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People return to their tents along the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail with food and supplies received from the Bikers Outreach Organization on March 23. The city is steadily moving people from the camp into shelter or housing, preparing for an eventual closure.

‘Few places to go’: Those living in Burnt Bridge Creek encampment say it serves a purpose, but city plans to close it

Mary Hoxsic knows the encampment along Vancouver’s Burnt Bridge Creek Trail where she lives has a bad reputation. But outsiders don’t know the campers’ stories, she said.
Community Funded Journalism
Robyn Lavasseur eyes turkeys at her rural Washougal property on Aug.

‘It’s almost like Boy Scouts on steroids’: Washougal nonprofit provides safe, educational and adventurous backcountry experiences

Randy and Robyn Lavasseur have always been drawn to nature and to going on outdoor adventures with their children.
Business
Timothy Berezhnoy, left, and Abigail Berezhnoy, look at hanging flower baskets in the plant sale April 27, 2019, at the Home & Garden Idea Fair hosted by Clark County Public Utilities at the Clark County Fairgrounds.

Pick up plenty of plants for your garden at 14 plant sales across Clark County

If you want plants, Clark County’s got plants. These 14 local plant sales, helpfully arranged in chronological order, will keep you busy buying and planting until June.
Clark County Life
The Washougal City Council on April 14 approved a recommendation to adopt the map known as “Alternative 1” for the city’s comprehensive plan, which Washougal officials must adopt by the end of 2025 to satisfy a Washington State Growth Management Act mandate.

Washougal City Council opts for land use map that keeps boundaries intact

The Washougal City Council has selected a land use map that will play an integral role in the city’s growth over the next 20 years.
Clark County News

Clark County

White Oak Books owners Peter Glavin and Sara Smith helped organize Queer Night Out, a fundraiser for nonprofits that support trans people, slated for May 1 at the Kiggins Theatre in Vancouver.

Queer Night Out in downtown Vancouver will help groups that support transgender people in Clark County, state

In a show of solidarity, White Oak Books and Queer Youth Resource Center are joining forces to host a fundraiser dedicated to lifting up Clark…

Business

Victoria Cortez, a receiving department warehouse associate at Filson, poses for a photo after her shift on Monday, April 14, 2025, in Kent, Washington.

At Seattle’s Filson, challenge of reshoring US factory jobs is clear

As U.S. politicians promise to rebuild American manufacturing with tariffs, the transformation of Filson, Seattle-born maker of rugged, high-end apparel, shows just how complicated that…

Northwest

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo, pedestrians huddle under umbrellas as they walk past the Pike Place Market and in view of Elliot Bay, behind, in Seattle. The National Weather Service says the city has measured 44.67 inches of rain in the city between October 2016 and so far in April. That makes it the wettest such period since records began in 1895. Meteorologist Mike McFarland in the agency’s Seattle office says it’s the second year in the row that the city had topped the rainfall record for that 7-month period.

Pike Place Market banning most vehicle traffic in test run

Pike Place Market is going car free. Kind of.

Sports

Seattle Seahawks fans cheer during the second round of the NFL football draft, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis.

Seahawks believe they’ve filled holes and needs with 11 picks in NFL draft

The Seattle Seahawks appear to have addressed most of their immediate roster needs with their 11 picks in the NFL draft.

Politics

The land, center, where Community United Methodist Church of the Pacific Palisades once stood, Friday, April 18, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.

As wildfires intensify, utilities want liability protections. But then who pays?

As climate change drastically increases the frequency and severity of wildfires, power companies say they’re facing growing risk for payouts that could bankrupt them or…

Editor's Choice

Derrik lost both his legs in June 2023, the summer after his sophomore year of high school, while working for Rotschy Inc. in Southwest Washington as part of a school program that allowed him to earn class credit for hours on the job.

WA safety agency seeks felony charges against Vancouver-based Rotschy after teen worker loses legs

The state Department of Labor & Industries is seeking criminal charges against a southwest Washington construction company — the first time the agency has pursued…

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Health

Lynette Isbell dialed a mental health hotline in 2022 to talk to someone about her midlife troubles: divorce, an empty nest, and the demands of caring for aging parents with dementia. But when she didn’t find the sympathetic ear she’d hoped for, she hung up.

A call for comfort brought the police instead. Now the solution is in danger

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”

Life

John Waters speaks at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles for the preview of “John Waters: Pope of Trash” on Sept. 14, 2023.

John Waters’ one-man show comes to the Wallis in Beverly Hills: ‘I’m so respectable, I could puke’

Filmmaker, actor, writer and good-natured provocateur John Waters turned 79 this week. To celebrate, he booked a tour of a one-man show, “John Waters’ Birthday…

Nation / World

Faithful arrive to pay their respect to the grave of late Pope Francis inside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 27, 2025.

Catholic faithful pay respects to Pope Francis

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day…

Economic Forecast – March 2025

Economic Forecast – March 2025

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Opinion

April 26: Heavy Pollen Season

Editorial Cartoons for Week of April 21, 2025

In Our View: WA finds safe middle ground for young workers

Jayne: Ousting Perez is not the answer

Other Papers Say: Nev. lithium mine should prevail

Leubsdorf: Trump’s wild first 100 days

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