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Darth Vader makes his entrance in the 1977 movie "Star Wars." Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries will celebrate Free Comic Book Day and Star Wars Day (May 4, as in "May the fourth be with you") in one giant event on Saturday.

Library Con: Free Comic Book Day meets Star Wars Day in one giant celebration in Vancouver

Darth Vader makes his entrance in the 1977 movie "Star Wars." Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries will celebrate Free Comic Book Day and Star Wars Day (May 4, as in "May the fourth be with you") in one giant event on Saturday.

April 30, 2024, 11:00am Clark County Life

Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries will celebrate Free Comic Book Day and Star Wars Day (May 4, as in “May the fourth be with you”) in one giant event on Saturday: Library Con, a celebration of fan culture with activities at all local library branches. Read story

Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York.

Judge holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 and raises threat of jail in hush money trial

Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York.

April 30, 2024, 10:44am Latest News Updated 1 day ago

Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. And if he does it again, the judge warned, he could… Read story

WA, feds upend plan to clean up one of nation’s most costly, dangerous radioactive sites

April 30, 2024, 9:18am Latest News

The Department of Energy and its regulators have released a revised path forward for DOE’s most costly liability in the nation — the 56 million gallons of radioactive waste stored in leak-prone underground tanks in Eastern Washington. Read story

People gather next to a sign displayed on the street that reads in Hebrew &ldquo;Rafah can wait, they cannot&rdquo;, in reference of a possible Israeli offensive on the Rafah, city in southern Gaza Strip, and calling for the release of the Israeli hostages held by the Hamas militant group, during a protest in Tel Aviv, Monday, April 29, 2024.

Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue

People gather next to a sign displayed on the street that reads in Hebrew &ldquo;Rafah can wait, they cannot&rdquo;, in reference of a possible Israeli offensive on the Rafah, city in southern Gaza Strip, and calling for the release of the Israeli hostages held by the Hamas militant group, during a protest in Tel Aviv, Monday, April 29, 2024.

April 30, 2024, 8:53am Latest News Updated 1 day ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long war, just as cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining steam. Read story

A firefighter uses a drip torch to simulate blowing embers during a burn demonstration for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Western Zone at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, Monday, April 29, 2924. The building on the left is designed to mimic a home built using fire-resistant materials with defensible space around the exterior, and the building on the right is designed to mimic a home with traditional landscaping and building materials. The building on the right quickly burned to the ground.

Growing wildfire risk leaves states grappling with how to keep property insurers from fleeing

A firefighter uses a drip torch to simulate blowing embers during a burn demonstration for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Western Zone at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, Monday, April 29, 2924. The building on the left is designed to mimic a home built using fire-resistant materials with defensible space around the exterior, and the building on the right is designed to mimic a home with traditional landscaping and building materials. The building on the right quickly burned to the ground.

April 30, 2024, 7:56am Latest News

Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news — their property insurance won’t be renewed because their insurance company has deemed the risk too high. Read story

Woman’s body pulled from Columbia River near Kalama

April 30, 2024, 7:53am Latest News FreeUpdated 1 day ago

The body of a woman was retrieved from the Columbia River on Sunday near the Port of Kalama. Read story

FILE - A person walks past an art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics on April 23, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario.

At plastics treaty talks in Canada, sharp disagreements on whether to limit plastic production

FILE - A person walks past an art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics on April 23, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario.

April 30, 2024, 7:51am Business Updated 1 day ago

Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution, finishing the latest round of negotiations in Canada early Tuesday amid sharp disagreements about whether to put global limits on plastic production. Read story

An ambulance responds to a call in southeast Vancouver during an ice storm Jan. 17.

Clark County gets FEMA disaster assistance for January ice storms

An ambulance responds to a call in southeast Vancouver during an ice storm Jan. 17.

April 30, 2024, 7:51am Clark County News FreeUpdated 1 day ago

Federal disaster assistance is available for Clark County and other Southwest Washington tribes and nonprofits affected by January’s winter storms, according to a statement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Read story

Residents living along the west edge of the Salmon Creek trail say the ponds have been drying out, but no one seems to know why. According to Clark County Public Works, the ponds began drying up about a year ago. Rocky Houston, director of the parks division, said it may be from a beaver dam.

Why are Salmon Creek trail ponds drying up?

Residents living along the west edge of the Salmon Creek trail say the ponds have been drying out, but no one seems to know why. According to Clark County Public Works, the ponds began drying up about a year ago. Rocky Houston, director of the parks division, said it may be from a beaver dam.

April 30, 2024, 6:15am Clark County News Updated 13 hours ago

What is causing ponds along the western edge of Salmon Creek trail to dry up? That’s the question many residents living along the trail are asking. Read story

Incumbent 3rd District Rep.

3rd Congressional District candidates discuss foreign aid, a central issue in campaign

Incumbent 3rd District Rep.

April 30, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Foreign aid is becoming a central issue in the race for Southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. Read story