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Sales associate Olivia Ovall, in red, is reflected in a mirror as she checks out some of the items for sale as Not Too Shabby in Vancouver gears up for the holidays. Clark County retailers hired about 450 people between October and December last year, according to data from the Washington Employment Security Department.

Clark County stores get ready for holiday rush with seasonal hires

Business booms for certain industries this time of year. To meet the demand, many employers bring on seasonal employees.
Business
Tom Fritsch with a limit of dandy Black Friday trout taken last December at Rowland Lake while fishing with Buzz Ramsey. Several local lakes will be stocked with &igrave;jumbo&icirc; size rainbow trout ahead of Black Friday.

‘Jumbo’ trout are prize of Black Friday fishing opportunities

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will be planting hatchery trout from now through spring in many local lakes, and the season kicks off with the Black Friday trout…
Outdoors
Police video shows Vadim Sashchenko, 43, pointing what appears to be a gun. Callers reported to emergency dispatchers that Sashchenko&rsquo;s gun was a replica.

911 callers had reported gun carried by man fatally shot by Vancouver police officer was a replica

Callers told emergency dispatchers the man a Vancouver police officer would later fatally shoot in downtown Vancouver had a replica gun. But investigators failed to tell the public the gun…
Clark County News
Camas-Washougal Salvation Army social services coordinator Kendra Taggart tapes up a box at the Salvation Army on Nov. 15 in Washougal.

Severe weather shelters to merge in Washougal to expand services

Washougal’s two severe weather shelters are merging in an effort to expand life-saving services needed by residents.
Weather & Climate

Clark County

Camas Police Chief Tina Jones, left, present a medal of merit to Camas police officer Steven Forgette on May 23 at Grace Foursquare Church in Camas.

Camas police chief says department faces ‘retirement cliff’ in next 5 years

What keeps Camas Police Chief Tina Jones awake at night? There are a few things, actually, but the “retirement cliff” facing the department is top…

Business

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks with construction workers in midtown Manhattan, April 25, 2024, in New York.

GOP is winning over union voters

Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one…

Northwest

Child care workers, parents and children gather at the Idaho Capitol Building on March 8, 2023, to call attention to state budget cuts to child care provider funding. (Sarah A.

Idaho to get first child care center for law enforcement

The state’s first (and the nation’s third) law enforcement child care center is coming to the Ten Mile interchange area in Meridian.

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Sports

Seton players celebrate with Seton Catholic junior Dalton Woods (18) after Woods make the game-winning extra point Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, during the Cougars’ 42-41 win against Life Christian Academy in the 1A State Football Playoff quarterfinals at Doc Harris Stadium in Camas.

Seton Catholic wins 1A quarterfinal thriller over Life Christian, 42-41video icon

There are games that are so good, so otherworldly and so indescribably amazing that the statement “it’s a shame someone had to lose” is often…

Politics

Brooke Rollins speaks during a campaign rally Oct. 27 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Rollins tapped as agriculture secretary

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks…

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Residents on Monday ask the Vancouver City Council to ban camping along West Mill Plain Boulevard (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

West Vancouver residents plead with city to clear homeless camp along West Mill Plain Boulevard

A dozen west Vancouver residents pleaded with the city council on Monday to clear a homeless encampment along West Mill Plain Boulevard.

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Health

FILE - Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprostol, right, are displayed at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 22, 2010.

Bob Ferguson continues fight against abortion pill restrictions

Donald Trump’s reelection could bring new energy to a Washington state fight for abortion access begun in the courts last year.

Life

his image released by Universal Pictures shows Marissa Bode, seated center, and Cynthia Erivo in a scene from the film &ldquo;Wicked.&rdquo; (Universal Pictures via AP)

Introducing Marissa Bode, the actor making ‘Wicked’ history in her film debut

The cast of “Wicked” is stacked with well-known names: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Peter Dinklage, Bowen Yang.

Nation / World

Journalists take cover from the exchange of gunfire between gangs and police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.

Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a U.N. peacekeeping mission flops

When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high.

High School Sports &#8211; September 2024

High School Sports – September 2024

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Editorial Cartoons for Week of Nov. 18, 2024

In Our View: Camp Bonneville still requires vigilance, care

Jayne: Managing trees is a complex job

Jacobson: Tips for smooth air travel

Leubsdorf: Mandate overreach

Does Clark County need more pickleball courts?

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