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Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona.

Washington experts express ‘grave concern’ as Trump appoints vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. to lead Health and Human Services

Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona.

November 19, 2024, 7:57am Health

Local health experts raised alarms Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump announced vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. his pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Read story

Science teacher Jill Cole, left, looks on as junior Bailey Fling, 16, tries out the prosthetic leg she created during her careers in science class at La Center High School on Thursday morning.

La Center High School students create prosthetic legs in class on careers in science

Science teacher Jill Cole, left, looks on as junior Bailey Fling, 16, tries out the prosthetic leg she created during her careers in science class at La Center High School on Thursday morning.

November 19, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

A La Center High School teacher challenged her students to design and engineer a working prosthetic leg out of everyday materials. Read story

Bags of donated food and goods wait to be organized by Walk &amp; Knock volunteers during the December 2022 food drive.

‘Hunger insecurity is a real, but largely invisible problem’: Walk & Knock food drive will pick up donations Dec. 7

Bags of donated food and goods wait to be organized by Walk &amp; Knock volunteers during the December 2022 food drive.

November 19, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

Walk & Knock, the nation’s largest one-day food drive, is preparing to collect donations in Clark County for the 40th year. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Wet, windy conditions will continue in Clark County

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

November 19, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

Wet, wet, wet. That sums up our weather forecast for the week as we will endure two moderate to heavy rain events. One will take place tonight and Wednesday and the other Thursday into Friday. It is a complex situation and will be changing by the hour. Read story

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

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

November 18, 2024, 5:27pm Latest News

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 by disgruntled voters in what has been called the “super year” for elections. Read story

State panel not ready to scrap building codes targeted by gas initiative

November 18, 2024, 3:30pm Latest News

The natural gas initiative Washington voters approved calls for erasing some of the state’s building codes but that might not happen when the measure takes effect next month. Read story

People pass the New York Stock Exchange, right, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in New York.

Stock market today: Wall Street rises following last week’s slide

People pass the New York Stock Exchange, right, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in New York.

November 18, 2024, 1:44pm Business

Most U.S. stocks ticked higher Monday to recover some of their sharp slide from last week. Read story

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

FILE - Old-growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon River Trail, June 25, 2004, in Mt. Hood National Forest outside Zigzag, Ore.

November 18, 2024, 1:42pm Business

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 changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades. Read story

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

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

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

November 18, 2024, 1:32pm Clark County News

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 the cuts could be a hit to public safety. Read story

Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris hold up their phones as she delivers a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington.

About 20% of Americans regularly get their news from influencers on social media, report says

Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris hold up their phones as she delivers a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington.

November 18, 2024, 1:32pm Latest News

About one in five Americans – and a virtually identical share of Republicans and Democrats – regularly get their news from digital influencers who are more likely to be found on the social media platform X, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Research Center. Read story