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A man rides his bike past the closed main entrance of the international border bridge that connects the cities of Del Rio, Texas and Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021.

U.S. to reopen land borders in November for fully vaccinated

A man rides his bike past the closed main entrance of the international border bridge that connects the cities of Del Rio, Texas and Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021.

October 12, 2021, 8:09pm Latest News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Read story

A training exercise is shown in July. The Vancouver Police Department received 84 suggestions on how it can improve internal operations. It has fulfilled most of the suggestions but still has to create an internal critical incident review board, work on data collection and further its police camera program.

Vancouver Police Department close to fulfilling all 84 recommendations from 2020 report

A training exercise is shown in July. The Vancouver Police Department received 84 suggestions on how it can improve internal operations. It has fulfilled most of the suggestions but still has to create an internal critical incident review board, work on data collection and further its police camera program.

October 12, 2021, 5:51pm Clark County News Updated 2 days ago

Vancouver’s Community Task Force on Policing and the city’s police chief said the police department is close to fulfilling 84 recommendations to improve its internal culture and policies surrounding officers’ use of force. Read story

Sheriff looking for suspect in attempted robbery at Hazel Dell Walmart

October 12, 2021, 4:12pm Clark County News FreeUpdated 2 days ago

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected in an attempted robbery Tuesday at the Hazel Dell Walmart. Read story

Zakary French, 24, makes a first appearance in Clark County Superior Court on April 12, 2018.

Man sentenced to 25 years for stabbing grandfather in the neck

Zakary French, 24, makes a first appearance in Clark County Superior Court on April 12, 2018.

October 12, 2021, 4:08pm Clark County News

A man who stabbed his grandfather in the neck in a 2018 unprovoked attack at his home in the Minnehaha area was sentenced Tuesday to more than 25 years in prison. Read story

Umpqua Bank now operates the former Bank of Clark County.

Columbia, Umpqua Bank announce merger

Umpqua Bank now operates the former Bank of Clark County.

October 12, 2021, 2:14pm Business

TACOMA — The parent companies of Columbia Bank and Umpqua Bank on Tuesday announced plans to merge. Read story

FILE - A Wall Street sign is seen next to surveillance equipment outside the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in New York. Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday, Oct. 12, as traders wait for more data on inflation and corporate earnings this week.

Stocks edge lower ahead of company earnings, inflation data

FILE - A Wall Street sign is seen next to surveillance equipment outside the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in New York. Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday, Oct. 12, as traders wait for more data on inflation and corporate earnings this week.

October 12, 2021, 1:13pm Business

Stocks ended an up-and-down day mostly lower on Wall Street as traders wait for more data on inflation and corporate earnings this week. Read story

FILE - This police camera video provided by The Moab Police Department shows Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito talking to a police officer after police pulled over the van she was traveling in with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, near the entrance to Arches National Park on Aug. 12, 2021. Teton County Coroner Brent Blue is scheduled to announce the findings of Petito's autopsy at a news conference early Tuesday, Oct. 12.

Coroner: Gabby Petito strangled, died 3-4 weeks before found

FILE - This police camera video provided by The Moab Police Department shows Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito talking to a police officer after police pulled over the van she was traveling in with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, near the entrance to Arches National Park on Aug. 12, 2021. Teton County Coroner Brent Blue is scheduled to announce the findings of Petito's autopsy at a news conference early Tuesday, Oct. 12.

October 12, 2021, 12:15pm Latest News

JACKSON, Wyo. — Cross-country traveler Gabby Petito was strangled to death, a Wyoming coroner announced Tuesday. Read story

A medical team adjusts tubes and cords after turning a COVID-19 patient onto their stomach to help with breathing, inside the intensive care unit at Central Washington Hospital on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. The medical team isn't wearing protective gear because the patent isn't contagious anymore.

15 to 20 people dying each day in Washington from COVID-19

A medical team adjusts tubes and cords after turning a COVID-19 patient onto their stomach to help with breathing, inside the intensive care unit at Central Washington Hospital on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. The medical team isn't wearing protective gear because the patent isn't contagious anymore.

October 12, 2021, 12:03pm Health

SPOKANE — While COVID hospitalizations have declined in recent weeks, the death rate has not yet seen a similar trend in Washington. Read story

Kaiser Permanente hit by strike votes in California, Oregon

October 12, 2021, 7:44am Business

LOS ANGELES — More than 24,000 nurses and other health-care workers at Kaiser Permanente in California and Oregon have overwhelmingly authorized a strike, threatening to walk out over pay and working conditions strained by the coronavirus pandemic. Read story

The wheel of an Amtrak train is off the tracks Monday afternoon near Woodland.

Wheel of slow-moving Amtrak train derails near Woodland; no injuries

The wheel of an Amtrak train is off the tracks Monday afternoon near Woodland.

October 12, 2021, 7:39am Clark County News Updated 2 days ago

WOODLAND — The wheel of a slow-traveling Amtrak train came off the tracks Monday afternoon near Woodland, Washington, but no passengers were injured. Read story