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Camas School District Superintendent John Anzalone talks aboard the Book MoBus at Helen Baller Elementary School in 2022.

Camas district cuts 38 teacher positions with more to come, as soon as next week

Newer teachers in the Camas School District received bad news this week as the district continues to slash costs ahead of an expected $13 million to $16 million budget deficit…
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Battle Ground massage therapist accused of indecent liberties

A Battle Ground massage therapist is accused of groping a woman’s breasts during a February massage session.
Clark County News
The Clark College Treble Ensemble performs below blossoming Shirofugen cherry trees during the annual Sakura Festival at Clark College on Thursday.

Clark College’s Sakura Festival celebrates legacy of Royce Pollard and Bob Knight

In Japanese culture, cherry blossoms represent fresh starts and new beginnings. But, as they fall, they also represent the fragility and impermanence of life.
Clark County News
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., fourth from left, walks down Main Street in downtown Vancouver with Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, Michael Walker, executive director of Vancouver Downtown Association, and city of Vancouver staffer Julie Arenz.

‘We are very concerned’: Vancouver business leaders tell Sen. Patty Murray they are feeling effects of higher tariffs

From the Port of Vancouver to Main Street, tariffs’ impacts are beginning to ripple through the community.
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Alicia Kaye Stowe sits at the defense table Tuesday during her trial for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. The former Daybreak Youth Services skills coach was accused of having sexual contact with a minor patient while at the Brush Prairie facility. Judge Jennifer Snider dismissed the case Wednesday for lack of evidence.

Judge cites accuser’s lack of certainty in dismissing the sexual misconduct case against a Daybreak youth counselor

A judge on Wednesday dismissed the criminal case against a former Daybreak Youth Services skills coach accused of having sexual contact with a then-16-year-old patient.…

Business

New York-based fast-food restaurant Shake Shack opened its Vancouver doors today in Fisher's Landing.

Shake Shack is open for business in east Vancouver

New York-based fast-food restaurant Shake Shack opened its Vancouver doors this morning in Fisher’s Landing.

Northwest

Gov. Bob Ferguson is seen during a media availability on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

Ferguson criticizes Democrats’ $12B tax plan as ‘too risky’

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson balked at Democratic lawmakers’ latest tax package on Thursday, calling it “too risky” given the budget tumult that actions by the…

Sports

UCLA's Jordan Chiles competes on the uneven bars during the NCAA women's gymnastics championships in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Jordan Chiles wins NCAA title on uneven bars, helping UCLA advance to Final Four

Vancouver native and Prairie High alum Jordan Chiles won the NCAA title on the uneven bars and helped UCLA advance to the NCAA championship final…

Politics

FILE - A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington.

Judge pauses Trump administration’s plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

President Donald Trump's attempt to fire nearly everyone at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was paused on Friday by a federal judge, who said she was “deeply…

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A few hundred people showed up on the Capitol steps on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 to voice their opposition against tax increases proposed by Democrats in the Washington state Legislature.

Democrats in Washington Legislature reveal sweeping new tax plan

Democratic lawmakers in Washington are beginning to lay out the buffet of tax increases they want to use to fill most of a $16 billion…

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FILE - A homeless woman smokes fentanyl in a park June 28, 2024, in downtown Portland, Ore.

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response

Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught up in another increasingly serious problem: misinformation.

Life

Comic books are displayed in Gene Yang's home Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in San Jose, Calif.

Is he Christ? Is he Moses? Superman’s religious and ethical undertones add to his mystique

Superman was born Kryptonian, raised Methodist and sketched into existence by two Jewish teens in 1930s Cleveland. Faith and morality are his DNA.

Nation / World

Maria Sandoval leans on a handmade cross bearing the names of loved ones passed as she waits in line to visit El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. Chimayo, N.M. (AP Photo/Roberto E.

Thousands of pilgrims trek through New Mexico desert to historic adobe church for Good Friday

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A unique Holy Week tradition is drawing thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of…

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Opinion

April 18: IRS Staff Cuts

Editorial Cartoons for Week of April 14, 2025

In Our View: Earth Day values should guide us year-round

Westneat: Cold war chills hot Seattle tradition

Letter: Camas-Washougal RFA makes sense

Letter: Perez’s vote is indefensible

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