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Pacific Power crews are using drones to monitor equipment and facilities to prevent forest fires.

Drones deployed to help prevent wildfires in Southwest Washington

Pacific Power crews are using drones to monitor equipment and facilities to prevent forest fires.

July 25, 2024, 6:36pm Clark County News

Pacific Power is using drones this summer to inspect equipment and facilities in Washington, Oregon and California in the hopes of preventing forest fires. Read story

At least 10 homes were evacuated Thursday afternoon when firefighters were called to a major natural gas leak on Northwest 99th Street, directly in front of Columbia River High School. The leak reportedly happened after a contractor working on a water line project in the area accidentally punctured a gas line.

Gas leak forces evacuations on NW 99th Street near Columbia River High School

At least 10 homes were evacuated Thursday afternoon when firefighters were called to a major natural gas leak on Northwest 99th Street, directly in front of Columbia River High School. The leak reportedly happened after a contractor working on a water line project in the area accidentally punctured a gas line.

July 25, 2024, 6:33pm Clark County News Updated 3 hours ago

At least 10 homes were evacuated Thursday afternoon when firefighters were called to a major natural gas leak on Northwest 99th Street, directly in front of Columbia River High School. Read story

Signs warn visitors of toxic algae blooms at Vancouver Lake on Thursday afternoon. The county is spraying the lake with algaecide in an attempt to prevent a toxic bloom.

Clark County takes proactive approach to Vancouver Lake’s algae blooms

Signs warn visitors of toxic algae blooms at Vancouver Lake on Thursday afternoon. The county is spraying the lake with algaecide in an attempt to prevent a toxic bloom.

July 25, 2024, 5:31pm Clark County News Updated 8 hours ago

Vancouver Lake’s popular swim beach was closed for a few hours Thursday as technicians applied algaecide to the lake’s surface. This is the first time a proactive treatment has been tried to prevent the toxic algae blooms that have become commonplace at the lake. Read story

Specialist Anthony Matesic works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, July 22, 2024. U.S. stocks are climbing Monday and clawing back some of the losses from their worst week since April.

Stock market today: Wall Street’s smallest stocks roar a day after its worst loss since 2022

Specialist Anthony Matesic works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, July 22, 2024. U.S. stocks are climbing Monday and clawing back some of the losses from their worst week since April.

July 25, 2024, 2:05pm Business Updated 1 day ago

Wall Street’s split widened Thursday, as smaller stocks and other formerly downtrodden areas of the market rose up while superstar Big Tech stocks gave back more of their stellar gains. Read story

FILE - A woman fills out a pledge card for the U.S. Census in exchange for a reusable boba tea carton at a boba drink competition in Phoenix on Jan. 3, 2020. According to a new study released in June 2024, adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren&rsquo;t U.S. citizens.

Noncitizens are less likely to participate in a census with citizenship question, study says

FILE - A woman fills out a pledge card for the U.S. Census in exchange for a reusable boba tea carton at a boba drink competition in Phoenix on Jan. 3, 2020. According to a new study released in June 2024, adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren&rsquo;t U.S. citizens.

July 25, 2024, 1:56pm Latest News

Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from Latin American countries, according to a new research paper that comes as Republicans in Congress are pushing to add such a question to the census form. Read story

Workers on a Union Pacific water train spray water to aid in firefighting along the Interstate 84 corridor in Oregon on Wednesday.

Lightning and a burning car pushed into a gully are blamed for wildfires scorching Pacific Northwest

Workers on a Union Pacific water train spray water to aid in firefighting along the Interstate 84 corridor in Oregon on Wednesday.

July 25, 2024, 1:25pm Latest News Updated 1 day ago

A California man under arrest Thursday was accused of starting the state's largest wildfire of the year by pushing a burning car into a gully as other fires scorched the Pacific Northwest. Read story

First responders work at the scene after a shooting left two people dead in central Vancouver on Thursday morning, July 25, 2024.

Two people are dead in a murder-suicide in central Vancouver, say police

First responders work at the scene after a shooting left two people dead in central Vancouver on Thursday morning, July 25, 2024.

July 25, 2024, 12:51pm Clark County News FreeUpdated 3 hours ago

Two people are dead after being fatally shot in a homicide-suicide Thursday morning in the parking lot of a central Vancouver apartment complex. Read story

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaking during the second day of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J.

House Republicans, 6 Dems vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration’s handling of border policy

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaking during the second day of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J.

July 25, 2024, 10:50am Latest News Updated 22 hours ago

House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris's role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job. Read story

Natural gas initiative qualifies for WA ballot in November

July 25, 2024, 10:01am Election

Environmental issues will be a centerpiece of Washingtonians’ ballots this fall, now that an initiative to protect the use of natural gas and to unravel recently passed energy regulations and laws has qualified for the ballot. Read story

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris greets first responders after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Beryl recovery efforts at the City of Houston Emergency Operation Center in Houston, Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

Harris tells teachers union she’s ready to fight for country’s future — ‘bring it on’

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris greets first responders after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Beryl recovery efforts at the City of Houston Emergency Operation Center in Houston, Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

July 25, 2024, 9:55am Latest News

Vice President Kamala Harris is propelling her presidential push by speaking Thursday to the American Federation of Teachers, the first labor union to formally endorse her candidacy. Read story