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Columbia Play Project is planning for a future children's museum in Clark County.

Columbia Play Project begins planning for children’s museum; cost estimated from $10M to $40M

Columbia Play Project will launch the first phase of planning for a children’s museum in Clark County this summer.
Clark County News
Beach grass grows along the Oregon Coast. Once sparsely vegetated, settlers planted nonnative grasses to keep the sand from shifting in the wind. Those nonnative grass species are breeding with native plants and hindering habitat conservation efforts.

A nonnative beach grass hybrid is running wild along the Pacific Northwest coast

Over a century ago, settlers irreversibly altered the Pacific Coast’s natural shape with the introduction of two nonnative grass species.
Life
Defense attorneys Ed Dunkerly, from left, and Michele Michalek meet with defendant Julio Segura before opening statements Monday morning in his murder trial for the 2022 death of Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota at the Clark County Courthouse.

Murder trial begins in death of Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota

Opening statements began Monday in the murder trial of a Yakima man accused in the 2022 death of off-duty Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota.
Courts & Crime
Brush Prairie Baptist Church wants to preserve a 1920s home on its property before its demolition May 14. If the buyer has the funds to move the house, it will be sold for $1.

$1 house: Historic home on property of Brush Prairie Baptist Church faces demolition

Brush Prairie Baptist Church is desperate to save a 1925 home on its property that is set to be demolished in the coming weeks. Church members hope someone will buy…
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Clark County

Salmon Creek flows near the Northwest 36th Avenue bridge April 26. Low rainfall totals and decreased snowpack levels could leave rivers and streams running dry this summer but likely won&rsquo;t affect Clark County&rsquo;s drinking-water supplies, which primarily come from groundwater sources.

Clark County likely won’t feel drought despite being covered in declaration

and the rest of Washington — has seen its share of rainy days in the last month, drought conditions persist. On April 16, the state…

Business

Burgerville&rsquo;s Salmon Ceek location is one of 39 locations, with a 40th oin Wilsonville, Ore., set to open in June. The company expects a deal with new investors to close on Monday.

Burgerville announces new investor group for future expansion

Vancouver-based fast-food chain Burgerville announced Friday it had struck a deal with a group of local investors to help open several new restaurant locations across…

Northwest

This image provided by the West Richland Police Department shows Elias Huizar. Huizar, a former Washington state police officer, was on the run Tuesday, April 23, 2024, after killing two people, including his ex-wife, who had recently obtained a protection order against him, authorities said. The Washington State Patrol late Monday issued an alert that the ex-Yakima officer had fled with 1-year-old Roman Huizar.

Documents show ex-YPD officer Elias Huizar was investigated in Yakima

Angelica Santos was not the first teen with whom ex-Yakima police Officer Elias Huizar is accused of having an illegal sexual relationship.

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Sports

McKinley Ermshar, Union HS

Prep roundup: Union softball beats Battle Ground on walkoff double

Tori Ross hit a one-out double in the bottom of the seventh as Union beat Battle Ground 1-0 for a key 4A Greater St. Helens…

Politics

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial

 Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday at Donald Trump's hush money trial, describing for jurors a sexual encounter the porn actor says she had with him…

Editor's Choice

Vancouver police Officer Cole Larson talks with a motorist before confiscating a device used to smoke fentanyl and issuing a citation on April 4. Therapeutic drug courts have seen lower participation since decriminalization of drug possession.

Clark County’s drug court is quiet in wake of Blake Decision, say officials

Drug possession is no longer a felony in Washington as of 2021. Advocates lauded the change, arguing that criminalization of drugs has historically led to…

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Health

FILE - Donna Cooper holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, at her home in Front Royal, Va., on Friday, March 1, 2024. &ldquo;To me, it&rsquo;s a help, it&rsquo;s an aid,&rdquo; says Cooper, 62, who lost nearly 40 pounds in nine months using Wegovy along with diet and exercise. &ldquo;At some point you have to come off of them.

Is it OK to stop using obesity drugs?

Millions of Americans who have dropped pounds and boosted their health using popular obesity drugs like Wegovy are facing a new dilemma: What happens if…

Life

A facial wound is seen June 23, 2022, on Rakus, a wild male Sumatran orangutan in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, two days before he applied chewed leaves from a medicinal plant, left, and on Aug. 25, 2022, after his facial wound was barely visible.

Orangutan, heal thyself: Ape treats injury with medicinal plant

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant — the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their…

Nation / World

A Palestinian wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is brought to a hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Israel seizes Gaza’s vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn’t the full invasion many fear

Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a…

Economic Forecast &#8211; March 2024

Economic Forecast – March 2024

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Opinion

May 7: Tangled Middle East

Editorial Cartoons for Week of May 6

In Our View: Respond to growing issues facing U.S. farmers

Letter: Is this justice for all?

Letter: Improve discipline in classrooms

Letter: Will police policies change?

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