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The Target store in Hazel Dell.

Suspect arrested in more than 30 retail thefts in Hazel Dell

The Target store in Hazel Dell.

August 30, 2024, 1:42pm Business

Clark County sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspected retail thief Tuesday who’s believed to be connected to more than 30 Hazel Dell thefts. Read story

Kirkland C. Warren, 28, appears in Clark County Superior Court. His murder trial was called ready Friday to begin Sept. 9. He is accused of fatally shooting his former girlfriend, a Vancouver mother, and her 7-year-old daughter.

After 18 months, Murder case against Kirkland Warren ready to go to trial in killings of Meshay Melendez, her daughter

Kirkland C. Warren, 28, appears in Clark County Superior Court. His murder trial was called ready Friday to begin Sept. 9. He is accused of fatally shooting his former girlfriend, a Vancouver mother, and her 7-year-old daughter.

August 30, 2024, 12:20pm Clark County News

A judge on Friday said the case against the man accused of killing a Vancouver mother and her 7-year-old daughter is ready to begin trial Sept. 9. Read story

A small strip of crime scene tape was left at the site of a homicide being investigated by Vancouver police in central Vancouver on Wednesday.

Vancouver homicide victim was shot on city street, says Clark County Medical Examiner

A small strip of crime scene tape was left at the site of a homicide being investigated by Vancouver police in central Vancouver on Wednesday.

August 30, 2024, 12:09pm Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified a 39-year-old woman  as the victim in a Wednesday homicide in central Vancouver. Read story

Swift Reservoir offers good fishing for rainbow trout in the fall in uncrowded conditions.

Field notes: Labor Day weekend is the time to fish Swift Reservoir

Swift Reservoir offers good fishing for rainbow trout in the fall in uncrowded conditions.

August 30, 2024, 12:07pm Latest News

Boaters wanting to catch rainbow trout at Swift Reservoir need to fish this weekend (Aug. 31-Sept. 2). Read story

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, has helped secure $2.1 million for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program.

Rep. Perez to host service academy open house in Vancouver

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, has helped secure $2.1 million for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program.

August 30, 2024, 11:41am Clark County News

U.S. Rep Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, will host a service academy open house event Sept. 16 in Vancouver. Read story

FILE - The capitol is seen on the first day of the legislative session at the Oregon state Capitol, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Salem, Ore. Oregon&#039;s whirlwind 35-day legislative session ended Thursday night, a couple days ahead of schedule. This year lawmakers focused on housing and drugs as the two main priorities.

Oregon may pay out $1 billion kicker in 2026 as tax revenues come in higher than expected

FILE - The capitol is seen on the first day of the legislative session at the Oregon state Capitol, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Salem, Ore. Oregon&#039;s whirlwind 35-day legislative session ended Thursday night, a couple days ahead of schedule. This year lawmakers focused on housing and drugs as the two main priorities.

August 30, 2024, 11:30am Latest News

Oregonians are likely to see more money back on their state tax returns in 2026 as tax revenues continue to exceed forecasters’ expectations. Read story

A map of the wind energy areas identified for potential offshore floating wind energy farms.

Feds will auction two wind energy sites off southern Oregon coast in October

A map of the wind energy areas identified for potential offshore floating wind energy farms.

August 30, 2024, 10:22am Latest News Free

The Biden administration will seek bids on developing two wind energy sites off Oregon’s southern coast in October. Read story

Photos of Veronica Rosas and her son Diego decorate Veronica&rsquo;s shirt and necklaces, as she poses for a portrait at her home in Ecatepec, Mexico, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Rosas&rsquo; son went missing when he was 16 years old on Sept. 4, 2015.

One day, their children didn’t make it back home. Faith helps these Mexican mothers’ search for them

Photos of Veronica Rosas and her son Diego decorate Veronica&rsquo;s shirt and necklaces, as she poses for a portrait at her home in Ecatepec, Mexico, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Rosas&rsquo; son went missing when he was 16 years old on Sept. 4, 2015.

August 30, 2024, 10:18am Latest News

Each time the kidnapper hung up the phone, Veronica Rosas and her relatives did the only thing they could think of: kneel, grab each other’s hands and pray. Read story

Camas plein air event is a tribute to its founder, the late Marquita Call.

August 30, 2024, 8:44am Clark County Life Free

An Oct. 5 plein air painting competition in Camas will honor the late Marquita Call, an arts booster and local gallery owner who founded the annual event in 2013. Call died in August 2023. Read story

FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, a man leaves a vandalized Home Depot store in Oakland, Calif. Police say many of the smash-and-grab thefts have been carried out by caravans of well-coordinated criminals that have coincided with or followed protests over the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into Floyd&#039;s neck.

Report: Home Depot spent billions on its own shares instead of raising pay

FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, a man leaves a vandalized Home Depot store in Oakland, Calif. Police say many of the smash-and-grab thefts have been carried out by caravans of well-coordinated criminals that have coincided with or followed protests over the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into Floyd&#039;s neck.

August 30, 2024, 7:49am Business

Home Depot ranks in the bottom 100 companies in the S&P 500 index for median pay. But it ranks near the top of those corporations in buying back its own stock shares, billions that instead could have been spent improving wages, according to a report from a Washington, D.C., think… Read story