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Audience members stand to show their support for testimony defending the La Center School District Board of Directors Tuesday, April 22, 2025, during a La Center School District board meeting at La Center High School. Public comment at the meeting focused on the controversy surrounding the district’s policy on gender identity and preferred pronoun usage, which the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction found discriminated against students and staff. The district has appealed the ruling.

Pronoun policy supporters, opponents flock to La Center school board meeting

More than 100 people attended the La Center school board meeting Tuesday, an unusually large crowd for the small school district that has recently made national headlines for its policy…
Clark County News
The Camas Police Station.

Camas police chief: ‘We continue to have an incredibly low crime rate in our city’

Although it’s often touted as one of the safest cities in Washington, Camas still grapples with crime.
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Courts & Crime
Sandra Fachiol, 22, the newly crowned Miss Clark County 2025, was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and clinical depression at 14 and has dedicated her platform to breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness.

‘I knew if I was going to win, it had to be as myself’: Miss Clark County 2025 dedicates platform to mental health advocacy

Sandra Fachiol, a self-professed nerd and childhood tomboy, never saw herself as the pageant type.
Health
Both Battle Ground and Hockinson school district levies were failing as of early returns Tuesday.

Battle Ground, Hockinson levies failing in early election returns

Battle Ground and Hockinson school funding measures were failing as of early election returns Tuesday.
Clark County Politics

Clark County

Water is released through the outlet tubes at Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. (AP Photo/Nicholas K.

Feds put review of Columbia River hydropower system on ice

A move by federal water managers to pause a landmark environmental review of the Columbia River hydropower system has become a Rorschach test that leaves…

Business

Sheldon Angelo (left), Albert Angelo III (middle) and Al “Corky” Angelo Jr.

Vancouver real estate executive Al ‘Corky’ Angelo Jr. dies at 76

Al “Corky” Angelo Jr., co-owner of the Vancouver property management company founded by his father and namesake, died Saturday. He was 76.

Northwest

FILE - A motorist charges his electric vehicle at a Tesla Supercharger station in Detroit, Nov. 16, 2022.

WA House advances ‘Tesla tax’ bill after tense late-night debate

Democrats in the Washington state House advanced legislation in the early morning hours of Tuesday that some have nicknamed the “Tesla tax” bill.

Sports

Prep highlights (April 22): Mountain View baseball scores eight runs in seventh to beat Kelso 8-7

Columbia River, Ridgefield scored five goals in last five minutes as Rapids win 5-4 in soccer

Politics

FILE - Oregon State University students walk past the Student Health Services building in Corvallis, Ore., in April 2016.

International students stripped of legal status in the US are piling up wins in court

Anjan Roy was studying with friends at Missouri State University when he got an email that turned his world upside down. His legal status as…

Editor's Choice

A pedestrian walks past a pond near homes in Battle Ground on Wednesday afternoon. Some local residents are unhappy with the county’s plans for the Gordy Jolma Family Natural Area. They argue the project will destroy — not repair — the ecosystem.

Clark County wants to restore fish habitat at former Cedars golf course; neighbors are leery of plans

Clark County’s parks department is hosting a Thursday open house to discuss future plans for the Gordy Jolma Family Natural Area. Some residents living along…

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Health

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

RFK Jr. plans to phase out eight artificial dyes from the U.S. food supply

U.S. health officials said they plan to phase out eight petroleum-based artificial colors from the nation’s food supply, triggering an overhaul of scores of brightly…

Life

Dubai chocolate, which features a creamy mix of ncrispy kataifi, pistachio and tahini paste in a casing of milk chocolate, can be hard to find. But it’s easy enough to make at home.

Make your own Dubai chocolate

I don’t pay attention to all the viral food trends on TikTok and Instagram. There are so many crazy recipes screaming for attention, and so…

Nation / World

People wait in St. Peter’s Square to pay their respect to the late Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

Catholic faithful pay their final respects to Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica

Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday, the start of…

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Opinion

April 23: Pope Francis

Editorial Cartoons for Week of April 21, 2025

In Our View: Gas tax proposals reasonable and beneficial

Camden: Everyone is talking politics

Letter: Republicans show hypocrisy

Letter: Tired of all the losing

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