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Camas High School will lose a full-time dean of students in budget cuts for the 2025-2026 school year.

Camas schools to cut 29% of admin positions as budget shortfall looms

The Camas School District will lay off nearly a dozen administrators as part of budget cuts.
Schools
Clark County reopened its Down Payment Assistance program Tuesday after the program’s first funding allocation ran out within a month.

Clark County makes up to $60,000 in down payment help available to qualifying homebuyers

Up to $60,000 in down payment assistance is now available for some first-time homebuyers in Clark County — an opportunity that may become increasingly rare.
Clark County News
A “stake house” is seen Jan. 27, 2016, on Northeast 29th Avenue in Ridgefield.

Woman files $25M lawsuit against Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over abuse by adoptive Ridgefield dad

A woman has filed a $25 million federal lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints alleging church leadership failed to report allegations of sex abuse by her…
Churches & Religion
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Matthew Gardner, founder of Gardner Economics, will be the keynote speaker at Thursday’s Economic Forecast at the Hilton Vancouver Washington.

Trump policies’ effect on Southwest Washington’s economy in the spotlight at Economic Forecast

The weeks since President Donald Trump took office in January have brought rapid change at the federal level.
Clark County News

Clark County

A protester in a star-spangled cap smokes while holding a sign in Esther Short Park.

‘Good trouble’: Presidents Day protesters in Vancouver pack Esther Short Park

Hundreds of sign-waving protesters filled Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver at noon Monday in a demonstration of ire at the new Trump administration that…

Business

The former JCPenney building Wednesday in east Vancouver. Some speculate it’s set to become a pickleball facility but the building’s future isn’t clear.

Rumors abound about former JCPenney store in east Vancouver but nothing is confirmed

The former JCPenney building in east Vancouver has drawn a lot of curiosity on social media lately. Some are saying its set to become a…

Northwest

Washington state Sen. Adrian Cortes speaks to hundreds of teachers, school employees and students on Feb. 17, 2025 at the Washington state Capitol. Following the rally, attendees met with lawmakers to urge them to increase funding for public schools.

Educators and parents call on WA lawmakers to up school funding

Hundreds of Washington students, parents, teachers and other educators demonstrated at the state Capitol on Monday, calling for increased funding for the state’s public school…

Sports

Emma Whitehouse (25) of Seton Catholic is congratulated by teammates Madison Lee (1) and Remy Jenniges (12) after making a basket against Hoquiam during a 1A district semifinal girls basketball game at Seton Catholic High School in Vancouver on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.

1A girls basketball: Depth and defense propel Seton Catholic to 48-21 win over Hoquiam in district semifinalvideo icon

Seton held Hoquiam to just five total field goals and pulled away in the second half for a 48-21 win over the Grizzlies in the…

Politics

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after landing at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla ., Sunday, Feb.

Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money

The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the…

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Sandy Curtis, right, assists Alicia Jacobs by loading warm meals into a plastic bag in Vancouver on Saturday. Curtis and her husband, Kalani Moe, not pictured, have been feeding homeless people every Saturday in the parking lot of Cascade View Covenant Church since last October.

‘No one is left behind’: Clark County couple dish out hot meals, human touch to unhoused

Sandy Curtis and Kalani Moe popped open the hatchback of their car and, in a practiced rhythm, unloaded a canopy, a folding table, and two…

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Health

FILE - Chickens walk in a fenced pasture at an organic farm in Iowa on Oct. 21, 2015.

As egg prices soar, Trump administration plans new strategy to fight bird flu

With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing…

Life

Adrien Brody poses with the leading actor award for 'The Brutalist' at the 78th British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA's, in London, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025.

‘Conclave’ wins best picture at BAFTAs as ‘The Brutalist’ takes directing and acting prizes

Papal thriller “Conclave” won four prizes including best picture on Sunday at the 78th British Academy Film Awards, where genre-bending musical “Emilia PĂŠrez” proved that…

Nation / World

FILE - Firefighter Joshua Cari sprays water while battling the Lilac Fire near the Bonsall community of San Diego County, Calif., Jan. 21, 2025.

How better water systems can help a city survive the next firestorm

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Editorial Cartoons for Week of Feb. 17, 2025

In Our View: Swift action needed on county jail improvements

Mastio: Destruction good for government

Letter: Working in Oregon is costly

Letter: Spat with Mexico stinks

Have high egg prices changed your consumption habits?

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