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A tower crane pierces the skyline at the Hyas Point construction site along the Washougal waterfront May 13.

Crane’s arrival marks turning point in construction on Washougal waterfront’s Hyas Point development

Construction on the Hyas Point mixed-use development on the Washougal waterfront hit a public milestone last week with the May 13 arrival of a tower crane.
Business
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Former Vancouver man to serve 11 years for child sex trafficking

A former Vancouver man was sentenced Monday to 11 years in federal prison in a child sex trafficking case.
Clark County News
Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss has proposed a law requiring venues with loud music to provide earplugs to concertgoers for under $1. Here, the crowd dances as local band Fluung performs at their self-titled third album release concert at Add-A-Ball in Fremont in April. Add-A-Ball sells pairs of earplugs for 50 cents a pair at the bar. (M.

‘Tone-deaf’: Proposed Seattle earplug law draws mixed reactions

Seattle Councilmember Dan Strauss is worried about Seattle’s ears.
Northwest
Crews work on the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River in 2019.

Tolling delay on I-5 bridge could mean higher rates for Washington and Oregon drivers.

Tolling on the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River will start a year later than planned – but drivers traveling between Washington and Oregon may pay a little more…
Northwest

Clark County

In Clark County, the goal is to reduce the number of solo-driving commuters to 60 percent or less. Currently, the county is at 65 percent.

Clark County, Vancouver work toward reducing number of solo commuters by 5 percentage points

Clark County, Vancouver and other jurisdictions are working to get commuters who drive their cars alone to work off the road.

Business

Robert Drousth, left, of Madison, Wisconsin, has his liquor collection evaluated by Phil Mikhaylov, 
 †CEO and co-founder of Unicorn, 
 †and auction operations supervisor Daniel Cothern in Chicago on May 7, 2025. Drousth 
 †paid about $1,500 for his collection, which was appraised at $31,000 to $39,700. 
 †(Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

How online auction startup Unicorn is turning whiskey bottles into windfalls

When it comes to liquid assets, a Chicago startup is finding that stocks and bonds may have nothing on bourbon.

Northwest

A fossilized whirl in a lava lake that was active during the April 2011 eruption of the Axial Seamount.

Underwater Pacific volcano expected to erupt. What would that mean for WA?

If you’ve never heard of the Axial Seamount, you’d be forgiven. But the underwater volcano has made national news recently after research suggested it is…

Sports

Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodríguez (44) celebrates with Ben Williamson, left, and Mitch Garver (18) after hitting a grand slam during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

Rodríguez grand slam, Castillo pitching leads Mariners over White Sox 5-1

Julio Rodríguez hit a grand slam, Luis Castillo pitched seven crisp innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 for their fourth…

Politics

FILE - People hold signs and chant slogans during a protest against the Trump administration, Saturday, April 19, 2025, in Miami.

Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers

Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the Republican-controlled U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court’s…

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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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Health

An empty bottle of tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.

WA state whooping cough cases surpasses 1,000. Is the surge slowing?

Just four months into 2025, Washington had already recorded more cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, than it had in all but three…

Life

Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia in ǃúThe HandmaidǃÙs Tale.ǃù (Steve Wilkie/Disney/TNS)

Under her eye: The blessings of Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

[This article contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 8, of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”]

Nation / World

FILE - A group of Florida International University students protest against cuts in federal funding and an agreement by campus police to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on the FIU campus on a day of protests around the country in support of higher education, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Miami.

The US is reinstating records for international students. For some, it’s too late

After the government terminated his legal status in the U.S., one student abruptly lost his laboratory job in Houston and, fearing detention, he returned to…

Economic Forecast – March 2025

Economic Forecast – March 2025

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Opinion

May 20: Less Stuff Costs More

Editorial Cartoons for the Week of May 19, 2025

In Our View: Cheers & Jeers: School phones; parking rules

Other Papers Say: Share subsidized innovation

Fitch: Bipartisanship is still happening behind the scenes

Westneat: GOP health cuts would hurt Washington’s Republican areas most

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