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Battle Ground basketball coach Butch Blue, right, on the bench with his team during the opening round of the 2002 WIAA 4A basketball tournament at the Tacoma Dome. Blue, whose coaching career at Battle Ground spanned four decades, died Friday, Jan.

Hall of Fame basketball coach Butch Blue dies at 78

Battle Ground basketball coach Butch Blue, right, on the bench with his team during the opening round of the 2002 WIAA 4A basketball tournament at the Tacoma Dome. Blue, whose coaching career at Battle Ground spanned four decades, died Friday, Jan.

February 3, 2025, 12:11pm Latest News

Butch Blue, a hall of fame and state champion coach, administrator and teacher, died on Friday after a battle with Lewy body dementia. He was 78. Read story

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

Trump administration’s push for a federal funding freeze is back in court

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

February 3, 2025, 8:37am Latest News

A planned Trump administration freeze on federal funding is heading back to a Washington courtroom on Monday. Read story

A physician who works in the Emergency Department walks in to the MultiCare Auburn Medical Center in Auburn.

WA hospitals issue guidance on what to do if ICE arrives

A physician who works in the Emergency Department walks in to the MultiCare Auburn Medical Center in Auburn.

February 3, 2025, 8:28am Health

Many Washington medical facilities and staffers are taking steps to ready themselves for the potential presence of federal immigration officers, following President Donald Trump’s renewed focus on deportation efforts. Read story

This image provided by Lakeside High School shows Bill Gates in his senior year at Lakeside High School in Seattle in 1973.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates explores the making of his internal operating system in new memoir

This image provided by Lakeside High School shows Bill Gates in his senior year at Lakeside High School in Seattle in 1973.

February 3, 2025, 8:21am Business

As he prepares to turn 70 later this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ new memoir explores how his childhood quirks, upbringing, friendships and experiences coalesced into shaping his internal operating system. Read story

WA Department of Licensing to pause in-person, online services for several days this month

February 3, 2025, 8:03am Latest News

For several days in mid-February, Washington residents won’t be able to obtain driver licenses or receive vehicle or vessel services in person while the state Department of Licensing upgrades its DRIVES (Drive and Vehicles Services) system. Read story

Vancouver fire crew battle a car fire after a crash that left the driver seriously injured Sunday morning on Interstate 205.

Bystander rescues driver from burning car in I-205 in Clark County

Vancouver fire crew battle a car fire after a crash that left the driver seriously injured Sunday morning on Interstate 205.

February 3, 2025, 7:46am Clark County News

A bystander pulled a driver out of a burning vehicle on Interstate 205 early Sunday morning, according to the Vancouver Fire Department. Read story

DeWayne Ledbetter of Portland and Lee Rafferty of Vancouver swing at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver at the Parks Foundation's 2017 Swing More 24. Give More 24! is returning to Southwest Washington after a two year hiatus.

Give More 24! returning to Southwest Washington

DeWayne Ledbetter of Portland and Lee Rafferty of Vancouver swing at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver at the Parks Foundation's 2017 Swing More 24. Give More 24! is returning to Southwest Washington after a two year hiatus.

February 3, 2025, 6:10am Business

once Southwest Washington’s biggest day of giving — is back after a two-year hiatus. Read story

Vancouver Innovation, Technology and Arts Elementary, right, is next to Vancouver Art Hub, where the city of Vancouver operates a winter homeless shelter.

Large number of families, children stay at winter shelter next to Vancouver elementary school

Vancouver Innovation, Technology and Arts Elementary, right, is next to Vancouver Art Hub, where the city of Vancouver operates a winter homeless shelter.

February 3, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

Since the city of Vancouver opened a winter shelter next to an elementary school in mid-December, it’s been packed with an unexpectedly high proportion of families with young children, staff say. Read story

House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., speaks with Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., during the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of the Navy's budget request for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 28, 2023.

Democrats keep winning in Washington but there’s division over the reasons why

House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., speaks with Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., during the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of the Navy's budget request for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 28, 2023.

February 3, 2025, 6:05am Latest News

Shasti Conrad thinks the way Democrats went about winning Washington elections last year is a formula for success nationwide. Read story

Shifting tides: Heavyweight reusable shopping bags were supposed to solve a problem.

A new fight is coming over plastic bags

Shifting tides: Heavyweight reusable shopping bags were supposed to solve a problem.

February 3, 2025, 6:02am Latest News

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. Read story