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Clark County's public defense office has started taking cases with two attorneys on the job and a third expected soon.

Clark County’s new public defense office is now taking cases

Clark County’s new Office of Public Defense has begun handling felony criminal cases with its first two attorneys on staff.
Clark County News
Ember Chow, 24, cast a friend&rsquo;s ballot at a ballot drop box in the U District on Election Day.

WA voter turnout dropped for all ages — especially young people

The 2024 election saw lower turnout across the nation, in every region and in many demographic groups. In Washington, the drop in participation was especially pronounced among young people.
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Election
Drivers make their way through the intersection of Evergreen Way and 32nd Street in Washougal in 2022.

Washougal rail crossing project estimates jump as much as $20M

Washougal city leaders are optimistic they will be able to fund the 32nd Street rail crossing project despite cost estimates coming in as much as $20 million higher than originally…
Clark County News
Members of the community visit the fourth Safe Stay community off Main Street during its opening ceremony in December. Clark County saw a 35 percent jump in veterans entering housing programs.

Number of homeless veterans in Clark County dropped by 25% in 2023

Fewer veterans were living on the streets in Clark County last year as more moved into housing. Homelessness among veterans also fell nationwide.
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Clark County

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez runs to the finish line while taking part in the women&rsquo;s obstacle pole event at last summer&rsquo;s Skamania County Timber Carnival in Stevenson.

People over party: Reelected U.S. Rep. Perez bucks election trend with focus on working-class issues

Democrats faced heavy losses nationwide on Election Day, with many districts turning away from the party as Republican Donald Trump won another term as president.

Business

Jeff Simon (c) works with his math students Gabriel Raposo (r), 15 and Luka Esquer (l), 15 on their Intermediate Algebra classroom assignment at Sage Creek High School in Carlsbad. (Nelvin C.

AI is everywhere. How should schools handle it? Teachers’ different approaches show its potential — and limits

In Jeff Simon’s math class at Sage Creek High School in Carlsbad, California, students are not only allowed but encouraged to use AI.

Northwest

Attendees react to a news broadcast showing results at the Washington State Democrats watch party on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Seattle.

Beneath Seattle’s blue voting calm are some roiling currents

After the most turbulent political campaign of our times, it’s remarkable how King County and Seattle voted just the same overall as we did the…

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Sports

How Clark County College Football Players Fared: Skyview grad Gabe Martin has big game ahead of NAIA playoffs

Skyview graduate Gabe Martin has found a football home at Northwestern College, an NAIA school in Orange City, Iowa. Saturday, the freshman had the biggest…

Politics

A polar bear and cubs search for scraps in a large pile of bowhead whale bones left from the village&#039;s subsistence hunting at the end of an unused airstrip on a spit of land near the village, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Kaktovik, Alaska.

Alaska political leaders hope to see Trump undo restrictions on oil drilling

President-elect Donald Trump promised repeatedly during his campaign to expand oil drilling in the U.S., which is good news for political leaders in Alaska, where…

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The Clark County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday served a search warrant at Patricia Jimerfield's Hazel Dell home, where she was found dead Oct. 8.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office serves search warrants in slaying of west Hazel Dell woman

Clark County sheriff’s detectives served search warrants Tuesday in connection with the slaying of a 78-year-old woman who was found dead last month in her…

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Health

This combination of images from video shows scenes from Nasonex television commercials broadcast in the U.S. in the 2000s.

New FDA rules for TV drug ads: Simpler language and no distractions

Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look: New rules require…

Life

English musician and singer-songwriter Gordon Sumner, known by his stage name Sting, poses prior to his live show at the Chambord Castle, central France on June 28, 2022.

Q&A: Sting on his new trio, his old friend Billy Joel and why he’ll never wear spandex

Sting sits in a trailer at September’s Ohana Festival in Dana Point with two important questions before him: which songs to perform during that night’s…

Nation / World

Charles Blackmon shows areas large piles of waste outside of a chicken farm near Mountville, South Carolina in the Little River watershed on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.

Millions of chickens leave tiny SC community in uproar. Giant poultry farms raise stink

MOUNTVILLE, S.C. -- Through a tangle of trees separating his land from a neighbor’s, Charles Blackmon stared glumly at the cluster of chicken barns where…

High School Sports &#8211; September 2024

High School Sports – September 2024

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Editorial Cartoons for Week of Nov. 11, 2024

In Our View: Cheers & Jeers: Crime fighters; tech trouble

Local View: Right of initiative, referendum powerful tools

Fox: Not meddling with a good economy is wise

Harrop: Chaos will rattle Americans’ tranquility

Should Clark County sell Tri-Mountain Golf Course to the Cowlitz Indian Tribe?

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