February 13, 2025, 10:48am Latest News Updated 7 hours ago
Russian officials and state media took a triumphant tone Thursday after President Donald Trump jettisoned three years of U.S. policy and announced he would likely meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a peace deal in the almost three-year war in Ukraine. Read story
February 13, 2025, 9:32am Health
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country. Read story
February 13, 2025, 9:30am Latest News Updated 8 hours ago
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson wants to slash government spending by 6%. He calculates this will save roughly $1.8 billion in the next two-year state budget and erase about a third of a projected shortfall during that time. Read story
February 13, 2025, 7:37am Latest News
Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs has written to the state’s congressional delegation expressing concerns about “federal support and efforts to counter election disinformation” state officials across the country can expect going forward. Read story
February 13, 2025, 7:36am Latest News Free
Washington state lawmakers set out Wednesday to raise $1.6 billion from tolls to help pay for construction of a replacement bridge on Interstate 5 across the Columbia River. Read story
February 13, 2025, 6:09am Clark County News
Matthew Peterson gently places cans into cardboard boxes, each settling with a soft thud. Behind him, a steady stream of One Life Pantry volunteers continues the process, filling boxes and shelves with food that will go to residents in need the next day. Read story
February 13, 2025, 6:08am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive
Students and staff at Vancouver schools can now carry naloxone and other life-saving overdose reversal medications. Read story
February 13, 2025, 6:06am Clark County Life
Even lifelong cinema lovers like Richard Beer, the programming manager at downtown Vancouver’s independent Kiggins Theatre, find the gargantuan running time of some of today’s movie releases a bit absurd. Read story
February 13, 2025, 6:05am Latest News
In Washington, the nickname “The Evergreen State” winks at you across Washington from road signs, license plates, even quarters. It’s a popular sobriquet, but it’s never been made an official nickname. We’ve been conducting a casual relationship with it for more than a century. Read story
February 13, 2025, 6:05am Clark County News
We have had for the most part tranquil winter so far as weather is concerned. No flooding rains, no windstorms, no snowstorms or ice until now. The widely advertised winter weather that will impact your life to some degree will be well underway as you read this column Thursday. We… Read story