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The Clark County Council is considering a levy lid lift in February to fund more deputies.

Clark County Council looks at levy lid lift to fund 30 new sheriff’s deputies

The Clark County Council is considering asking voters to approve a levy lid lift to fund 30 new sheriff’s deputies, on the heels of Vancouver voters rejecting a similar city…
Clark County Politics
The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

Washington state courts’ online system is back up; now Clark County will have to deal with the backlog

The Washington courts online systems were up and running again Monday after being offline for two weeks after “unauthorized activity” was detected in the network.
Courts & Crime
Bags of donated food and goods wait to be organized by Walk &amp; Knock volunteers during the December 2022 food drive.

‘Hunger insecurity is a real, but largely invisible problem’: Walk & Knock food drive will pick up donations Dec. 7

Walk & Knock, the nation’s largest one-day food drive, is preparing to collect donations in Clark County for the 40th year.
Clark County News
A bomb cyclone is expected to hit the Northwest this week with urban flooding a distinct possibility (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP/Files)

‘Bomb cyclone’ threatens Northern California and Pacific Northwest

Northern California and the Pacific Northwest are bracing for what is expected to be a powerful storm, with heavy rain and winds set to pummel the region and potentially cause…
Northwest

Clark County

A for sale sign sits outside a vacant building on Northeast 94th Avenue in Vancouver. The building is a potential site for the city of Vancouver&rsquo;s 150-bed bridge shelter. The city passed a 0.1 percent business and occupation tax on retail to pay for the bridge shelter.

Vancouver council OKs tax increases and new taxes to close $43M deficit and pay for homeless ‘bridge shelter’

People parking, buying movie tickets and shopping in Vancouver can expect to pay more starting next year.

Business

FILE - Old-growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon River Trail, June 25, 2004, in Mt. Hood National Forest outside Zigzag, Ore.

More logging is proposed to help curb wildfires in the US Pacific Northwest

U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed…

Northwest

A long line of voters reaches the courtyard of the public service center as people wait to vote in person at the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 5, 2024.

Same-day voter registrations hit new high mark in Washington

Long lines on Election Day aren’t common in Washington with the state’s vote-by-mail system.

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Sports

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith (7) reacts after scoring against the San Francisco 49ers during the second half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A.

Analysis: Geno Smith TD gives Seahawks new life

Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith delivered in one of the season’s biggest moments and boosted Seattle to a much-needed victory over the rival San Francisco 49ers.

Politics

President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak at a meeting of the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington.

NY prosecutors say they will oppose dismissing Trump’s hush money conviction

New York prosecutors oppose any effort to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction, but they expressed some openness Tuesday to delaying sentencing until after…

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The Wolfe Courts pickleball courts at Hathaway Park in Washougal have been targeted by thieves this fall.

‘We’re just a target’: Pickleball players call for more security at Washougal court after theft

The president of the Camas-Washougal Pickleball Club is calling for increased security measures at Wolfe Courts after a storage box containing a defibrillator and a…

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Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona.

Washington experts express ‘grave concern’ as Trump appoints vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. to lead Health and Human Services

Local health experts raised alarms Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump announced vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. his pick for secretary of the Department of…

Nation / World

Local emergency responders extinguish the fires caused by a CV-22 Osprey crash that occurred at Eglin range June 13, 2012 near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (Airman 1st Class Christopher Williams, U.S.

The Osprey’s safety issues spiked over five years and caused deaths. Pilots still want to fly it

CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) — Over a New Mexico training range named the Hornet, two Osprey aircraft speed 100 feet off the ground,…

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: Infrastructure legislation readies U.S. for future

Jarvis: Bird flu is about to crash flu season

Estrich: Matt Gaetz test win-win for Trump

Letter: Truth about PacifiCorp plan

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