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Camas could be the first community in Washington to remove fluoride from its drinking water.

Camas could be the first community in Washington to remove fluoride from drinking water

Camas could become the first community in Southwest Washington to reverse its water fluoridation efforts.
Health
Misael Dominguez-Naillon makes a first appearance Tuesday on suspicion of first-degree attempted murder in Clark County Superior Court. A judge set bail at $1 million. Dominguez-Naillon is prohibited from possessing firearms and required to surrender any guns prior to his release.

Vancouver man held on $1 million bail in attempted murder case

A judge set bail at $1 million for a 27-year-old Vancouver man accused of shooting a man multiple times late Sunday night.
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Courts & Crime
Nena Cook, left, raises her right hand Jan. 13 to be sworn in as the interim city attorney by Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The council confirmed Cook’s permanent appointment to the position Monday.

Vancouver City Council confirms Nena Cook as new city attorney

City officials on Monday confirmed Nena Cook as Vancouver’s next city attorney.
Clark County Politics
Chinook salmon, steelhead and other fish are visible through a window in August at Bonneville Dam. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts salmon returns to the Columbia Basin will improve this year.

2025 will be an above average year for Columbia River salmon, says NOAA report

The number of salmon returning to the Columbia and Snake rivers this year is expected to beat the 10-year average return. That’s according to a new report from the National…
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Clark County

Harry Fishel of Washougal dips for smelt on Wednesday in Longview.

Southwest Washington’s new smelt season got off to an awkward start on the Cowlitz River

This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping for them.

Business

A field of RoozenGaarde tulips bloom during the April 2022 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Festival organizers are hoping for a close-to-normal year in 2023, with visitors from around the world bringing economic benefit.

The Washington Bulb Company in the business of producing tulips

The Washington Bulb Company produces tens of millions of tulip bulbs to be planted throughout the Skagit Valley at its facility west of Mount Vernon…

Northwest

Workers talk as construction continues on Stark Street Bridge on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Troutdale, Ore.

Electric vehicle owners don’t buy gas. Oregon among the states looking for other ways to pay for roads and bridges.

The pothole outside Timothy Taylor’s home was so deep, he could hear the clunk of cars hitting it from inside his house.

Sports

Prep highlights (March 17): Columbia River baseball opens state title defense with 9-3 win over Mountain View

Reigning Class 2A state baseball champion Columbia River opened its season with a 9-3 win over Mountain View on Monday.

Politics

FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday, July 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hand with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of the press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland.

Trump and Putin agree to an immediate ceasefire for energy infrastructure in Ukraine conflict

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in the Ukraine war, but the Russian leader…

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An aerial photo shows the Steigerwald Commerce Center, an industrial park owned by the Port of Camas-Washougal, east of downtown Washougal. The area has been designated as an Opportunity Zone, creating a new investment tool for developers interested in moving into the area’s remaining vacant lots.

Unforeseen issues add $200,000 to Port of Camas-Washougal’s 41st Street project

The Port of Camas-Washougal’s effort to build a new street in the Steigerwald Commerce Center industrial park has hit a speed bump that will add…

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Health

This March 2025 image from the website of artificial intelligence company Xoltar, shows two of of their demonstration avatars for conducting video calls with patients.

As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back

The next time you’re due for a medical exam you may get a call from someone like Ana: a friendly voice that can help you…

Life

A Life After Life club meeting takes place on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 at Laguna Woods Village in Laguna Woods, CA. It was founded in 2006 to provide “public education about experiences that suggest continued consciousness beyond death” according to their website. (Myung J.

What the dead have to say to the living: Lessons from a psychic reading

With shoulder-length blond hair, black dress and black knee-high boots, Jennifer Rose cuts a preacherly silhouette — less Bible-thumping, more New Age — standing on…

Nation / World

Activists unfurl a large banner in support of Ukraine outside the European Council building ahead of an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

The $300 billion question: What to do with Russia’s frozen central bank money?

With U.S. support for Ukraine in doubt, Kyiv’s European allies are weighing whether to seize $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and use the money…

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March 19: Democrats In Disarray

Editorial Cartoons for Week of March 17, 2025

In Our View: City should continue Safe Stay program

Lopez: Trump should drop unrealistic deportation goal

Letter: Support Mt. Adams Institute

Letter: NW and Canada can work together

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

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