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Thirst Trap Soda Shack in Battle Ground offers a near unlimited number of variations on dirty soda.

Dirty soda moves into Clark County with two shops in Battle Ground

Dirty soda businesses began to pop up in Utah around 2010 as a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-approved way to enjoy the big caffeinated drinks found at coffee…
Dining Out
Mount St. Helens Institute’s youth education programs reached 2,203 students in 2024, according to the nonprofit’s annual report. (Contributed by Mount St.

‘A unique and powerful story’: Despite cuts, Mount St. Helens Institute committed to providing educational resources to visitors

Since 1996, scientists, researchers, staff and volunteers at Mount St. Helens Institute have been working to educate students and visitors about the mountain’s unique volcanic landscape. Despite recent staffing and…
Life
Anglers display a fine catch of walleye taken in the Columbia. Guides and locals say the walleye fishing this year has been phenomenal with weeks of good fishing to come.

Walleye fishing is going gangbusters in Columbia River

Walleye fishing has been nothing short of phenomenal in The Dalles and John Day Pools of the Columbia River.
Clark County Life
People listen to speakers during a grand opening ceremony for Laurel Manor Senior Apartments in central Vancouver. The affordable housing complex opened in January for lower-income residents 62 and older.

‘Built with love’: Vancouver welcomes Laurel Manor, an affordable housing complex for low-income seniors

Vancouver now has another affordable housing building where older adults can age comfortably in place.
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The exterior of the Washington Capitol building is seen April 25 in Olympia. Local business are concerned after lawmakers voted this year to increase their tax bills.

Clark County businesses stand to be hit hard by higher B&O taxes passed by the Legislature this year

Some Clark County businesses are alarmed about two large tax increases aimed at them recently approved by the Legislature.

Business

This image provided by BCG shows a sketch by Bob Goodson that included a crude concept of what would become the Like button on May 18, 2005.

Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world

The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip.

Northwest

Wildland firefighters watch and take video with their cellphones as a plane drops fire retardant on Harlow Ridge above the Lick Creek Fire, southwest of Asotin, Wash., Monday, July 12, 2021.

Wildfire season may be unpredictable after federal budget slashing hits supplies, support staff, crews say

Fuel for chainsaws. Food and water for Pulaski-toting firefighters doing the exhaustive work of digging fire lines. Ample first aid kits with spendy epi-pens in…

Sports

Members of the Columbia-White Salmon boys soccer team pose with the championship trophy after the Bruins beat Seton Catholic 1-0 in the 1A District 4 boys soccer championship game at King's Way Christian High School on Saturday, May 17, 2025.

1A district boys soccer: Columbia-White Salmon tops Seton Catholic 1-0 for district title

Isaac Reynoso punched in the winning goal in stoppage time, lifting Columbia to a 1-0 win over Seton Catholic in the 1A District 4 championship…

Politics

This is the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J.

As climate hazards worsen, Trump moves to weaken FEMA and shift disaster response onto states

The recent firing of the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is just the latest in a string of blows for the nation’s top…

Editor's Choice

Marc Fogle, 54, of Clackamas, Ore., is pictured May 7 in body camera video released Thursday by the Clark County Sheriff's Office moments before a deputy fatally stabs him during a struggle over the deputy's gun.

“My life’s … over”: Bodycam video shows DUI suspect attack Clark County sheriff’s deputy who fatally stabbed him

An Oregon man can be heard on body camera footage telling a Clark County sheriff’s deputy he wanted him to shoot him as they struggled…

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FILE - A person walks past a sign directing vehicles toward the emergency room at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Portland, Ore.

How some emergency rooms adapt to the needs of older adults

A visit to the emergency room is no fun for anybody. But older people face challenges that can make a tough situation worse.

Life

An Aug. 1, 1878 advertisement in the Vancouver Independent newspaper hawks goods at a local store half-owned by C.H. Whitney. Whitney, a Vancouver merchant, was prominent in many local affairs before his death in 1885. No photos of him are known to exist.

Clark County history: Curious letter leads to businessman’s discovery

Clark County Historical Museum volunteer Jan Anderson found a curious letter in historian Carl Landerholm’s archive in 2018. The envelope, from the Puget Sound &…

Nation / World

Tara Campbell, center, dances through a cheer tunnel formed by other GirlTrek walkers outside the Bricklayers Hall in Montgomery, Ala., on April 19, 2025. After every Saturday morning walk, it’s tradition that the group celebrates each other for finishing the workout and prioritizing their health.

In the Deep South, health care fights echo civil rights battles

Tara Campbell unlocked the front door of the Bricklayers Hall, a no-frills brick building on South Union Street in downtown Montgomery, half a mile from…

Economic Forecast – March 2025

Economic Forecast – March 2025

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Opinion

May 17: ChatGPT Graduation

Editorial Cartoons for Week of May 12, 2025

In Our View: Mount St. Helens has become a living laboratory

Leubsdorf: Debasing the Justice Dept.

Westneat: U.S. saves $866, but for what?

Other Papers Say: Trump’s Qatari plane is Trojan horse

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