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Development and Outreach Manager Carol Ross of The Historic Trust strolls around one of the upstairs “secret spaces” in the Grant House.

Take a tour of Vancouver’s ‘secret spaces’

Did Gen. George C. Marshall stand thoughtfully atop this third-floor turret in the late 1930s, taking in a bird’s-eye view of his U.S. Army base while considering big trouble on…
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Life
Klarissa Hightower, third from left, poses for a hat contest alongside Sarah Copes, Joy Howard, Tangela Hills, Terri Johnson and Tracie Baldwin at Odyssey World International Education Services’ spring tea on Saturday. The nonprofit’s event aims to connect and uplift women of color.

‘Spring into Sisterhood’: Odyssey World hosts annual gathering dedicated to uplifting women

Women across Clark County commemorated spring over the weekend not with flowers, but by uplifting one another, celebrating friendship and gathering in sisterhood.
Clark County News
Affordable housing advocates gather in Vancouver before heading to Olympia by bus on March 14. Advocates say the rent stabilization bill that the Legislature passed isn’t perfect but is a step in the right direction.

Is rent cap step forward or backward? Clark County advocates on both sides of issue weigh in

Washington will likely cap rent increases, news that leaves Clark County renters relieved and landlords reeling.
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Washougal School Board member Chuck Carpenter speaks during a board meeting on April 30, 2024.

Chuck Carpenter steps down from Washougal School Board

Chuck Carpenter has announced his resignation from the Washougal School Board, effective June 30.
Schools

Clark County

Clark College biology professor Steven Clark holds a bumble bee in a container June 24, 2024. In early April, Vancouver’s city council unanimously supported joining the Bee City USA program .

It’s official: Vancouver is a Bee City

Vancouver is officially a Bee City. In recognition of the importance of native bees, the Vancouver City Council unanimously adopted a resolution April 7 designating…

Business

FILE - Melinda French Gates speaks at the Seminar: Digital Public Infrastructure: Stacking up the Benefits, during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, April 14, 2023.

Melinda French Gates is writing the next chapter of her philanthropy

For roughly an hour at the Paramount Theatre, Melinda French Gates was the queen of Seattle.

Northwest

Multifamily housing is seen in Olympia.

Rent increase cap proposal heads to Washington governor

Washington is poised to limit annual residential rent increases with legislation now headed to the governor’s desk.

Sports

Ruby Lew of Columbia River connects on a pitch against Kelso in the District 4 3A/2A slowpitch softball championship game at Heritage High School on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.

Prep highlights (April 28): Columbia River softball rallies past Woodland, 6-5

Columbia River softball came on strong late for a 6-5 win over Woodland that could be important in the chase for 2A Greater St. Helens…

Politics

ìItís really scary, because I had to make a really difficult decision between job security and the job that I loved, and I chose to come back because being a park ranger has always been my dream job, and what Iíve wanted to do with the rest of my life.î (Chon Kit Leong/Dreamstime/TNS)

Life as a federal worker is a roller coaster ride, park ranger says

Marinell Chandler is back at work with the National Park Service in Alaska after being laid off in February, offered a university job in March,…

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Cowlitz Tribal Public Safety Dept.’s interim chief dies of self-inflicted gunshot

The Cowlitz Tribal Public Safety Department’s interim chief died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday after he allegedly fled a northeast Vancouver residence where a…

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Health

A vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine prepared for use in a trial at St. George’s University hospital in London, Oct. 7, 2020.

FDA scrutiny of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sparks uncertainty about other shots

The Trump administration’s effort to impose new requirements on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine — the nation’s only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus — is sowing…

Life

This combination of photos shows Cubby Checker at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards in New York on June 12, 2014, left, British singer Joe Cocker performing in Monaco on Aug. 5, 2011, center, and Cyndi Lauper at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sept. 12, 2021.

Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, Cyndi Lauper and Outkast get into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes…

Nation / World

A handwritten and hidden tag in Silesian dialect (mix of Polish and German) inside a Dachau-build instrument dubbed the ‘’violin of hope’’ reads: ‘’Trial instrument, made under difficult conditions with no tools and materials, K. L. Dachau. Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa’’, in Magyarpolány, Hungary, Tuesday September 8, 2020.

A secret note hidden in Dachau-built ‘Violin of Hope’ tells a tale of survival and craftsmanship

During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it…

Economic Forecast – March 2025

Economic Forecast – March 2025

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Opinion

April 29: Due Process

Editorial Cartoons for Week of April 28, 2025

In Our View: Vancouver cultivates buzz for pollinators

Brown: Burkman’s done with civic life

Letter: Perez might alienate constituents

Letter: A way to fix state spending

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