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Democratic state senators push $17B dollar tax package to balance Washington budget

March 21, 2025, 7:39am Latest News Free

Let the tax debate begin in Olympia. Read story

Most Clark County government employees are getting a 3 percent pay raise

March 20, 2025, 10:47am Clark County News Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 1 day ago

About 1,100 employees of the Clark County government — about 70 percent of its total workforce — are getting a 3 percent raise. The Clark County Council approved the new… Read story

Washington State Patrol Trooper Will Finn accused of theft, destroying records while mayor of WoodlandUpdated 14 hours ago

Most Clark County government employees are getting a 3 percent pay raiseSubscriber ExclusiveUpdated 1 day ago

Clark County Council renews contract for Tri-Mountain Golf Course through end of 2026Updated 1 day ago

WA initiative takes aim at Parents’ Bill of Rights changes

Bill would let voters extend terms of Camas-Washougal port commissioners from four to six years

NRCC names 26 House Democrats to initial target list for 2026, including Perez

3rd Congressional candidates react to Trump verdict

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and white nationalist Nick Fuentes spar over who is responsible for Joe Kent’s 2022 loss

Kent questions efficacy of U.S. Secret Service

This graphical rendering provided by the U.S. Air Force shows the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Platform, the F-47. On Friday, March 21, 2025, President Donald Trump announced that the Air Force had selected Boeing to produce the next generation fighter jet. (U.S.

Eyeing China threat, Trump announces Boeing wins contract for secretive future fighter jet

March 21, 2025, 1:25pm Latest News

President Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing will build the Air Force’s future fighter jet, which the Pentagon says will have stealth and penetration capabilities that far exceed those of its current fleet and is essential in a potential conflict with China. Read story

Lucas Sielaff poses for a photo in Bad Bibra, Germany, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Weekslong lockups of European tourists at U.S. borders spark fears of traveling to America

March 21, 2025, 1:20pm Latest News

Lennon Tyler and her German fiancé often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in the United States since it was only a day’s drive from her home in Las Vegas, one of the perks of their long-distance relationship. Read story

A new online mapping tool from the city of Vancouver is making it easier for residents to understand how proposed land use changes — a part of the city’s ongoing work to update its 20-year growth plan — could affect their neighborhoods.

Vancouver’s online mapping tool aims to help residents understand proposed land use changes

March 21, 2025, 12:51pm Clark County News

A new online mapping tool from the city of Vancouver is making it easier for residents to understand how proposed land use changes could affect their neighborhoods. The land use changes are part of the city’s ongoing work to update its 20-year growth plan. Read story

FILE- Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at Tesla’s design studio, March 14, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C.

Trump acknowledges concerns over Musk’s business interests and says he shouldn’t get war plans

March 21, 2025, 11:03am Politics Updated 15 hours ago

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that he would be meeting with billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk at the Pentagon on Friday to discuss “innovation, efficiencies & smarter production.” Read story

Social Security says DOGE ruling could force agency to shut down

Demonstrators gather outside of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, on Friday, March 14, 2025, before a hearing regarding the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security data.

March 21, 2025, 8:31am Politics

The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — an action that could delay payments to millions of beneficiaries caught in the middle of the legal battle. Read story

This AP map shows sabotage across Europe that has been blamed on Russia and its proxies

FILE - The Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S is anchored near the Kilpilahti port in Porvoo on the Gulf of Finland, Dec. 30, 2024.

March 21, 2025, 8:24am Politics Updated 20 hours ago

Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, according to data collected by The Associated Press. Read story

Judge faults U.S. court filings as ‘woefully insufficient’ in Venezuela case

In this photo provided by El Salvador’s presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025.

March 21, 2025, 8:20am Nation & World

The federal judge handling a lawsuit over the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members blasted the Trump administration’s latest filing as “woefully insufficient,” further escalating a high-profile standoff between the White House and the courts. Read story