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Save Vancouver Streets initiative member Justin Wood speaks Jan. 6 during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The meeting was packed with community members for and against a recent initiative that would require any traffic lane removals go to a public vote.

Save Vancouver Streets files suit against city, council for declaring its initiative invalid

Save Vancouver Streets has taken the city of Vancouver to court for declaring its initiative to require voter approval to remove city traffic lanes legally invalid.
Election
California burger joint Habit Burger & Grill is set to move into the old Burgerville near Vancouver Mall, as seen Wednesday morning.

Habit Burger & Grill coming soon to former Burgerville location near Vancouver Mall

Wondering what’s happening at the shuttered Burgerville restaurant near Vancouver Mall? Fear not, the storefront will not sit empty. Habit Burger & Grill is moving in.
Dining Out
Riverview Bank CEO Nicole Sherman takes a break in one of the company’s conference rooms in downtown Vancouver. Sherman, one of few female banking CEOs across the nation, took over in July.

Riverview Bank’s CEO Nicole Sherman is ‘focused on the people’

Nicole Sherman is new in town. But the new Riverview Bank CEO is already making waves.
Clark County Business
The Washington State Capitol building is seen in Olympia, Washington on January 9, 2025.

Relatives of people who’ve died in WA jails press for state oversight

Relatives of people who have died inside local jails asked Washington lawmakers this week to bring the lockups under state oversight, making the argument that independent scrutiny could help prevent…
Northwest

Clark County

A dove statue sits on the roof at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

Lawsuit: Wrong Vancouver man taken off life support at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center

Three people are suing PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center after a man who was incorrectly identified as his roommate was taken off life support.

Business

FILE - A cart wrangler gathers shopping carts outside a Costco warehouse in Sheridan, Colo., July 16, 2024.

Costco successfully defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale theirs back

 Costco shareholders rejected a proposal urging the wholesale club operator to evaluate any risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

Northwest

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown speaks during a news conference announcing that Washington will join a federal lawsuit to challenge President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Seattle.

Federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship

A federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Sports

Newly elected Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Ichiro Suzuki talks to reporters during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Ichiro Suzuki wants to have a drink with writer who left him off Hall of Fame ballot

Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to check off his name on the Hall of Fame ballot.

Politics

Attendees listen to a virtual speech delivered by U.S. president Donald Trump, at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

Trump tells Davos elite to invest in US or face tariffs

President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S.…

Editor's Choice

The original Jemtegaard Middle School building was replaced by a new facility that opened in 2017.

Oregon man sues Washougal schools over alleged abuse by school bus driver in 1980s

A Springfield, Ore., man is suing the Washougal School District, alleging the district failed to protect him from being sexually abused by a school bus…

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Health

FILE - An abortion- rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

Emergency contraception pill could be an alternative to mifepristone for abortions, study suggests

A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible…

Nation / World

FILE - A drill rig stands at a Fervo Energy geothermal site near Milford, Utah, Nov. 26, 2023.

With Trump pivot back to pro-oil and gas policies, one renewable energy finds favor

As promised, President Donald Trump began reversing the country’s energy policies his first day in office with a spate of orders largely favoring oil, gas…

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Editorial Cartoons for Week of Jan. 20, 2025

In Our View: Imperial presidency poses threat to democracy

Yglesias: GOP wants poor people to pay for Trump’s tax cuts

Letter: Immigration requires compassion

Letter: Praise for Trump is laughable

Should the state restrict students' use of smartphones in public schools?

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