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Eric Hebner, 43, appears for his guilty plea and sentencing hearing Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court. Hebner was sentenced to six months in jail for stealing more than $100,000 from the Ridgefield Little League.

Ex-treasurer of Ridgefield Little League sentenced to 6 months for stealing $100,000 from organization

A judge on Wednesday sentenced the former treasurer of the Ridgefield Little League to six months in jail for stealing about $100,000 from the organization.
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Fort Vancouver High School senior George Kinerk, 18, from left, joins Vancouver Public Schools’ Superintendent Jeff Snell and classmate Geziah Bio, also 18, at the groundbreaking for the new Ed Lynch Technical Trades Center on Wednesday morning. The 100 percent donor-funded center will provide hands-on training in advanced manufacturing and welding, directly addressing the demand for skilled workers in Clark County and creating pathways to fulfilling careers for students, according to the district.

Vancouver Public Schools breaks ground on Ed Lynch Technical Trades Center, giving students ‘opportunity to design and prototype and build’

Vancouver Public Schools officials, business leaders and local dignitaries gathered Wednesday at Fort Vancouver High School to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Ed Lynch Technical Trades Center, a donor-funded facility…
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Schools
Judge David Gregerson is seen overhead as Wayne Leonetti appears for his not guilty by reason of insanity hearing Monday at the Clark County Courthouse. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to strangling his 80-year-old wife to death in June 2023.

Ridgefield man pleads guilty to strangling wife after judge denies insanity defense

On the eve of his domestic violence murder trial, a 74-year-old Ridgefield man pleaded guilty Wednesday in the 2023 strangulation death of his 80-year-old wife.
Courts & Crime
Washington State Department of Transportation workers clean up a campsite Thursday on the side of state Highway 500 offramp to Northeast Andresen Road. More people are camping on WSDOT land, leading the state agency to assume an outreach and camp-cleaning role.

With state funding cuts, homeless camps along Clark County highways could remain in dangerous spots longer

The Washington State Department of Transportation may have less funding for clearing homeless camps along state highways in Clark County starting in July.
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Smith Tower Apartments, at left, is seen March 10 in Vancouver.

Vancouver allocates millions to create, preserve affordable housing units

Although the White House has proposed eliminating some federal funds for housing, Vancouver city staff aren’t worried about the well running dry — this year,…

Business

FILE - A Boeing 747 with the color scheme of planes used by the Qatari royal family is seen Friday, May 2, 2025 at San Antonio International Airport in San Antonio, Texas. President Donald Trump said this week that he wants to accept the $400 million plane, and that it would later be donated to a presidential library.

Boeing, trying to emerge from one of company’s most difficult eras, is having a pretty good week

Boeing has secured a pair of major orders in the Middle East during a visit to the region by President Donald Trump.

Northwest

Clark County Animal Protection and Control, along with the sheriff's office, served a search warrant at a Vancouver-area property in September 2023 and seized six dogs and five puppies that were confined to an unsanitary shed.

Gov. Bob Ferguson signs popular bill for preventing animal cruelty into law

In a step toward enhancing animal welfare, the Washington State Legislature has passed House Bill 1149, an act aimed at the prevention of cruelty to…

Politics

FILE - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J.

What’s in Trump’s big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more

Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding…

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A person fills out a lottery ticket at a 7-Eleven store in Oakland, Calif. A Camas man recently won $2 million in the Mega Millions lottery.

Camas man wins $2 million in Mega Millions lottery

A Camas man won $2 million in the Mega Millions lottery.

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Health

FILE - The overdose-reversal drug Narcan is displayed during training for employees of the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), Dec. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia.

U.S. overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

Life

FILE - Salt & Straw Ice Cream Co-Founder Tyler Malek scoops “Day-Old Bread Pudding” upcycled ice cream in Los Gatos, Calif., on June 2, 2023.

Innovative ice-cream makers Salt & Straw serve up secrets for wild recipes in a new cookbook

If you’re intimidated by the idea of making ice cream at home, just think of it as making soup. That’s advice from Tyler Malek of…

Nation / World

From left, Ashley Rishel from the Allegany County 911 and Lesley Moran help clean up Main Street after flooding on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 in Westernport, Md. (AP Photo/Gene J.

Virginia boy swept away as heavy rains and flooding hit several states

Officials found the body of a 12-year-old boy who was swept away by rushing water on a Virginia roadway during a storm system that also…

Economic Forecast – March 2025

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