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An Amtrak Cascades train makes a brief stop in Vancouver to pick up passengers Dec. 20. Amtrak Cascades added two new round trips between Portland and Seattle in December that theoretically make it possible to commute from Vancouver to Portland by train. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
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Is Amtrak Cascades a new commuter option from Vancouver into Portland?

The 65,000 Clark County residents who commute into Oregon each day for work have nearly all had to choose between their vehicles or C-Tran buses as their conveyance — until now.

Construction continues Thursday morning at Laurel Manor, a low-income senior apartment building in Vancouver. The four-story, 82-unit building is midway through construction, and officials hope to be ready to open the doors around the end of the year.

Officials say new Vancouver low-income senior housing will improve lives

Local housing officials gathered Thursday to celebrate progress on the construction of a new low-income senior living facility in Vancouver’s Bagley Downs neighborhood.
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Clark County Councilor Sue Marshall, right, fields questions about farming and climate change during a Thursday news conference at Second Mile Marketplace and Food Hub in Vancouver.

Clark County farmers say Farm Bill vital to climate-smart agriculture, urge Congress to pass funding

With the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture expected to begin discussions on the federal Farm Bill later this month, farmers and leaders from Clark County and farther afield gathered at…
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Warren Dickinson, 49, left, appears Thursday in Clark County Superior Court on a summons for vehicular homicide, alongside his defense attorney, Jon McMullen.

Portland man accused of driving drunk in crash that killed Woodland man

A Portland man is accused of driving drunk during a crash that killed his passenger in February 2023 at state Highway 500 and Interstate 205.
Clark County News
nLIGHT has embraced growth in aerospace and defense. But its development of new products and acquisition of new technologies has hindered its income statement performance. The Camas company reported a loss in its most recent earnings statement.

Camas-based tech manufacturer nLIGHT reports loss in first quarter

Amid its transformation as a company, local tech manufacturer nLIGHT reported a loss in its most recent earnings report.
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Vancouver man killed in motorcycle crash west of Yale

A Vancouver man was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle crash on Lewis River Road west of Yale, according to Cowlitz County Coroner Dana Tucker.

Business

Amazon's immense multi-level warehouse, called a fulfillment center, in Kent, Washington.

New federal bill aims to slow pace of work at Amazon, other warehouses

The fight to change warehouse working conditions that has been playing out in state legislatures is now headed to Washington, D.C.

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Sports

Seattle Seahawks 2024 first round draft pick, Byron Murphy II, smiles during a news conference at the NFL team&rsquo;s headquarters, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Renton, Wash.

Position switch back in high school pays off for Seahawks’ first-rounder DT Byron Murphy II

When Byron Murphy II was presented with the idea of moving from the higher-profile position of linebacker to playing on the defensive line as a…

Politics

FILE - Hope Hicks, former White House Communications Director, arrives to meet with the House Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 27, 2018. Prosecutors say Hicks spoke with former President Donald Trump by phone during a frenzied effort to keep allegations of his marital infidelity out of the press after the infamous &ldquo;Access Hollywood&rdquo; tape leaked weeks before the 2016 election. In the tape, from 2005, Trump boasted about grabbing women without permission. (AP Photo/J.

Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts political firestorm in 2016 over ‘Access Hollywood’ tape

 Hope Hicks, a former adviser to Donald Trump, took the stand Friday at the former president's hush money trial and recounted how his 2016 campaign…

Editor's Choice

Within the span of a few years, Northeast 174th Street will go from about 50 lots using it, according to Dean Hergesheimer, to 200.

Adding housing to narrow, two-lane 174th Street concerns residents in Fairgrounds neighborhood

Dean Hergesheimer believes Clark County’s public works department made a mistake.

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Health

Bottles of alcohol sit on shelves at a bar in Houston. Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart, but better research methods starting in the 2010s have thrown cold water on that.

New research finds no alcohol a path to better health

It’s wine time. Beer Thirty. Happy hour. Five o’clock somewhere.

Nation / World

Cleanup continues on the site of a pro-Palestinian encampment, cleared by police overnight, on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J.

Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments

Police moved in to clear an encampment at New York University on Friday at the request of school officials, a move that follows weeks of…

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Opinion

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In Our View: Foreign aid complex, requires compromises

Klas: GOP backtracks on climate policy

Letter: Vote to end aid to Israel

Letter: Roundabouts can grow on you

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