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New Battle Ground city council member appointed

February 6, 2025, 6:00am Clark County News

The Battle Ground City Council unanimously voted Monday to appoint Jeanie Kuypers to City Council Position No. 4, filling the seat previously held by Adrian Cortes, who is now serving in the state Senate. Read story

Washington State University Vancouver hosts free workshops on paying for college

February 6, 2025, 6:00am Clark County News

Washington State University Vancouver is hosting four free workshops for prospective students and families to learn about paying for college. Read story

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Vancouver man arrested in fatal shooting of Portland man found in Ariel

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February 5, 2025, 5:21pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was booked Tuesday into the Cowlitz County Jail in connection with the November fatal shooting of a 46-year-old Portland man in Ariel. Read story

A car carrier semitruck went off the road on state Highway 14 Wednesday morning. No one was injured.

Car carrier crash causes backup on state Highway 14

A car carrier semitruck went off the road on state Highway 14 Wednesday morning. No one was injured.

February 5, 2025, 4:55pm Clark County News

A car carrier semitruck went off the road Wednesday morning on state Highway 14 west of Lieser Road in Vancouver, backing up traffic during the rush-hour commute. Read story

A motorist prepares to head southbound on Interstate 5 from the Northeast 179th Street interchange in Ridgefield on June 17. An upcoming project aims to improve mobility for travelers who use this interchange and signalized intersections will be removed and replaced with roundabouts at the on- and offramps to and from the freeway.

Judge sides with Clark County and housing developers in lawsuit over 179th Street upgrade

A motorist prepares to head southbound on Interstate 5 from the Northeast 179th Street interchange in Ridgefield on June 17. An upcoming project aims to improve mobility for travelers who use this interchange and signalized intersections will be removed and replaced with roundabouts at the on- and offramps to and from the freeway.

February 5, 2025, 2:53pm Clark County News

A judge earlier this week upheld Clark County’s approval of two housing developments in the Fairgrounds neighborhood that had been challenged by a nearby resident. Read story

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Vancouver Mall skin care store owner accused of trying to scam 75-year-old woman out of $50,000, say court documents

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February 5, 2025, 1:46pm Clark County News

The owner of a skin care store formerly at Vancouver Mall is charged with attempted theft after police say he tried to convince a 75-year-old woman to withdraw $50,000 from the bank for an opportunity to become the company’s spokesmodel. Read story

Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, poses for a photograph in Washington, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

Nonprofit’s lawsuit over the federal funding freeze is part of an ‘avalanche’ of litigation

Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, poses for a photograph in Washington, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

February 5, 2025, 1:41pm Latest News

A new coalition of nonprofits came together overnight to challenge a seemingly sweeping order from the Trump administration last week pausing trillions of dollars in federal funding. They succeeded in blocking that order, at least for now. Read story

Trader Fred Demarco, left, and specialist Genaro Saporito work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

Stock market today: Most of Wall Street rises as earnings reporting season ramps up

Trader Fred Demarco, left, and specialist Genaro Saporito work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

February 5, 2025, 1:40pm Business

Wall Street drifted higher Wednesday as gains for most stocks outweighed drops for Alphabet and some other big-name companies following their latest profit reports. Read story

Students walk on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Trump wants to dissolve the Department of Education. Here’s how it could impact student loans

Students walk on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

February 5, 2025, 1:19pm Latest News

President Donald Trump is weighing the idea of signing an executive order to start the dissolution of the Department of Education, officials told The Wall Street Journal. Read story

Kirkland Warren enters the courtroom Oct. 8 as he is sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of Meshay Melendez and Layla Stewart at the Clark County Courthouse. Warren has yet to enter a guilty plea in his 2018 Arkansas murder case, but the prosecutor there says it’s a matter of timing.

Paperwork snafus delay convicted murderer Kirkland Warren from pleading guilty in Arkansas murder

Kirkland Warren enters the courtroom Oct. 8 as he is sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of Meshay Melendez and Layla Stewart at the Clark County Courthouse. Warren has yet to enter a guilty plea in his 2018 Arkansas murder case, but the prosecutor there says it’s a matter of timing.

February 5, 2025, 12:58pm Clark County News

Nearly four months after Kirkland Warren was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of a Vancouver mother and daughter, he has yet to formally plead guilty in his other murder case in Arkansas because of paperwork snafus. Read story