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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

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:…
Life
The sign for the former Kasper Recovery Housing, also known as Ironhorse Recovery, is no longer visible, as seen Monday morning.

Project Safe Haven fills former site of Kasper Recovery Housing in Hazel Dell; Kasper owner files lawsuit

A Vancouver nonprofit has taken over operations of the former Kasper Recovery Housing site in Hazel Dell, rebranding it as Project Safe Haven.
Health
Incumbent 3rd District Rep.

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

Foreign aid is becoming a central issue in the race for Southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District.
Politics
Fishing guide Bob Rees, left, and Paul Marshall with a nice lower Columbia River spring Chinook.

Columbia River spring Chinook fishing closes above Bonneville Dam

With the fishery expected to have already met its allowable catch, recreational spring Chinook fishing on the Columbia River mainstem from Bonneville Dam to the Oregon/Washington border will close beginning…
Outdoors

Clark County

Leverich Park encompasses picnic areas and forested trails. The park turns 70 this year.

A tale of two Leverich Parks and two milestones

Leverich Park reaches a major milestone this year — or maybe two.

Business

FILE - In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation&rsquo;s medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.  The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple-effects across the country. The DEA&rsquo;s proposal still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

DEA will move to reclassify marijuana in historic shift, AP sources say

 The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug…

Northwest

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

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…

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Sports

Camas goalkeeper Will Taves (00) celebrates the Papermakers' 2-1 win over Union in a 4A Greater St. Helens League boys soccer match at Doc Harris Stadium in Camas on Monday, April 29, 2024.

Late-game heroics help Camas boys soccer team earn hard-fought, 2-1 win over Unionvideo icon

Will Taves didn't need a reminder of what happened last time his Camas boys soccer team faced rival Union one month ago.

Politics

FILE - A voter enters Tuscaloosa County Ward 5, Montgomery Fire Department, to vote during a primary election, March 5, 2024, in Northport, Ala. Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday, April 16, 2024, to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest that could help decide control of the narrowly divided chamber this November.

In unusual push, funders band together to get out grants around election work ‘early’

A small portion of the billions spent around the November election will go to nonprofits working to boost voter participation and access to voting around…

Editor's Choice

Reid Saaris, left, and Chris Reykdal, right, are campaigning to run the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

In WA education chief race, upstart candidate raises twice as much as incumbent

In the race to lead Washington’s public school system, Reid Saaris, a teacher and founder of an education nonprofit, has raised twice as much as…

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Health

An oak tree with new leaf growth also shows pollen and a drop of water hanging among the branches March 21 at a park in Richardson, Texas.

Experts offer tips to keep allergies at bay

Allergy season can bring misery to tens of millions of Americans each year.

Life

This photo released by the San Diego Zoo shows giant panda Yun Chuan on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in the Sichuan province of China. A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday, April 29.

Pair of giant pandas set to travel from China to San Diego Zoo under conservation partnership

A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego…

Nation / World

Activists protest before a trial for a mass environmental injury case outside the federal courthouse on Monday, April 29, 2024, in Honolulu. The trial is set to begin Monday more than two years after a U.S. military fuel tank facility under ground poisoned thousands of people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor&rsquo;s drinking water.

A Hawaii military family avoids tap water at home. They’re among those suing over 2021 jet fuel leak

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) — Richelle Dietz, a mother of two and wife of a U.S. Navy chief petty officer, often thinks about…

Economic Forecast &#8211; March 2024

Economic Forecast – March 2024

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Opinion

April 30: Retail Experience

Editorial Cartoons for week of April 29

In Our View: Address Washington’s property tax limitation

Letter: Kudos to Vancouver officer

Letter: Be aware of civil war elements

Letter: Speak up to boost child care

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