists and other wellness tenants are in big demand

Not long ago, dentists were about as welcome as a toothache at shopping centers.

Northwest

Participants gather signs on their way to advocate for rent stabilization in front of the state Legislature on Tuesday morning. The trip was part of Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day.

Fate of bill to cap rent increases now rests on fine-tuning in Washington Senate

A bill to cap residential rent increases across Washington will need revisions to pass in the state Senate, according to the chamber’s top Democrat.

Sports

Florida guard Alijah Martin and team celebrate victory over Tennessee after an NCAA college basketball game in the final round of the Southeastern Conference tournament, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn.

March Madness: Auburn, Tar Heels picks highlight wild Selection Sunday

A sleepy Selection Sunday this was not. North Carolina barely slid into this year’s version of March Madness, a development that led its athletic director…

Politics

In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025.

Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an…

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A student walking toward the Vancouver Public Schools administrative services building.

Vancouver Public Schools is the only district in the Clark County to get a financial warning from state for 2023-24 school year

Vancouver Public Schools is the only Clark County district to receive a financial warning from the state for the 2023-24 school year.

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Health

This March 2025 image from the website of artificial intelligence company Xoltar, shows two of of their demonstration avatars for conducting video calls with patients.

As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back

The next time you’re due for a medical exam you may get a call from someone like Ana: a friendly voice that can help you…

Life

A Life After Life club meeting takes place on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 at Laguna Woods Village in Laguna Woods, CA. It was founded in 2006 to provide “public education about experiences that suggest continued consciousness beyond death” according to their website. (Myung J.

What the dead have to say to the living: Lessons from a psychic reading

With shoulder-length blond hair, black dress and black knee-high boots, Jennifer Rose cuts a preacherly silhouette — less Bible-thumping, more New Age — standing on…

Nation / World

A cat cries out while sitting before a destroyed cabin from a tornado at Paradise Ranch RV Resort in Tylertown, Miss., Sunday, March 16, 2025.   (AP Photo/Rogelio V.

Severe weather moves east after tornadoes, winds and wildfires killed at least 39 people

A dynamic storm that prompted foreboding predictions of dangerous weekend weather spawned tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires that killed at least 39 people and destroyed…

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Opinion

March 17: Do-Nothing Democrats

Editorial Cartoons for Week of March 17, 2025

In Our View: Cheers & Jeers: Bipartisanship; deal setback

Local View: Kids’ health not partisan issue

Harrop: Our beautiful economy was terrible thing to waste

Hiltzik: Inside rampage at agency

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