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Educational Opportunities for Children and Families CEO Rekah Strong poses for a photo with students Maycee Hawn, left, and Jameson Owens during a field day at Educational Opportunities for Children and Families on MacArthur Boulevard in July 2023.

Clark County could lose preschool slots because of state budget cuts

More than 10 percent of Washington’s children are at risk of losing out on preschool services with state-proposed budget cuts — and Clark County early-education providers are concerned.
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Schools
Luanne Conner speaks to court participants in American Sign Language following a hearing Nov. 21 at Clark County&rsquo;s Family Law Annex. This year, the court has provided interpreters in more than 40 languages, with the most common being Spanish, Chuukese and Russian.

100 interpreters and 40 languages: Clark County courts program makes sure everyone understands the proceedings

When a teenage girl sought a domestic violence protection order, she marked on the form she needed an American Sign Language interpreter. From then on, Luanne Conner appeared at each…
Courts & Crime
Crystal Chulik inspects a Chinook Salmon for damage out in the wild during her scientific sampling at the Bonneville Dam&Dagger;&shy;s adult fish facility on June 4, 2018. Columbia and Snake River chinook are still threatened with extinction despite $17 billion spent on salmon and wildlife recovery in the Columbia Basin.

New Trump administration could bring shift in approach to Snake River dam breaching

The change from the Biden to the Trump administration is primed to alter the trajectory of salmon recovery in the Snake and Columbia river basins.
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Northwest
Jeff Otto of Sandy, Oregon, shows off a few Canada geese taken while hunting private land. Geese have been harder to find than usual this fall.

Start of waterfowl season has been slow in Southwest Washington

Waterfowl hunters in Southwest Washington have been finding a lot fewer ducks and geese this season when compared with recent years.
Outdoors

Clark County

Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue work the scene of a one-car accident on N.E. Lewisville Highway on Friday.

Driver killed in one-car crash on Lewisville Highway north of Battle Ground on Saturday morning

A driver was killed Saturday when his car hit a tree while driving on Northeast Lewisville Highway north of Battle Ground, the Washington State Patrol…

Business

Juliet Dusuntia marks inbound packages before they are sent down a conveyor belt at the Amazon delivery station in Anchorage, Alaska, on Nov. 12, 2024.

Inside Amazon’s first Alaska delivery station

With Anchorage streets mostly empty early on a November morning, dozens of workers at the new Amazon delivery station used tiny devices on their fingers…

Northwest

Avian flu has destroyed many backyard poultry farms in the Pacific Northwest, in addition to larger commercial operations.

Bird flu is racing through farms, but Northwest states are rarely testing workers

On a recent Monday morning, workers began their week on a large poultry farm in Franklin County, Washington, home to over 800,000 chickens.

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Sports

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic reacts to his teammate&rsquo;s made shot against the Trail Blazers.

Doncic returns as Mavericks down Blazers 137-131

Luka Doncic returned from a wrist injury and had 36 points in the Dallas Mavericks’ 137-131 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night.

Politics

FILE - Supporters react as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally, Oct. 21, 2024, in Greenville, N.C.

Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals

For years, Pat Verhaeghe didn’t think highly of Donald Trump as a leader.

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FILE - In this April 23, 2014 file photo, a man smokes an electronic cigarette in Chicago. Schools around the country are installing sensors and cameras to crack down on student vaping, and handing out harsh punishments for many who are caught. Schools have invested millions of dollars in the surveillance technology, including federal COVID-19 emergency relief money meant to help schools through the pandemic. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

Supreme Court justices question block on flavored vapes, but don’t appear convinced FDA was unfair

A majority of Supreme Court justices didn't seem convinced Monday that federal regulators misled companies as they refused to allow them to sell sweet flavored vaping products following a…

Life

Jessica Lord, left, and Laith Wallschleger in a scene from &ldquo;Christmas in the Spotlight.&rdquo; (Lifetime/TNS)

I watched ‘Christmas in the Spotlight’ — the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce-inspired Lifetime movie — so you don’t have to

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have taken the world by storm during their yearlong relationship, spawning Halloween costumes, two songs on Swift’s “The Tortured Poets…

Nation / World

FILE - Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, waves to the crowd at a campaign event, Nov. 1, 2024, in Little Chute, Wis.

Democrats still don’t agree on the seriousness of their political problem after election defeat

Nearly a month after a devastating election loss that exposed cracks in the very foundation of their party, Democrats remain deeply divided over the extent…

High School Sports &#8211; September 2024

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Opinion

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Editorial Cartoons for the Week of Dec. 2, 2024

In Our View: Cheers & Jeers: Beneficent Beaches; bombed

Abcarian: Trump picks represent revenge of the bros

Other Papers Say: Next DCYF chief to have big impact

Edwards: IRS offers a lesson in government efficiency

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