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Democratic County Commissioner Steve Stuart, right, and Republican Auditor Greg Kimsey explained their proposal to reorganize county government at a lunchtime meeting of the Rotary Club of Vancouver on Wednesday.

Kimsey, Stuart propose reorganized Clark County government (with video)

Democratic County Commissioner Steve Stuart, right, and Republican Auditor Greg Kimsey explained their proposal to reorganize county government at a lunchtime meeting of the Rotary Club of Vancouver on Wednesday.

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Two Clark County officials behind a "Team ClarkForward" movement revealed their plan today, suggesting a reorganized county government based closely on Snohomish County. Read story

Crews are working to remove a counterweight, a piece of a crane, that fell off a truck and is blocking southbound lanes of Interstate 5.

Southbound I-5 closed at Rose Quarter exit

Crews are working to remove a counterweight, a piece of a crane, that fell off a truck and is blocking southbound lanes of Interstate 5.

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Southbound Interstate 5 is closed at the Rose Quarter exit after a counterweight fell off of a truck. Read story

Country singer Slim  Whitman died Wednesday of heart failure in Florida. He was 90.

Country-pop singer Slim Whitman dies at 90

Country singer Slim  Whitman died Wednesday of heart failure in Florida. He was 90.

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

LOS ANGELES -- Slim Whitman, a country pop singer whose forlorn wail influenced a generation of vocalists in the early 1950s, has died at age 90. Read story

Clark College’s commencement speaker replaced

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Byron Pitts, ABC News anchor and chief national correspondent, cancelled his keynote address at Clark College Commencement. Pitts has been called to an emergency assignment and is unable to attend the Thursday ceremony. Read story

Hundreds of job seekers facing a tough labor market crowd into the Red Lion Hotel Vancouver at the Quay, hoping that interviews with employers would lead to jobs.

Washington jobless rate drops to 6.8 percent in May

Hundreds of job seekers facing a tough labor market crowd into the Red Lion Hotel Vancouver at the Quay, hoping that interviews with employers would lead to jobs.

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Business

OLYMPIA -- Washington state's unemployment rate dropped to 6.8 percent last month and the state added an estimated 4,100 jobs, officials with the Employment Security Department said Wednesday. Read story

Fed maintaining bond purchases, moving closer to slowing

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Business

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will maintain the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market. Read story

Pam Cooper from the Mask-arade mask company loads boxes of Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge masks ready for dispatch at the company works in Southam, England on June 6.

Palace sheds some light on Kate’s baby plans

Pam Cooper from the Mask-arade mask company loads boxes of Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge masks ready for dispatch at the company works in Southam, England on June 6.

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

LONDON -- With Prince William and the former Kate Middleton expecting their first child in mid-July -- and much of the world interested in the birth of a future monarch -- the royals' office has released some of the couple's plans, although many details are still being kept private. Kate… Read story

Chkalov flight’s 76th anniversary to be observed

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

National Park Service Ranger Luda Leksunkin will offer a bilingual lecture Saturday to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the record-setting Chkalov flight. Read story

Trust seeks volunteers for July 4 festivities

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

The Fort Vancouver National Trust is seeking 300 volunteers to help out during Vancouver's July 4 celebration. Read story

Jake Swan, 4, left, looks at a toy helicopter being sold by Jonathan Arnot, 7, right, during the Rose Village Neighborhood Association's yard sale at Memorial Lutheran Church earlier in June.

Yard sales unite neighborhoods

Jake Swan, 4, left, looks at a toy helicopter being sold by Jonathan Arnot, 7, right, during the Rose Village Neighborhood Association's yard sale at Memorial Lutheran Church earlier in June.

June 18, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Rose Village's first neighborhood yard sale on June 8 gave people a chance to clear out unneeded items, raise money for good causes and share some neighborly pride. Read story