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Bar pilot captain Dan Jordan, left, and deck hand Tyler Bartel pull the S/V Liberty miniboat from the Columbia River following a test launch in Astoria, Ore., on Tuesday afternoon.

Wy’east Middle School students say bon voyage to their miniboat, hope it makes it to Japan

Bar pilot captain Dan Jordan, left, and deck hand Tyler Bartel pull the S/V Liberty miniboat from the Columbia River following a test launch in Astoria, Ore., on Tuesday afternoon.

January 21, 2020, 7:38pm Clark County News

ASTORIA, Ore. -- The news of the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami off the coast of Japan gripped the world in 2011. The reverberations of that quake were felt for years in the Pacific Northwest, where debris from the 9.0 earthquake washed up years later along the coast. Read story

Jonathan J. Oson appears July 5, 2018, in Clark County Superior Court. Oson is accused of first-degree murder in the June 9, 2018, slaying of Ariel Romano, 29. Oson&#039;s bench trial started Tuesday.

Man’s trial starts in fatal Brush Prairie shooting

Jonathan J. Oson appears July 5, 2018, in Clark County Superior Court. Oson is accused of first-degree murder in the June 9, 2018, slaying of Ariel Romano, 29. Oson&#039;s bench trial started Tuesday.

January 21, 2020, 6:23pm Clark County News

A bench trial started Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court for one of three men accused in a fatal Brush Prairie shooting that the prosecution says resulted from a drug deal gone wrong. Read story

Emergency personnel investigate an early morning crash on Northeast 112th Avenue in Vancouver that killed two pedestrians.

Stretch of 112th Avenue in east Vancouver has deadly history

Emergency personnel investigate an early morning crash on Northeast 112th Avenue in Vancouver that killed two pedestrians.

January 21, 2020, 5:44pm Clark County News

The stretch of Northeast 112th Avenue that saw the death of two young pedestrians early Tuesday morning is no stranger to serious car crashes. Read story

Police investigate the scene after two pedestrians were struck and killed in east Vancouver on Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2020.

Two pedestrians killed in early morning crash in Vancouver

Police investigate the scene after two pedestrians were struck and killed in east Vancouver on Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2020.

January 21, 2020, 8:50am Clark County News

Two teenage boys were struck and killed early Tuesday morning by a pickup in east Vancouver, according to police. Read story

Cornell Clayton, director of the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service at Washington State University, sees several factors that suggest political divisiveness could increase before it lessens.

WSU public policy director predicts global political division will persist

Cornell Clayton, director of the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service at Washington State University, sees several factors that suggest political divisiveness could increase before it lessens.

January 21, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

One of the major effects of a global political economy that has changed rapidly in recent decades is political division, which will likely continue as the presidential election approaches. Read story

A trio of trucks travel to and from the Zimmerly gravel pit near Washougal.

Washougal-area mine to seek new permits

A trio of trucks travel to and from the Zimmerly gravel pit near Washougal.

January 21, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

A Washougal-area gravel mine that has drawn criticism from nearby residents, Clark County and the Columbia River Gorge Commission will apply for new permits. Read story

Part of Beach Drive to close for BNSF repairs

January 21, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

A stretch of Beach Drive will close to traffic starting Wednesday to allow BNSF Railway to repair a railroad track. Read story

Weather Eye: Mild temperatures, some rain on tap for remainder of January

January 21, 2020, 5:14am Clark County News

After 11 days of highs only in the 40s, that 52 degrees on Sunday felt like early spring, didn’t it? I bet a few of you took a stroll through the yard glancing at the spring bulbs popping up through the damp soil and buds swelling on the rhododendrons and… Read story

Woodland couple Rachel and Jamison Dye have created The Cancer Box, which they hope will help others fight cancer. The boxes, expected to be available in April, will cost about $90 per delivery.

Woodland cancer survivor, husband create The Cancer Box

Woodland couple Rachel and Jamison Dye have created The Cancer Box, which they hope will help others fight cancer. The boxes, expected to be available in April, will cost about $90 per delivery.

January 20, 2020, 7:38pm Business

When Rachel Dye heard she only had a 13 percent chance of living for another five years, those numbers seemed low to her. Read story

Bob Cather, left, and Claire Berhein search for trash along the Columbia River during Monday&#039;s Martin Luther King Jr. Day beach cleanup.

Volunteers roll up sleeves in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Bob Cather, left, and Claire Berhein search for trash along the Columbia River during Monday&#039;s Martin Luther King Jr. Day beach cleanup.

January 20, 2020, 6:30pm Clark County News

You’re never too young to learn about giving back to your community. Read story