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A corn field at sunrise near Springfield, Neb.

USDA: Corn acreage expected to increase

A corn field at sunrise near Springfield, Neb.

March 27, 2013, 5:00pm Business

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Farmers intend to plant 97.3 million acres of corn this year, the most since 1936, the USDA's spring planting survey said Thursday. Read story

Residents in the area east of Livingston Mountain are on edge after a cougar killed an 80-pound dog and was spotted again about a week later.

Cougar sightings have Livingston Mountain residents on edge

Residents in the area east of Livingston Mountain are on edge after a cougar killed an 80-pound dog and was spotted again about a week later.

March 27, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Cougar attack and sighting has neighborhood near Livingston Mountain on edge. Read story

The husband of Battle Ground resident Nicole Keller captured this image of strange lights in the sky with his cellphone Monday. He didn't want his name used in the paper, she said.

No hoax: Strange lights over Battle Ground identified

The husband of Battle Ground resident Nicole Keller captured this image of strange lights in the sky with his cellphone Monday. He didn't want his name used in the paper, she said.

March 27, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Mystery solved! After a few days of wild speculation, a group has come forward to explain the strange red lights seen over Battle Ground on Monday night -- and no, it wasn't a hoax. Read story

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler moved legislation today that advises the U.S.

Herrera Beutler addresses future of Gifford Pinchot roads

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler moved legislation today that advises the U.S.

March 27, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

CENTRALIA -- U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, on Wednesday told community leaders she remains committed to open forest roads and preserving public access to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.At a community roundtable at the Lewis County Courthouse, Herrera Beutler solicited input from about 25 local stakeholders regarding the management… Read story

Washington Gov.

Gov. Inslee proposes extension of temporary taxes in his budget

Washington Gov.

March 27, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled his budget proposal Thursday, laying out plans to make some temporary taxes permanent and to end some tax exemptions to address both the state's projected budget deficit and a court-ordered requirement to put more money into the state's basic education system. Read story

House panel hears tweaked payday-like loan bill

March 27, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

OLYMPIA -- A Washington House committee heard testimony Wednesday on a bill to allow a new type of low-dollar, high-interest loan pushed by the payday lending industry. Read story

Letter questions retroactive timber-payment cuts

March 27, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

PORTLAND -- House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, R-Spokane, and another 30 members of Congress have sent a letter to the Obama Administration, asking why it is demanding timber counties send back roughly $18 million in federal subsidies. Read story

People wait outside a branch of Laiki Bank in Nicosia on Thursday.

Cyprus banks re-open; limits on transactions

People wait outside a branch of Laiki Bank in Nicosia on Thursday.

March 27, 2013, 5:00pm Business

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Banks in Cyprus reopened for the first time in nearly two weeks Thursday and prohibited people from withdrawing all their savings and triggering further chaos in the country's financial system. Read story

Fishing report 3/28

March 27, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Spring chinook catches remain poor; Columbia River Compact scheduled Monday and a joint state sport hearing on Wednesday Read story

Weather Eye: Conditions should be mild, dry for visit from Easter Bunny

March 27, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

What a wonderful afternoon yesterday, wasn't it? Sunshine, warm temperatures in the low to mid-60s -- I had 66 degrees at my home in the Salmon Creek area at 4 p.m. Doesn't get much better than that in the merry month of March. Or does it? How about 70 degrees… Read story