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Nurses at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center picket outside the hospital on Thursday morning, April 18, 2024.

PeaceHealth nurses will vote on contract that includes raises but doesn’t increase staffing levels

Nurses at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center picket outside the hospital on Thursday morning, April 18, 2024.

June 5, 2024, 12:02pm Business

Nurses at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center will vote Thursday on a contract that includes higher wages but does not increase minimum staffing requirements at the Vancouver hospital. Read story

Washington will soon join 10 states across the country that have laws preventing children younger than18 from getting married. The bill was first introduced last year by Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, but stalled in the Senate.

Hundreds of new laws will take effect in Washington on June 6, from bans on child marriage to octopus farming

Washington will soon join 10 states across the country that have laws preventing children younger than18 from getting married. The bill was first introduced last year by Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, but stalled in the Senate.

June 5, 2024, 7:52am Editor's Choice Free

New limits on carrying guns openly in public, loosened restrictions on police pursuing suspects, a shorter time period for mortuaries to store unclaimed human remains, and a ban on octopus farming. Read story

Contributed by the city of Ridgefield California burger chain In-N-Out submitted an application Feb. 16 for a Ridgefield location, shown in this rendering. Clark County has recently experienced an influx of California transplants, both people and businesses. In-N-Out, Trader Joe&rsquo;s, Mountain Mike&rsquo;s Pizza and Daiso are expanding here. (Associated Press files)

As more California transplants find fertile soil in Clark County, Golden State retailers are following

Contributed by the city of Ridgefield California burger chain In-N-Out submitted an application Feb. 16 for a Ridgefield location, shown in this rendering. Clark County has recently experienced an influx of California transplants, both people and businesses. In-N-Out, Trader Joe&rsquo;s, Mountain Mike&rsquo;s Pizza and Daiso are expanding here. (Associated Press files)

June 5, 2024, 6:04am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Clark County has long attracted newcomers from California but has recently experienced a surge. Is that what’s attracted the wave of California-based retailers, including In-N-Out, that are expanding here? Read story

Nora K. Kintz, center, appears Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on a summons for a charge of vehicular homicide. She&rsquo;s accused of driving drunk in an August 2022 rollover crash on Interstate 205 in Vancouver that killed her passenger.

Ridgefield woman pleads not guilty in 2022 crash that killed her passenger

Nora K. Kintz, center, appears Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on a summons for a charge of vehicular homicide. She&rsquo;s accused of driving drunk in an August 2022 rollover crash on Interstate 205 in Vancouver that killed her passenger.

June 4, 2024, 3:55pm Clark County News

A Ridgefield woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of vehicular homicide in connection with an August 2022 rollover crash on Interstate 205 in Vancouver that killed her passenger. Read story

Sela Blas of the National Women&rsquo;s Coalition Against Violence &amp; Exploitation, from left, joins supporters of Star Murrah, including Joe Thuney, Danielle Mikinka and Christina Dodds on Monday while standing outside the Clark County Courthouse. The group was rallying against the possibility that the man accused of killing Star Murrah, her estranged husband, is found not-guilty by reason of insanity. His hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

Slain Vancouver woman’s supporters rally in advance of estranged husband’s insanity defense hearing

Sela Blas of the National Women&rsquo;s Coalition Against Violence &amp; Exploitation, from left, joins supporters of Star Murrah, including Joe Thuney, Danielle Mikinka and Christina Dodds on Monday while standing outside the Clark County Courthouse. The group was rallying against the possibility that the man accused of killing Star Murrah, her estranged husband, is found not-guilty by reason of insanity. His hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

June 3, 2024, 6:32pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

A small group of friends and neighbors of Monica “Star” Murrah stood on the steps of the Clark County Courthouse on Monday to urge a judge to deny her estranged husband’s insanity plea in her slaying and let the case go to trial. Read story

Prestige Care and Prestige Senior Living, based in Vancouver, which operates more than 70 senior communities throughout the Western United States, is laying off 150 people according to a WARN Act filed with the state of Washington.

Vancouver-based Prestige Care announces layoffs of 150 employees; unclear how Clark County’s four locations will be affected

Prestige Care and Prestige Senior Living, based in Vancouver, which operates more than 70 senior communities throughout the Western United States, is laying off 150 people according to a WARN Act filed with the state of Washington.

June 3, 2024, 4:10pm Business

Vancouver-based Prestige Care will lay off 150 employees, according to a notification filed Monday with the Washington State Employment Security Department. Read story

A woman was killed in a shop fire north of Ridgefield early Monday morning.

Woman dead in shop fire north of Ridgefield; fire marshal investigating

A woman was killed in a shop fire north of Ridgefield early Monday morning.

June 3, 2024, 11:55am Clark County News

A woman was found dead after a large shop fire Monday morning north of Ridgefield. Read story

Artist Benji Todd looks over the new mural highlighting pedestrian safety he created in downtown Vancouver.

Safety is the word on the street at West 11th and Esther in downtown Vancouver

Artist Benji Todd looks over the new mural highlighting pedestrian safety he created in downtown Vancouver.

June 3, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News

The intersection of Esther and West 11th streets in downtown Vancouver received a makeover recently — a colorful mural of blue and green hues to prompt drivers to slow down and watch out for neighbors. Read story

While it’s legal to openly carry a firearm in many public areas in Washington, as an open-carry state, it’s against the law to knowingly possess or carry one on the premises of a public or private elementary or secondary school, with a few exceptions, according to state statute. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Can you carry a firearm onto school grounds in WA? This Little League mother didn’t think so

While it’s legal to openly carry a firearm in many public areas in Washington, as an open-carry state, it’s against the law to knowingly possess or carry one on the premises of a public or private elementary or secondary school, with a few exceptions, according to state statute. (AP Photo/Ted S.

June 3, 2024, 6:03am Editor's Choice

A woman who went to watch her 8-year-old son play in a Little League baseball game at Mount Tahoma High School this week was startled by something she saw: A parent open-carrying a pistol on his hip. Read story

The Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, right, appears lush from Cascade Locks with the Bridge of the Gods on Tuesday morning. Rain now doesn&rsquo;t mean we won&rsquo;t have wildfires later. &ldquo;We went from a &lsquo;normal fire season&rsquo; being 100,000 acres to the 10-year average we&rsquo;re working with right now, which is in the 400,000-acre range,&rdquo; said Kyle Thomas-Milward from the Washington Department of Natural Resources.

‘Wildfire risk is growing in our area’: Fire agencies working now to protect Southwest Washington

The Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, right, appears lush from Cascade Locks with the Bridge of the Gods on Tuesday morning. Rain now doesn&rsquo;t mean we won&rsquo;t have wildfires later. &ldquo;We went from a &lsquo;normal fire season&rsquo; being 100,000 acres to the 10-year average we&rsquo;re working with right now, which is in the 400,000-acre range,&rdquo; said Kyle Thomas-Milward from the Washington Department of Natural Resources.

June 1, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News

With rainy weather still in the forecast, it may seem like an odd time to be talking about wildfire. But that’s what Clark County fire districts and other agencies have been doing as they prepare for blazes that have become more common here. Read story