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Camas High School choir teacher Ethan Chessin, center, leads a mixed choir Thursday. Chessin was nominated for a 2025 Grammy in the music educator category.

Camas High School choir teacher Ethan Chessin nominated for a Grammy Award

Over his 14 years teaching at Camas High School, Ethan Chessin has transformed the school’s choir. That work has garnered him a 2025 Grammy nomination in the music educator category.
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Law enforcement officers investigate Dec. 5 after Vancouver police shot and killed a man there the night before. It was the seventh police shooting in Clark County in 2024.

‘It’s alarming’: Police shootings in Clark County hit a 30-year high

Law enforcement officers in Clark County fatally shot six people in 2024 and wounded one other, the highest number for a single year in three decades.
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Ken Westphal, center, an officer with the Lacey Police Dept. and an instructor at the Washington state Criminal Justice Training Commission, works with cadets LeAnne Cone, of the Vancouver Police Dept., and Kevin Burton-Crow, right, of the Thurston Co. Sheriff's Dept., during a training exercise Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Burien.   (AP Photo/Ted S.

WA cop shortage persists statewide as lawmakers gear up in Olympia

Governor-elect Bob Ferguson wants an extra $100 million in the state’s upcoming biennial 2025-2027 budget to hire more local police officers throughout a state that has the lowest cop-to-citizen ratio…
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In this photo provided by The Raptor Center, a bald eagle receives care in a special quarantine area the center set up for possible avian flu cases in St. Paul, Minn., March 29, 2022.

Washington reports 14 cases of bird flu in humans; what should Clark County know about avian flu?

There have been 14 recorded cases of avian influenza among humans in Washington, but none in Clark County. Local health officials still consider the risk to the general public to…
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Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files 
 Camas City councilors approved a property purchase to replace the current Camas Public Works Operations Center, 1620 S.E. Eighth Ave., which the city has outgrown.

Camas City Council votes to spend $6.17M on land for future public works center

Camas City Council members on Monday narrowly approved a $6.17 million property purchase that will eventually house the city’s public works operations center.

Business

A person walks past a Nippon Steel Corporation sign at the company headquarters Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Tokyo.

U.S. extends deadline on Nippon’s bid for US Steel, offering some hope that the deal is not dead

The bid by Japan’s Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel may have a new lease on life after the Biden administration extended a deadline for…

Northwest

KCSARC Director of Communications and Public Policy Laurel Redden speaks with Andy Sampson a client and volunteer with the Center, Feb. 3, 2025.

Federal cuts threaten Washington crime victims’ advocacy programs

Advocates and agencies are asking lawmakers in Olympia to provide stable funding for crime victims’ support services after several years of declining federal funding.

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Camas players celebrate after the final buzzer Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, following the Papermakers’ 71-69 win against Union at Camas High School.

Camas girls basketball team has final say against Union in back-and-forth, 71-69 winvideo icon

Titans’ furious second-half rally falls just short as Papermakers make key plays in the clutch

Politics

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits

The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable…

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Cleanup crews remove solid waste along the Mill Plain Boulevard soundwall while joined by officials and members of the HART team in July. Tyler Chavers, the city’s homeless response coordinator and a former Vancouver police officer, said he’s seen tires slashed, fireworks and rocks thrown at camps, as well as derogatory graffiti around camps over the last five years.

‘The yelling, the screaming, the rock throwing’: Harassment and violence toward Clark County homeless on rise

Homeless people in Vancouver are increasingly the target of harassment and violence as exasperation toward encampments has grown over the past several years.

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Health

The Johnson & Johnson headquarters in New Brunswick, N.J., on Feb. 8, 2024.

J&J buys Intra-Cellular in $14.6 billion deal, delving further into central nervous system disorders

Johnson & Johnson will spend more than $14 billion to delve further into the treatment of central nervous system disorders by purchasing Intra-Cellular Therapies.

Life

Carrie Underwood performs during the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in New York.

Country star Carrie Underwood will perform at Trump’s inauguration

Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform “America the Beautiful” at Donald Trump's inauguration next week and other performers will include two of the president-elect's…

Nation / World

Homes along Pacific Coast Highway are seen burned and damaged while a few still stand after the Palisades Fire, Jan. 12, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J.

Los Angeles wildfire deaths rise to 24 as more fierce winds are forecast

A growing force of firefighters moved into the Los Angeles area Monday as more powerful winds were expected to trigger new wildfires that could set…

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Editorial Cartoons for Week of Jan. 13, 2025

In Our View: Cheers & Jeers: Police training; gnome thieves

Ziegler: Antiabortion activists target pills

Williams: Women in military still face sexism, derision

Other Papers Say: Let’s keep federal EV tax credit

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