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Specialist Gregg Maloney works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 28. Stocks fell sharply in April after President Donald Trump announced his plans to place tariffs on nearly all of the U.S.’s trading partners. They all but recovered this week as Trump paused the highest tariffs that had been placed on China.

Taking stock of stocks: Clark County financial advisers urge investors to keep calm

Dramatic ebbs and flows in the stock market have left some investors feeling seasick.
Clark County Business
Two Rivers Heritage Museum Director Julianne Lawrence poses with an Oregon Trail butter churn at the museum earlier this year.

Two Rivers Heritage Museum in Washougal has its first paid employee

The Two Rivers Heritage Museum has a paid employee for the first time in its history.
Clark County News
Anglers display a fine catch of walleye taken in the Columbia. Guides and locals say the walleye fishing this year has been phenomenal with weeks of good fishing to come.

Walleye fishing is going gangbusters in Columbia River

Walleye fishing has been nothing short of phenomenal in The Dalles and John Day Pools of the Columbia River.
Sports
Mount St. Helens Institute’s youth education programs reached 2,203 students in 2024, according to the nonprofit’s annual report. (Contributed by Mount St.

‘A unique and powerful story’: Despite cuts, Mount St. Helens Institute committed to providing educational resources to visitors

Since 1996, scientists, researchers, staff and volunteers at Mount St. Helens Institute have been working to educate students and visitors about the mountain’s unique volcanic landscape. Despite recent staffing and…
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People listen to speakers during a grand opening ceremony for Laurel Manor Senior Apartments in central Vancouver. The affordable housing complex opened in January for lower-income residents 62 and older.

‘Built with love’: Vancouver welcomes Laurel Manor, an affordable housing complex for low-income seniors

Vancouver now has another affordable housing building where older adults can age comfortably in place.

Business

A Microsoft sign and logo are pictured at the company's headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash.

Why is Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, cutting workers?

Microsoft is laying off more than 6,000 employees in an effort to streamline its corporate ranks.

Northwest

Used beverage containers are seen in a bag outside the Glisan BottleDrop Redemption Center on Thursday in Portland.

Oregon’s landmark bottle redemption law may change due to concerns over drugs and homelessness

Monica Truax has lived in her Portland home since 1992, on a cul-de-sac she described as a close-knit community. But since a bottle redemption center…

Sports

Seattle Mariners' Randy Arozarena (56) celebrates after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Sunday, May 18, 2025, in San Diego.

Even Flow: Mariners sweep opening series of the Vedder Cup

Randy Arozarena homered off Michael King in the three-run fourth inning and the AL West-leading Seattle Mariners beat the San Diego Padres 6-1 Sunday to…

Politics

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on May 6 in Washington.

Republicans look to get Trump’s bill back on track with Sunday committee session

Republicans looked to get their massive tax cut and border security package back on track during a rare Sunday night committee meeting after that same…

Editor's Choice

Marc Fogle, 54, of Clackamas, Ore., is pictured May 7 in body camera video released Thursday by the Clark County Sheriff's Office moments before a deputy fatally stabs him during a struggle over the deputy's gun.

“My life’s … over”: Bodycam video shows DUI suspect attack Clark County sheriff’s deputy who fatally stabbed him

An Oregon man can be heard on body camera footage telling a Clark County sheriff’s deputy he wanted him to shoot him as they struggled…

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Health

FILE - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed, Oct. 14, 2015.

FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 shot but with unusual restrictions

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a long-awaited approval of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine but with unusual restrictions.

Life

In this screengrab taken from a video posted on Oliver Widger’s Instagram account on Friday, May 2, 2025, Widger pets his cat, Phoenix, on their sailboat somewhere in the Pacific Ocean as both make their way from Oregon to Hawaii.

Sailing from Oregon to Hawaii after quitting his job turns a man with a cat into social media star

Midway while sailing across the Pacific with just his cat named Phoenix, Oliver Widger reflected on why he thinks his many followers — more than…

Nation / World

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following Russia’s drone attack in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Zelenskyy meets with European, U.S. officials ahead of high-stakes phone call with Trump-Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with top U.S. officials and European leaders on Sunday in Rome, ahead of a high-stakes phone call Monday between U.S.…

Economic Forecast – March 2025

Economic Forecast – March 2025

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Opinion

May 17: ChatGPT Graduation

Editorial Cartoons for Week of May 12, 2025

In Our View: Mount St. Helens has become a living laboratory

Leubsdorf: Debasing the Justice Dept.

Westneat: U.S. saves $866, but for what?

Other Papers Say: Trump’s Qatari plane is Trojan horse

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