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White Lotus group performs a lion dance Saturday at Vancouver Mall to celebrate Lunar New Year. Lion dances are performed to chase away evil spirits and welcome prosperity and luck for the new year. (Molly J.

Lunar New Year could become a recognized holiday in WA

White Lotus group performs a lion dance Saturday at Vancouver Mall to celebrate Lunar New Year. Lion dances are performed to chase away evil spirits and welcome prosperity and luck for the new year. (Molly J.

January 18, 2024, 7:30am Latest News

Washington lawmakers introduced a bill last week that would make Lunar New Year a state-recognized holiday, about a year after legislation calling for it to become a paid holiday failed to advance through the state Legislature. Read story

Energy Adviser: Try MyAccount service portal

January 20, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Life

If you haven’t used MyAccount in a while or haven’t started at all, you’re missing out on features from Clark Public Utilities that can help you stay up to date on outage information, manage your utility account and get personalized energy management and conservation solutions. Read story

Boeing picks a retired admiral to lead a team that will review safety in manufacturing planes

January 16, 2024, 1:51pm Business

Boeing named a retired Navy admiral as a special adviser on matters including quality of work done at suppliers as the aircraft maker responds to a midflight blowout aboard one of its planes this month. Read story

A thick mat of sargassum seaweed washed ashore in August on Miami Beach, part of a record volume seen over the summer on South Florida beaches.

Ideas for Florida’s stinky seaweed to be put to test

A thick mat of sargassum seaweed washed ashore in August on Miami Beach, part of a record volume seen over the summer on South Florida beaches.

January 13, 2024, 6:04am Life

Seaweed poses all sorts of problems when it piles up on South Florida beaches. It stinks, spoils the view and makes swimming icky. It’s also pricey to haul off to the landfill, which currently is the only viable disposal option. Read story

This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the door plug from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out Jan. 5, shortly after the flight took off from Portland, forcing the plane to return to Portland International Airport.

Emergency at 3 miles high: Alaska Airlines pilots, passengers kept calm after fuselage blowout

This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the door plug from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out Jan. 5, shortly after the flight took off from Portland, forcing the plane to return to Portland International Airport.

January 8, 2024, 1:59pm Latest News

The emergency began with a bang three miles above Oregon. Read story

Youths slide on snow at Pippy Park in St. John&#039;s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, following the first significant snow storm of the winter.

Blizzard conditions bear down on central U.S., closing schools and highways

Youths slide on snow at Pippy Park in St. John&#039;s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, following the first significant snow storm of the winter.

January 8, 2024, 4:00pm Nation & World

A “highly impactful” winter storm is expected to deliver a punch to the country's midsection on Monday and into Tuesday, with blizzard conditions dumping as much as a foot or more of snow and shutting down schools and highways in several Midwest states. Read story

Actress Raquel Welch died Feb. 15 at age 82.

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023

Actress Raquel Welch died Feb. 15 at age 82.

January 6, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2023 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available): Read story

Energy Adviser: Lower your energy bill without much effort

January 6, 2024, 6:04am Clark County Life

Winter can be tough, and not just for the cold, dark rainy days. To make things even less enjoyable the season can bring the highest utility bills of year and the trickiest to budget for. Read story

Brutal Texas weather could lead to another utility and insurance increase in 2024

January 2, 2024, 7:28am Business

Utility and insurance rates will likely make another upward jump again in 2024 thanks to the historical winter storm that pulverized Texas nearly three years ago and the state’s volatile climate patterns. Read story

Girls wearing traditional dresses from the Mexico state of Nuevo Leon, perform during a Posada celebration, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Fort Morgan, Colo. Organizers put on the Posada, a Latin-American tradition based on the religious events of Joseph and Mary searching for shelter before the birth of Jesus, as a way for migrants in Colorado to feel a sense of unity during the holiday season.

Town on high plains helps immigrants face fear and loneliness

Girls wearing traditional dresses from the Mexico state of Nuevo Leon, perform during a Posada celebration, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Fort Morgan, Colo. Organizers put on the Posada, a Latin-American tradition based on the religious events of Joseph and Mary searching for shelter before the birth of Jesus, as a way for migrants in Colorado to feel a sense of unity during the holiday season.

December 24, 2023, 5:03pm Nation & World

Magdalena Simon's only consolation after immigration officers handcuffed and led her husband away was the contents of his wallet, a few bills. The hopes that had pushed her to trudge thousands of miles from Guatemala in 2019, her son’s small frame clutched to her chest, ceded to despair and loneliness… Read story

Shally, whose dance partner died in the shooting and who witnessed the shooting, pays her respects at a makeshift memorial for victims of the mass shooting outside Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Jan. 24, 2023, in Monterey Park, California.

After dance hall shooting, pastor tried to de-stigmatize therapy for Asian immigrants

Shally, whose dance partner died in the shooting and who witnessed the shooting, pays her respects at a makeshift memorial for victims of the mass shooting outside Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Jan. 24, 2023, in Monterey Park, California.

December 24, 2023, 6:00am Health

Eric Chen never met Yu Lun Kao. But in February, he helped bury the 72-year-old ballroom dancer known to his friends as “Mr. Nice.” Read story

1,100 Western Washington University student employees file to form union

December 15, 2023, 3:17pm Latest News

More than 1,000 Operational Student Employees of Western Washington University filed to unionize on Wednesday, citing ongoing struggles with low and late pay, unsafe work environments and unpredictable schedules. Read story

Casey Jewell, left, and her son, Charley Jewell, live in a mobile home with a large hole in the kitchen ceiling. Cassie Jewell said the hole formed last spring and has since grown.

Rights without a remedy: Washington law creates dilemma for low-income renter at mobile home park on Highway 99

Casey Jewell, left, and her son, Charley Jewell, live in a mobile home with a large hole in the kitchen ceiling. Cassie Jewell said the hole formed last spring and has since grown.

December 13, 2023, 6:05am Business

A pair of pork chops wait in Casey Jewell’s freezer. They’re one of her son’s favorite foods, and she’d like to cook them for him. Read story

FILE - President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden exchange points during the first presidential debate Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. President Joe Biden is trying to focus the campaign on former President Donald Trump&#039;s comments and policy proposals, sometimes more than his own. It&#039;s a time-worn strategy of White House incumbents to try to negatively define their rivals in the public&#039;s eyes.

Biden’s focus on bashing Trump takes a page from the winning Obama and Bush reelection playbooks

FILE - President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden exchange points during the first presidential debate Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. President Joe Biden is trying to focus the campaign on former President Donald Trump&#039;s comments and policy proposals, sometimes more than his own. It&#039;s a time-worn strategy of White House incumbents to try to negatively define their rivals in the public&#039;s eyes.

December 10, 2023, 12:25pm Politics

President Joe Biden's campaign manager recently sent a fundraising email meant to reassure supporters worried about the Democrat's reelection chances, urging them to take a “quick walk down memory lane.” Read story

This image provided by the Justice Department and contained in the affidavit in support of a criminal complaint, shows Manuel Rocha during a meeting with a FBI undercover employee. The Justice Department says Rocha, a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, has been charged with serving as a covert agent for Cuba's intelligence services since at least 1981. Newly unsealed court papers allege that Manuel Rocha engaged in "clandestine activity" on Cuba's behalf for decades, including by meeting with Cuban intelligence operatives.

Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades

This image provided by the Justice Department and contained in the affidavit in support of a criminal complaint, shows Manuel Rocha during a meeting with a FBI undercover employee. The Justice Department says Rocha, a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, has been charged with serving as a covert agent for Cuba's intelligence services since at least 1981. Newly unsealed court papers allege that Manuel Rocha engaged in "clandestine activity" on Cuba's behalf for decades, including by meeting with Cuban intelligence operatives.

December 4, 2023, 11:35am Nation & World

A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a covert agent for Cuba’s intelligence services dating back decades, the Justice Department said Monday. Read story

A man votes in a referendum regarding Venezuela&#039;s claim to the Essequibo, a region administered and controlled by Guyana in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. Voters will answer five questions about the future of the disputed land, including whether they support turning it into a Venezuelan state.

Venezuelans vote in referendum to claim sovereignty of large swath of Guyana

A man votes in a referendum regarding Venezuela&#039;s claim to the Essequibo, a region administered and controlled by Guyana in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. Voters will answer five questions about the future of the disputed land, including whether they support turning it into a Venezuelan state.

December 3, 2023, 5:22pm Nation & World

Venezuelans are voting in a referendum Sunday called by the government of President Nicolás Maduro to claim sovereignty over a large swath of neighboring Guyana, arguing that the oil- and mineral-rich territory was stolen when the border was drawn more than a century ago. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris makes a statement on abortion access at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington.

Harris heads to Dubai to tackle delicate tasks of talking climate and Israel-Hamas war

Vice President Kamala Harris makes a statement on abortion access at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington.

December 1, 2023, 8:23am Nation & World

Vice President Kamala Harris will tackle two delicate tasks this weekend in Dubai: She’ll try to demonstrate U.S. environmental leadership despite President Joe Biden ‘s notable absence from an annual summit on climate change and she’ll work to nudge forward fragile efforts to shape the next phase of the war… Read story

FILE - The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department keeps all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. Officials at Meta say they have found and disabled a network of thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread partisan content in the U.S. The accounts disclosed on Nov. 30, 2023, were designed to look like they were run by everyday Americans. (AP Photo/Ross D.

Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024

FILE - The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department keeps all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. Officials at Meta say they have found and disabled a network of thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread partisan content in the U.S. The accounts disclosed on Nov. 30, 2023, were designed to look like they were run by everyday Americans. (AP Photo/Ross D.

November 30, 2023, 8:02am Politics

Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the U.S. ahead of next year’s elections, Meta said Thursday. Read story

These members say LA Fitness misled them into signing up for long-term personal training contracts

November 28, 2023, 7:40am Business

John Chappelear and his friend Jeff Gordon say they were adamant when they told the LA Fitness personal trainer that Gordon could not afford a yearlong personal training program for $5,280. Read story

Alicia Bailey poses for a photo in Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Bailey is the head of production at the National Association of REALTORS. She is a founding member of a giving circle hosted at the Chicago Foundation for Women, where she is also a board member. The circle combines the donations of its members and gives grants to organizations that support women and girls in Chicago&rsquo;s South Side. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

Why do they give? Donors speak about what moves them and how they plan end-of-year donations

Alicia Bailey poses for a photo in Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Bailey is the head of production at the National Association of REALTORS. She is a founding member of a giving circle hosted at the Chicago Foundation for Women, where she is also a board member. The circle combines the donations of its members and gives grants to organizations that support women and girls in Chicago&rsquo;s South Side. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

November 27, 2023, 8:37am Business

What motivates people to donate to charities or causes they care about is often deeply personal. Donors name relatives or friends who have survived or died from illnesses. They recount tearful conversations with their children. They point to their aspirations for how their communities and the larger world could be… Read story