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Clark County News

April unemployment rate in Washington drops to 7 percent

May 14, 2013, 5:00pm Business

OLYMPIA -- Washington's unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent in April, and the state added an estimated 3,800 jobs last month, according to numbers released Wednesday. Read story

Wells Fargo robbery suspect held on $150,000 bail

May 14, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

A 62-year-old bank robbery suspect inadvertently revealed his identity to police by using a pay slip with his name and address for his robbery note, court records say. Read story

Tax revenue estimates from legal marijuana may not materialize

May 14, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

WASHINGTON -- When Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use, supporters sold the idea partially based on new tax revenue estimates that ranged as high as $2 billion over five years. Read story

Pedestrian hit by tractor-trailer identified

May 14, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

The pedestrian struck by a semi-tractor trailer on Monday has been identified as Kevin J. Hoskins, 25, with no listed address. He is in serious condition at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. Read story

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Jolie: From girl with tattoo to woman with a cause

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May 14, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

LOS ANGELES -- In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob." Read story

Teenager struck by car on Falk Road

May 14, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

A 17-year-old girl was taken to the hospital after she was struck by a vehicle in the 3100 block of Falk Road, near Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary, early this morning. Read story

Northwest Pipe profit nearly double over last year

May 14, 2013, 5:00pm Business

Vancouver-based Northwest Pipe Co. has reported a profit of $9.5 million, or $1 per diluted share, for the first quarter of this year. That compares with a profit of $4.7 million, or 50 cents per diluted share, for the January-to-March period in 2012. Read story

Local fuel prices spike by 26 cents in past week

May 14, 2013, 5:00pm Business

Tight supplies and refinery issues on the West Coast are sending retail gas prices dramatically higher in this region, AAA reported today. Vancouver's average price for regular unleaded leaped by 26 cents a gallon, to $3.94. Read story

Thirty-seven endangered white-tail deer were moved to the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Relocated endangered deer make the transition

Thirty-seven endangered white-tail deer were moved to the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

May 14, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

RIDGEFIELD -- More than a month after an elaborate multi-agency operation moved some three dozen endangered Columbian white-tailed deer to protected habitat in Clark County, the animals are adapting to their new surroundings. Read story

Photos by Steven Lane/The Columbian
Sydney Betterton, 11, a sixth grader in Carolyn Conners' class at Alki Middle School, says her iPad helps her contact her teacher and share homework assignments.

Alki students take technology home

Photos by Steven Lane/The Columbian
Sydney Betterton, 11, a sixth grader in Carolyn Conners' class at Alki Middle School, says her iPad helps her contact her teacher and share homework assignments.

May 14, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

The tools used by sixth-graders in Carolyn Conners' English/world studies classroom at Alki Middle School are a study in contrasts. Read story