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A motorist passes by as construction crews work to install a new waterline along Northeast 112th Avenue on Nov. 4. The city of Vancouver is awarding fewer contract dollars to minority- and women-owned businesses than it should under a fair system, a disparity study commissioned by the city of Vancouver found.

‘Substantial disparities’: Fewer minority- and women-owned businesses are getting Vancouver city contracts than should be, says study

Vancouver is awarding fewer contract dollars to minority- and women-owned businesses than it should under a fair system, according to a disparity study commissioned by the city.
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FILE - This April 2, 2010 file photo shows a Tesoro Corp. refinery, including a gas flare flame that is part of normal plant operations, in Anacortes, Wash. A campaign bankrolled by the oil industry has raised $20.46 million to defeat a carbon pollution fee on the ballot in Washington state aiming at tackling climate change. (AP Photo/Ted S.

With repeal measure rejected, WA carbon auction prices surge

Prices for Washington’s air pollution allowances rebounded at an auction this month, the first sale since voters upheld the state’s cap-and-trade program.
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Politics
Vancouver Housing Authority is in the process of purchasing Jens Pointe Apartments in east Vancouver. Half of the units will be for residents who earn 80 percent or less of the area median income. Eighty percent of the area’s median income is $60,202 annually for an individual.

Vancouver Housing Authority in process of buying Jens Pointe Apartments in east Vancouver for $76 million

Vancouver Housing Authority is beefing up its middle-income housing supply with the purchase of a 240-unit apartment building in the Cascade Park neighborhood.
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A C-Tran bus stops at the Fisher’s Landing Transit Center in 2022 before taking commuters to the Parkrose/Sumner Transit Center in Portland so they can board a MAX light rail train. C-Tran staff said Tuesday the agency expects the cost of operating a MAX extension into downtown Vancouver and adding express buses will cost $21.8 million in its first year of operation.

‘It seems so outrageous’: C-Tran board shocked at $21.8M per year light rail budget staff unveils at meeting

C-Tran officials are considering asking voters to approve a sales tax to help cover the steep cost of extending light rail into Vancouver as part of a new Interstate 5…
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16-year-old special education student is not receiving court-ordered services from Hockinson School District

A 16-year-old nonverbal, disabled student with a rare disease is no longer receiving court-ordered educational services from the Hockinson School District.

Business

Motorists navigate the intersection of Southeast 136th Avenue and Mill Plain Boulevard. The area will soon be home to the new In-N-Out Burger and several other new businesses.

New businesses planned for intersection of S.E. Mill Plain, 136th Avenue including In-N-Out Burger

New businesses are planned for the intersection of Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard and 136th Avenue in east Vancouver.

Northwest

FILE - This photo provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation shows the Durkee Fire burning in eastern Ore., July 22, 2024.

Oregon lawmakers to hold special session on emergency wildfire funding

Oregon lawmakers are convening Thursday for a special session to discuss emergency funding to pay out millions in unpaid bills stemming from the state’s 2024…

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Sports

Camas senior Lila McGeachy placed third in the 500-yard freestyle and seventh in the 200 freestyle at the Class 4A state meet last month.

All-Region Girls Swimming: Lila McGeachy, Camasvideo icon

Finishing in third place is better than finishing in seventh place. That goes without saying. Except when finishing seventh is harder than finishing third.

Politics

FILE - Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Sept. 24, 2024, in Washington.

Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump

She’s an Iraq War combat veteran and sexual assault survivor who has advocated for years to improve how the military handles claims of sexual misconduct.

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The city-owned arts hub, left, next to VITA Elementary School, will serve as a warming shelter through March, igniting parents' concern.

City’s plan to open winter shelter near Vancouver Innovation, Technology and Arts Elementary upsets parents

Vancouver’s plans to open a winter shelter Saturday next to an elementary school have ignited fear and anger among parents.

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FILE - Mikael Makonnen, 18, a freshman at American University, poses for a photo in Washington, D.C, on Saturday, March 2, 2024.

Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds

Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly” despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health, according…

Life

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2023 photo provided by NOIRLab, meteors from the Geminid meteor shower streak across the sky above the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a program of the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab, located about 56 miles (90 kilometers) southwest of Tucson in the Tohono O'odham Nation.

How to catch the Geminids, one of the strongest meteor showers of the year

among the few major meteor showers to come from asteroids — peak on Friday. It’s one of the year’s last chances to see fireballs in…

Nation / World

FILE - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a media briefing from the National Palace in Mexico City, Oct. 2, 2024, the morning after her inauguration.

Mexico cracks down on drugs and migrants amid Trump tariff threat

In recent days, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has touted her country’s largest-ever seizure of fentanyl and highlighted multiple crackdowns on migrants headed toward to the…

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Editorial Cartoons for the Week of Dec. 9, 2024

In Our View: Public better off without grocery chain merger

Harrop: Anger against insurers comes honestly

Letter: Good work by Rep. Perez

Letter: Proposed taxes will be harmful

Should historical markers be reviewed and updated?

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