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Michel Bérrios, originally from Nicaragua, is interviewed in Tracy, Calif., Dec. 18, 2024.

Some immigrants are already leaving the U.S. in ‘self-deportations’ as Trump’s threats loom

January 16, 2025, 9:05am Latest News

Michel Bérrios left the United States a few days before the new year, giving President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign for mass deportations a small victory before they even started. Read story

Sen. Adrian Cortes, D-Battle Ground, left, talks with Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, right, after Ferguson’s inaugural address to a joint legislative session in House chambers at the Washington State Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Olympia, Wash.

Republican leaders ‘pleasantly surprised’ at Gov. Ferguson’s bipartisan inaugural speech

January 16, 2025, 9:03am Latest News

If freshly inaugurated Gov. Bob Ferguson’s first address to the Legislature extended an olive branch to Republicans, GOP leadership accepted it with vigor and surprise. Read story

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson leaves House chambers after giving his inaugural address to a joint legislative session at the Washington State Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Olympia, Wash.

Ferguson signs executive orders related to abortion, housing minutes after inauguration

January 16, 2025, 7:41am Latest News

Gov. Bob Ferguson signed his first three executive orders Wednesday afternoon, his first official acts after being sworn in as Washington’s 24th governor. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, at the Department of the Interior in Washington.

Why did Harris lose some Biden 2020 voters? Poll finds Gaza war was the top issue

January 16, 2025, 7:37am Election

Vice President Kamala Harris won about 75 million votes in the 2024 U.S. presidential election — well below the roughly 81 million that President Joe Biden won in 2020. Read story

Brian Audette, delivery supervisor at Columbia Distributing, looks over an assortment of alcoholic beverages in the company’s Vancouver warehouse.

Washington’s beverage industry evolves as people seek nonalcoholic drinks

January 16, 2025, 6:07am Business Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 1 day ago

Growing participation in Dry January — when people abstain from alcohol after drinking heavily over the holidays — has put pressure on the beverage industry to evolve. Read story

Weather Eye: Colder, drier air might oust fog, drop temperatures

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

For most of us here in Clark County we have been under a thick layer of low clouds and fog all week. Temperatures have remained in the 30s in many areas. I had hoped the east winds would have been prevalent sooner but alas, few winners here. I have heard… Read story

In farewell address, Biden warns of dangers of ‘oligarchy’ of ultra-rich, ‘tech-industrial complex’ running country

President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives his farewell address Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington.

January 15, 2025, 5:34pm Latest News

President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans' rights and the future of democracy. Read story