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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, offers prayers at a church in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv that became a symbol of Russian atrocities against civilians, in Ukraine, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.(Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s PM offers Ukraine support as China’s Xi backs Russia

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, offers prayers at a church in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv that became a symbol of Russian atrocities against civilians, in Ukraine, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.(Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)

March 21, 2023, 8:16am Latest News Updated 1 day ago

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit Tuesday to Kyiv, stealing some of the global attention from Asian rival President Xi Jinping of China, who is in Moscow to show support for Russia against the West over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Read story

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Finance Committee about President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for the fiscal year 2024, Thursday, March 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Yellen says bank situation stabilizing, different from 2008

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Finance Committee about President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for the fiscal year 2024, Thursday, March 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

March 21, 2023, 8:10am Business Updated 1 day ago

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen projected calm on Tuesday after recent regional bank collapses but told a gathering of bankers that additional rescue arrangements “could be warranted” if any new failures at smaller institutions jeopardize financial stability. Read story

FILE - A soldier walks past a line of M1 Abrams tanks, Nov. 29, 2016, at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo. U.S. officials say the Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster. The aim is to get the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone in eight to 10 months.

U.S. speeds up Abrams tank delivery to Ukraine war zone

FILE - A soldier walks past a line of M1 Abrams tanks, Nov. 29, 2016, at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo. U.S. officials say the Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster. The aim is to get the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone in eight to 10 months.

March 21, 2023, 8:07am Latest News Updated 1 day ago

The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster, with the aim of getting the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone in eight to 10 months, U.S. officials told The Associated Press. Read story

A long line of rail cars containing oil sit on tracks south of Seattle in 2015.

What to know about the Swinomish oil train suit as federal trial begins

A long line of rail cars containing oil sit on tracks south of Seattle in 2015.

March 21, 2023, 7:49am Business Updated 17 hours ago

Without permission from the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, BNSF in 2012 began transporting 100-car trains of highly combustible crude oil through Swinomish land, court documents show. Read story

Sandra Sermone poses with the Presidential Award she recently received due to her work trying to cure her son's rare brain disease.

Brush Prairie woman receives 2022 Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award

Sandra Sermone poses with the Presidential Award she recently received due to her work trying to cure her son's rare brain disease.

March 21, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Health Updated 17 hours ago

In 2008, Sandra Bedrosian Sermone gave birth to twin boys, Tony and Rocco. Early on, Tony was in and out of the hospital for four years with no diagnosis as he lost the ability to swallow, walk and talk. Read story

Weather Eye: Spring is here, but winter likely isn’t done with us yet

March 21, 2023, 6:04am Clark County News

The official start of astronomical spring arrived Monday afternoon, but our weather evidently didn’t get the message. Winterlike weather returned Monday after a string of 60-degree-plus high temperatures. We do get a break in the shower activity today and most of Wednesday, and as we get some sun breaks, we… Read story

Xavier Lopez of Miracle Man Movers carries a piece of furniture for a customer moving from Washougal to Vancouver. The company moves people all over the region but has helped more clients make the journey from Oregon to Washington than the other direction.

Oregonians moving to Clark County in droves; experts cite income tax

Xavier Lopez of Miracle Man Movers carries a piece of furniture for a customer moving from Washougal to Vancouver. The company moves people all over the region but has helped more clients make the journey from Oregon to Washington than the other direction.

March 21, 2023, 6:02am Business Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 17 hours ago

If death and taxes are life certainties, surely moving must be a near-certainty. People move for jobs, better homes, convenience, health reasons, better schools, smaller homes — and the list goes on and on. Read story

Hotel eyed near Cowlitz County Event Center

March 20, 2023, 8:15pm Latest News

An Oregon-based developer is in the process of purchasing land next to the Cowlitz County Event Center to build a long-delayed hotel on the site, which officials say will draw more business to the center. Read story

The Washington Capitol Building in Olympia.

Forecast: Washington’s revenue projections are slowing thanks to inflation, uncertain economy

The Washington Capitol Building in Olympia.

March 20, 2023, 7:41pm Latest News Updated 1 day ago

The state will have less money to spend in the next couple of years than expected amid inflation worries and an uncertain economy. Read story

Meshay Melendez and daughter Layla Stewart, 7, have been missing since March 12.

Vancouver man accused of violating no-contact order with woman who’s now missing

Meshay Melendez and daughter Layla Stewart, 7, have been missing since March 12.

March 20, 2023, 6:46pm Clark County News Updated 2 days ago

A Vancouver man is accused of violating a no-contact order with his girlfriend, among other allegations, in a December drive-by shooting case. Vancouver police say the woman and her 7-year-old daughter are also now missing. Read story