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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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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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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 the 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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 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

In this National Transportation Safety Board handout, an opening is seen in the fuselage of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX on Jan. 7, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. A door-sized section near the rear of the Boeing 737-9 MAX plane blew off 10 minutes after Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 5 on its way to Ontario, California.

Disaster dogged Boeing in 2024. Can it turn around in 2025?

A year after a panel blew off a 737 Max midflight, Boeing says mistakes like those leading up to the near-disaster on Jan. 5, 2024,…

Northwest

This mile-long boardwalk reaches across a rich, fascinating tidal estuary at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.

WA tribes crucial to salmon recovery, conservation throughout decades of work with state

If you want to find a turning point in Washington state’s modern history of environmental protection and advocacy, just go back a few decades to…

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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

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An early look at potentially vulnerable senators in 2026

Midterm elections typically favor the party that doesn’t hold the White House. Nevertheless, if 2026 is to be a strong year for Senate Democrats, their…

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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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A horse walks in a field, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near Hillsboro, Ky. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

A University of Washington study on menopause revealed health disparities between rural and urban women

Women living in rural communities have higher rates of menopause symptoms than their city neighbors, research from the University of Washington has found, underscoring the…

Life

A procession of angels walks through New Orleans French Quarter as part of the Joan of Arc parade marking the start of Mardi Gras season Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, near where a rampaging truck driver killed 14 people on New Year’s day.

New Orleans is a city marked by tragedy. But don’t call locals resilient

She ran around in silver sparkling shoes, her faux chainmail tunic shimmering in the freezing breeze, maneuvering horses made of paper mâchĂŠ, a giant green…

Nation / World

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20, making him the only president other than Grover Cleveland to serve two non-consecutive terms in office.

‘All hell will break out’: 3 foreign policy takeaways from Trump

Although President-elect Donald Trump will not take office for almost two weeks, he is already making his “America First” mantra a priority — and it…

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Editorial Cartoons for Week of Jan. 6, 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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