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Vancouver school board releases investigation into district’s handling of sexual allegations against Hudson’s Bay teacher

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 allegations of his sexual involvement…
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Keith M. Altamirano, 52, appears Feb. 20 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree attempted murder, vehicular assault and hit-and-run resulting in injury. He was arrested Tuesday on federal fraud charges in connection with his Vancouver tax preparation business.

Vancouver man arrested on federal fraud charges; he also faces attempted murder charge in Clark County

A Vancouver man who is facing an attempted murder charge in Clark County was arrested Tuesday on federal fraud charges in connection with his local tax preparation business.
Courts & Crime
Vancouver-based Absci is preparing to send its first internally developed drug to clinical trials.

Vancouver-based Absci to send first drug to clinical trials in what CEO calls a ‘huge milestone’

Absci is preparing to send its first internally developed drug to clinical trials.
Clark County Business
Anne Wiley, left, a multilingual specialist at Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School in Vancouver, greets teachers and school employees as they walk into the school after a rally outside Wednesday morning. The event was held to bring attention to the recent changes at the U.S. Department of Education, which are putting a number of funding sources and programs at risk.

Vancouver teachers ‘walk-in’: ‘With public education under attack, we show up and we fight back’

Nearly 30 teachers, staff, PTA members and students lined up at dawn Wednesday outside Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School in Vancouver to send a message to elected officials that public education…
Clark County Politics

Northwest

“Textured hair has often been labeled as difficult to manage but that is furthest from the truth,” said its sponsor, Rep. Melanie Morgan, D-Parkland.

Why Washington legislators want to add textured hair care to beauty industry training

People with textured hair, especially in rural parts of Washington, often struggle to find local hair care that meets their needs and are sometimes forced…

Sports

Prep highlights (March 19): Mountain View softball wins slugfest over Hockinson in extras

After scoring four runs in the bottom of the seventh, Mountain View softball walked off with a 16-15 win over Hockinson in eight innings on…

Politics

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., center, is joined by House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., left, and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., right, during a news conference at the Capitol, Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington.

Democrats clashed over their shutdown strategy. But the party’s identity crisis runs far deeper

Democrats have been sniping at each other in public since Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer helped pass a Republican spending bill that prevented a government…

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The Columbian files 
 Someone created a fake Instagram pretending to be a Washougal High School teacher and sent sexually explicit messages to a student, according to police.

Fake Instagram account impersonating Washougal teacher sent sexually explicit messages to student

Washougal police are searching for a person who impersonated a Washougal teacher on Instagram, using a fake account to send sexually explicit messages to a…

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Health

FILE - A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

Flu deaths rise as anti-vaccine disinformation takes root

Americans are facing the highest death toll from influenza since 2018, just as more people become vulnerable because of growing vaccine skepticism taking hold in…

Life

Innovative rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who grew up in Seattle, jokingly thumbs for a lift while waiting with his baggage at Heathrow Airport, London.

Ferguson, WA lawmakers honor Seattle-born guitar icon Jimi Hendrix with Medal of Merit

Jimi Hendrix, the world-famous electric guitarist whose innovative style forever shaped the rock-music landscape, was posthumously honored with a Washington state Medal of Merit at…

Nation / World

The Department of Homeland Security seal is pictured as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Kodiak, Alaska.

They worked to prevent violence and terrorism at the agency created after 9/11. Then they got fired

A federal program designed to prevent targeted violence and terrorism in the United States has lost 20% of its staff after layoffs hit its probationary…

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Opinion

March 20: Donkey in the Headlights

Editorial Cartoons for Week of March 17, 2025

In Our View: ‘Legislative privilege’ violates the public trust

Camden: Wash. voting secure for now

Letter: Trump priorities are backward

Letter: GOP attacks Social Security

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

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