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Anna Tran, student assistant at Cougar Food Pantry, sorts through the variety of dry goods for those in need Jan. 14 at Washington State University Vancouver.

WSU Vancouver expands on-campus food pantry for students

From a storage closet to a 711.5-square-foot space, Washington State University Vancouver’s Cougar Food Pantry has come a long way.
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Schools
Camas police are asking voters for a 4 percent utility tax increase to fund an additional officer, lieutenant and two sergeants.

Voters to decide on adding to Camas police force with utilities tax increase on Feb. 11 ballot

Camas voters will decide Feb. 11 whether to add four positions to the city’s police force by tripling the utilities tax.
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Clark County Politics
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.
Clark County Health
President Donald Trump speaks Tuesday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Trump order directing water away from conservation focuses on California rivers — not the Columbia

President Donald Trump on Monday appeared to clarify comments he made last summer that led many in the Pacific Northwest to fear he would attempt to divert Columbia River water…
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Vancouver police looking for missing, endangered teen girl

The Vancouver Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a missing and endangered 14-year-old girl.

Business

Passcode lock is seen at a restroom door in a Starbucks in Glenview, Ill., Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

Starbucks’ policy change flushes out a debate over public restroom access

Starbucks’ decision to restrict its restrooms to paying customers has flushed out a wider problem: a patchwork of restroom policies that has left Americans confused…

Northwest

Boise's Pam Hemphill is seen on the steps of the Idaho Capitol in 2020. A former Trump supporter, she has since changed her stance on the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol that she participated in.

‘Trying to rewrite history’: Idaho woman guilty in Capitol riot rejects Trump pardon

On his first day in office after four years away from the White House, President Donald Trump granted clemency to more than 1,500 people charged…

Sports

Varsity360: Five pressing questions as the girls basketball season hits its stridevideo icon

The Columbian's Micah Rice and Will Denner look at high school girls basketball in SW Washington. How much has Union closed the gap on reigning…

Politics

People hold signs during a rally against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Las Vegas.

Border security is popular – but that may be the limit of US immigration consensus: AP-NORC poll

Many U.S. adults are on board with the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some targeted deportations, according to a…

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Vulnerable people quietly kicked out of Clark County’s adult family homes and assisted living facilities

The state of Washington prohibits nursing homes from kicking out residents without letting anyone know.

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Health

FILE - A doctor checks the blood pressure of A 94-year-old woman in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, Catalonia region, Spain, Friday, July 31, 2020.

Researchers: Dementia risk is on the rise

About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. That estimate is based on…

Nation / World

A student waits at get off the bus as he arrives for school Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston.

Trump won’t ban immigration arrests at school. Some families are now weighing school attendance

As President Donald Trump cracks down on immigrants in the U.S. illegally, some families are wondering if it is safe to send their children to…

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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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