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Lewis Record stands on his porch at his mobile home in Fruit Valley. Record is against adding more housing to Fruit Valley until the city does something to improve the neighborhood’s air quality.

Should Vancouver fix the air quality issues in Fruit Valley before adding more housing?

Residents urge Vancouver to address air quality before allowing more housing
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Anglers try their hand for coho and Chinook at the mouth of the White Salmon River. While the tributaries are heating up, anglers continue to take chinook and coho in the main stem Columbia River.

With large early runs of coho salmon, anglers hope for big late run, too

Coho returns to the Columbia River have been way above the projection, with the fish pushing into areas where they are rarely seen, and delighting anglers.
Sports
Kids scramble for eggs during the annual Easter egg hunt at Crown Park in Camas in 2019.

Camas pauses search for parks director amid budget woes

Faced with a $1.5 million budget deficit in 2025, city leaders say they have paused the search for a new Camas Parks and Recreation director.
Politics
The Camas Church of the Nazarene and the Tumwater-based Washington Pacific District Church of the Nazarene have put the The Outpost&rsquo;s building up for sale, according to Washougal resident Pam Clark, left, and Sandra Renner.

‘A Devastating Blow’: The Outpost, a community resource center in Washougal, set to close Oct. 31

With its building up for sale, The Outpost has announced it will have to close.
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John Ley (The Columbian files)

John Ley again defends his right to run for office in 18th Legislative District

Republican John Ley again is defending his right to run for office in the 18th Legislative District.

Business

Volunteer beach cleaner Russ Lewis holds detritus of shipping container spills washed up on Washington&rsquo;s Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Wash., Monday, June 17, 2024.

Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open?

Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets…

Northwest

Southern resident killer whale J50 and her mother, J16, swim Aug. 7, 2018, off the west coast of Vancouver Island near Port Renfrew, B.C. Scientists studying the J Pod have found that older female orcas take care of not only their own offspring, but their &quot;grandchildren,&quot; as well.

Orca tally ‘frustrating’ for those trying to save the J, K and L pods

There are only 73 southern resident orcas left in our region’s waters, according to the most recent count released by the Center for Whale Research.…

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Sports

Washington wide receiver Denzel Boston, front, celebrates his touchdown with running back Jonah Coleman (1) during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Michigan, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Seattle.

Washington pulls away in 4th quarter to beat No. 10 Michigan 27-17

Will Rogers threw for 271 yards and a pair of first-half touchdowns, Jonah Coleman’s 1-yard TD with 6:22 left gave Washington the lead, and the…

Politics

FILE - Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 3, 2017. Five months after holding its presidential primaries, Washington state is looking further down the ticket to select candidates to compete for federal and state offices in November. A handful of retirements, including Kilmer, have injected some excitement into primaries for this left-leaning state.

Even as he heads out the door, Derek Kilmer is still trying to fix Congress

There’s an old proverb that fits Derek Kilmer: If you love something, sometimes you have to let it go.

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Some Clark County residents got property tax bills that indicated they had no escrow account on file and needed to pay their bills directly. The bills were sent in error.

Clark County Treasurer’s Office says residents should disregard property tax bill sent in error

The Clark County Treasurer’s Office sent 6,000 residents an erroneous property tax bill last month.

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Health

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, doors to a COVID-19 treatment unit at UW Health in Madison, Wis., caution hospital personnel and visitors. Conditions inside the nation&#039;s hospitals are deteriorating by the day as the coronavirus rages through the country at an unrelenting pace.

Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after ‘nightmare’ COVID conditions, with little help

One evening in May, nursing assistant Debra Ragoonanan’s vision blurred during her shift at a state-run Massachusetts veterans home. As her head spun, she said,…

Life

Sudanese Camirata troupe perform at the Italian culture center in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

In music and dance, Sudanese performers transport refugee audiences back home

As the performers took the stage and the traditional drum beat gained momentum, Sudanese refugees sitting in the audience were moved to tears. Hadia Moussa…

Nation / World

Wilda Brooks of West Palm Beach, Fla., holds up a sign reading &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t eat pets,&rdquo; during a rally by members of South Florida&rsquo;s Haitian-American community to condemn hate speech and misinformation about Haitian immigrants, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in North Miami, Fla.

Haitian immigrants find new footholds, and familiar backlash, in the Midwest, South

Fortified with work authorizations and a new freedom, Haitian immigrants are moving out of their longtime strongholds in Florida and New York, often finding good…

High School Sports &#8211; September 2024

High School Sports – September 2024

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Opinion

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Editorial cartoons for week of Sept. 29

In Our View: No on initiatives 2109 and 2066; yes on 2124

Donnelly: Vancouver’s Prop. 4 for police merits support

Calmes: Trump’s string of lies matters

McManus: Economy may be race’s key

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