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Evergreen football’s investment in defensive culture is paying off for the Plainsmen

Evergreen seniors Makhi Miller, from left, Josiah Alanis and Mark Williams pose for a portrait Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at Evergreen High School.

September 19, 2024, 7:43am Latest News

Makhi Miller sensed a mindset shift within the Evergreen football team over the summer when players were in the midst of running a grueling McKenzie Mile. Read story

Abby Doty, 7, kneels alongside Brandon Bakemaeyer in a knighting ceremony presided over by Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, at the 2023 Realms Unknown Fantasy Festival in Woodland. The historical reenactment group will return to this year’s festival, which begins Friday and continues through Sunday.

Serious play: Realms Unknown Fantasy Festival returns for a second year in Woodland

September 19, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Life

If only there were a place where you could shed your identity for a few days, romp around barefoot in the sunshine and frolic with fairies, unicorns, mermaids, centaurs, pirates, time-travelers and Mary, Queen of Scots. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Expect partly sunny skies and highs in 70s this week

September 19, 2024, 6:04am Clark County News

‘She told me the seasons were changing. The sun was shining but it was not hot. I could feel a sense of irritability in the air. Breezy, calm, breezy, no one noticed, and no one cared, at least not this day. Perhaps when one thinks about yet another change to… Read story

New York Yankees' Anthony Rizzo follows through on an RBI double against the Seattle Mariners during the 10th inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Seattle.

Yankees beat Mariners 2-1 in 10 innings, clinch postseason berth

September 18, 2024, 10:22pm Latest News

The AL East-leading New York Yankees wrapped up their place in the 2024 playoffs with a 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners in 10 innings Wednesday night. Read story

Let’s Go Washington, a political committee, faces allegations it did not properly disclose information on money raised and spent in its signature-gathering drives for six initiatives in 2023. These boxes contain signed petitions for one of them, Initiative 2109, which would to repeal Washington state’s capital gains tax. It will be on ballots in November 2024.

Let’s Go Washington faces charges: Political group behind initiatives accused of violating campaign law

September 18, 2024, 4:33pm Clark County Politics

A 14-month investigation has led to charges against the political committee founded by businessman Brian Heywood for allegedly violating campaign finance laws in the course of gathering signatures for six initiatives last year, including three on the ballot in November. Read story

A client of guide Bob Rees holds a fine, bright Chinook he took earlier this year at Buoy 10. These fish are now peaking in the Vancouver area, where anglers will get an additional 7 days of salmon fishing.

Columbia River salmon fishing will continue through at least Sept. 30

September 18, 2024, 4:29pm Latest News

Salmon fishing season in the Columbia River will continue at least through Sept. 30, Washington and Oregon officials agreed Wednesday. Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, left, and Republican Joe Kent.

3rd Congressional candidates react to second Trump assassination attempt

September 18, 2024, 4:09pm Clark County News

Shortly after the FBI announced Sept. 15 that former President Donald Trump was the target of a second assassination attempt at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, posted about the incident on social media. Read story

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