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Troy Price talks to a crowd of community members Oct. 30 during a forum at Evergreen Public Schools. The city manager announced Tuesday he has appointed Price to be the next police chief.

Troy Price appointed new chief of Vancouver Police Department

Vancouver’s city manager announced Tuesday he has appointed Troy Price to be the next police chief.
Courts & Crime
Crews unload a nacelle, the piece where the blades and turbine meet, from a ship at the Port of Vancouver in 2020. The port recently approved its $112 million budget for 2025.

Port of Vancouver will spend $50M of $112M budget for 2025 on capital projects

Port of Vancouver commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a $112.7 million budget for 2025.
Business
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The Vancouver City Council held a roundtable style community forum for Vancouver residents Monday at the Evergreen Public School Administration Service Center.

Street changes, homeless camping, more levies: Vancouver residents express concerns at community forum

Concerns largely pingponged between street changes and the homeless camp along West Mill Plain Boulevard at the city of Vancouver’s community forum Monday.
Politics
A levy planned for February by the Battle Ground School District would fund programs that aren’t fully funded by the state, including security, extra staff to reduce class sizes, curriculum, nursing, mental health support, special education, busing, sports and arts.

Battle Ground proposes a replacement operations levy on February ballot

Battle Ground Public Schools’ board voted unanimously Monday to place an educational programs and operations replacement levy on the Feb. 11 ballot.
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Construction continues near the new Costco at Union Ridge Town Center in Ridgefield. Thirteen businesses are expected to move into the shopping center, while even more retailers are expected to open at developments nearby.

Dozen businesses join Costco, In-N-Out at Pioneer Street-Interstate 5 junction in Ridgefield

More than a dozen new businesses will join Costco and In-N-Out at the Pioneer Street junction with Interstate 5 in Ridgefield.

Business

Junior Mathias Darnielle, 16, tries on a hooded sweatshirt while stopping by the BG Thrift Store on Wednesday at Battle Ground High School.

Thrift store at Battle Ground High School a hit with students and staff

Thrifting is in these days and Battle Ground High School is keeping up with the times.

Northwest

FILE - Rioters storm the West Front of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

Will Trump help? 2 Pierce County men charged in Jan. 6 Capitol attack are banking on it

A former Orting School Board member and his stepson who were charged for their alleged roles in the January 2021 Capitol riot are seeking to…

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Sports

Camas, left, and Arlington captains watch the coin toss before a Class 4A state quarterfinal playoff game at Doc Harris Stadium in Camas on Saturday.

Prep Football Recap: McKenzie Stadium to host pair of state football semifinals

For the fourth time, McKenzie Stadium will be the site of high school football state semifinal games, and for the third time it will host…

Politics

A photo illustration highlighting a Pentagon-funded study that used old data to conclude incorrectly that extremism is not a problem in the military.

AP finds that a Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, sat in front of a screen with the headline: “Study Disproves Military Extremism Problem.”

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Confluence Executive Director Leah Altman visits the Land Bridge, which is one of five riverside sites the nonprofit has completed. Based in Vancouver, Confluence is a nonprofit agency that works to popularize local tribal history and contemporary culture.

‘Native Stories for Native People’: New Confluence leader means to refocus and grow small Vancouver nonprofit with big influence

Leah Altman, an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, said she owes much of her dynamic success in life to help from nonprofit agencies…

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Health

Donna Cooper holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, at her home, March 1, 2024, in Front Royal, Va.

Even with access to blockbuster obesity drugs, some people don’t lose weight

Unlike scores of people who scrambled for the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight in recent years, Danielle Griffin had no trouble getting…

Life

FILE - Parade performers lead the Tom Turkey float down Central Park West at the start of the Macy&#039;s Thanksgiving Day parade on Nov. 23, 2023, in New York.

How to watch and stream the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

The holiday season really kicks off when the massive helium balloons start floating through New York. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade — two years away…

Nation / World

Women&rsquo;s rights activists set orange pair of shoes on the pavement for every attempted or successful killing of a woman by partner violence during the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the start of the Orange Days in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.

An average of 140 women and girls were killed by a partner or relative per day in 2023, the UN says

The deadliest place for women is at home and 140 women and girls on average were killed by an intimate partner or family member per…

High School Sports &#8211; September 2024

High School Sports – September 2024

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Editorial Cartoons for week of Nov. 25, 2024

In Our View: Accessible city councilors essential, paramount

Crisp: How far will Trump really go?

Letter: Protect health, life in U.S.

Letter: Golf will endure

Does Clark County need more pickleball courts?

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