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Officer Marcie Chamberlain, left, and Officer Ryan Aguilar of the Washougal Police Department honor the memory of fallen officers during the 2024 Clark County Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony at the Public Service Center on Wednesday morning.

Clark County law enforcement memorial: ‘We can honor these heroes … with inspiration, determination’

Law enforcement officers in dress uniforms lined the hallway leading to the Clark County Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony on Wednesday morning in Vancouver.
Courts & Crime
Educational Opportunities for Children and Families CEO Rekah Strong, right, speaks at a press conference opposing Ballot Initiative 2109 on Wednesday at the early learning nonprofit&rsquo;s headquarters in Vancouver. I-2109 would repeal Washington&rsquo;s capital gains tax, which is expected to provide billions of dollars in support for early childhood education and schools funding over the next few years.

Rep. Monica Stonier, Clark County educators rally to protect Washington capital gains tax

Leaders of Vancouver’s early-childhood programs gathered Wednesday to warn voters that a Washington ballot initiative would undermine a system that already fails to reach children in need.
Clark County News
Republican 3rd Congressional District candidate Joe Kent speaks at a Tuesday town hall at the Camas Community Center.

‘The economy is destroying people’: 3rd District candidate Joe Kent hosts town hall in Camasvideo icon

At a town hall event Tuesday morning, Republican 3rd Congressional District candidate Joe Kent declared that inflation, immigration and parental rights are the biggest issues facing the United States today.
Politics
Marlow is the best dessert you&rsquo;ve never heard of &mdash; a creamy, warm-weather treat with melted marshmallows, milk and whipped cream.

Frozen marshmallow dessert Marlow is the bee’s knees

I had a little extra time on my hands recently when I was holed up at home with a terrible cold. I did a lot of reading to distract myself,…
Food

Clark County

Genevieve Fisher of Vancouver, from left, takes a break in the front yard of the house she purchased with her mom while joined by tenants Stephaun Gallaread and Helen Lowdermilk.

Vancouver woman creates home for people with mental illness or who’ve been chronically homeless

Life used to look a lot different for Siddhartha Fisher. He was a gifted child — class president of his elementary school and winner of…

Business

The Oregon Health & Science University campus in Portland is seen in 2016.

Private equity moves into care in Northwest: Investment firms buying mental health, substance use clinics

A national study published by the journal JAMA Psychiatry earlier this month found private equity firms now account for as much as a quarter of…

Northwest

A person drops off a vote-by-mail ballot at a dropbox in Pioneer Square during primary voting on Tuesday in Portland.

Centrist challenger ousts progressive prosecutor in DA race in Portland

Centrist district attorney candidate Nathan Vasquez has ousted the incumbent progressive prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, after running a campaign in which…

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Politics

FILE - The indictment against former President Donald Trump is photographed on Friday, June 9, 2023. Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump are due in court Wednesday, May 22, 2024, for the first time since the judge indefinitely postponed the trial earlier in May.

Prosecutor in Trump classified papers case calls claims of hostility toward co-defendant ‘garbage’

A lawyer for Donald Trump's personal valet accused federal prosecutors Wednesday of targeting the valet because he refused to cooperate against the former president in the classified documents…

Editor's Choice

A crew of volunteers at local nonprofit Share Vancouver assemble sack lunches in the kitchen at Fort Vancouver High School in July. State schools superintendent Chris Reykdal announced a new program last week that will provide children across Washington with $120 meal cards to buy groceries throughout the summer.

State will provide $120 EBT cards to help keep Clark County kids fed while school is out

Tens of thousands of children in Clark County will be eligible to receive grocery benefits this summer as part of a new program launched by…

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FILE - Marijuana plants are displayed at a shop in San Francisco, Monday, March 20, 2023. Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of high-frequency drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of survey data over four decades, according to research published Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in the journal Addiction.

Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says

Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of national survey data…

Life

Top a grilled hot dog with a quick Detriot-style chili, cheddar cheese and onions.

Time to get outdoors and fire up the grill: Homemade chili dogs, burgers elevate gathering

If there’s one thing we can count on come Memorial Day, it’s that most of us will spend at least part of the holiday weekend…

Nation / World

Climate Data Analyst Casey Olson, left, of Utah State University, conducts a tour during a visit to the Utah Climate Center&rsquo;s climate reference station on April 1, 2024, in Logan, Utah. Increasingly, U.S. universities are creating climate change programs to meet demand from students who want to apply their firsthand experience to what they do after high school.

Graduating seniors seek degrees in climate change and more US universities deliver

At 16, Katya Kondragunta has already lived through two disasters amped by climate change. First came wildfires in California in 2020. Ash and smoke forced…

Economic Forecast &#8211; March 2024

Economic Forecast – March 2024

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Opinion

May 23: Election Wild Card

Editorial Cartoons for Week of May 20, 2024

In Our View: Umpires’ body camera use reflection of society

Letter: Struggle to keep republic

Letter: Take action on Social Security

Letter: Trump and hypocrisy

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