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Cuts to domestic violence prosecution center because of Vancouver budget woes imperil public safety, say officials

As Vancouver prepares to make cuts to address a $43 million budget deficit, one cut officials are considering is to the area’s domestic violence prosecution center. The unit leader says…
Courts & Crime
Autumn leaves collect in a puddle.

Heavy rain is expected all week in Clark County, though flood risks have decreased

Clark County can expect lots of rain in the coming days, although the flood risks predicted earlier have decreased, according to the National Weather Service in Portland.
Weather & Climate
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'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.
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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…

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

Law enforcement officers are seen as people wait to register to vote, left, and drop off their ballots at the downtown Vancouver elections office Monday evening, Nov. 4, 2024.

Voter turnout in Washington is lower than in 2020

Despite the talk of a high-stakes presidential election with democracy itself allegedly on the line — not to mention a gubernatorial race and four major…

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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

President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington.

The ‘super year’ of elections has been super bad for incumbents as voters punish them in droves

Whether on the left or the right, regardless of how long they’ve been in power, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year…

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Patrick Wetzel, 41, appears Friday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree burglary, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, reckless endangerment, aiming/discharging a firearm and protection order violation. He&rsquo;s accused of violating a domestic violence no-contact order with his estranged wife and pointing a gun at law enforcement before a Clark County sheriff&rsquo;s deputy shot him Wednesday night in Camas.

Camas man, on a unicycle, pointed a gun at Clark County deputies before being shot, say court records

A man accused of violating a domestic violence no-contact order was riding a unicycle as law enforcement responded to his Camas house for reports of…

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Health

Grimmway Farms baby carrots recalled due to an E. coli outbreak.

E. coli in carrots sickens dozens, including in WA, with 1 dead in CA

Five people have been hospitalized by E. coli and at least three others have been infected in Washington due to a nationwide outbreak from bagged…

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

People walk past the memorial to fallen soldiers in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.

A makeshift memorial grows in Ukraine’s capital after 1,000 days of war

Before Russia’s invasion, this was an ordinary green lawn in the heart of Ukraine’s capital. Tourists would visit to take photos, and locals would stroll…

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: 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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