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Ben Veghte, director of WA Cares, Washington’s long-term health care program, takes a break at the Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities of Southwest Washington office on Monday morning.

Director defends WA Cares Fund, says claims the long-term care program is insolvent are false

October 15, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Health

As more people near the age of retirement, leaders of Washington’s long-term insurance care program, known as WA Cares, want to prepare families for the financial and emotional impact of that transition. Read story

Incumbent Chris Reykdal, left, and challenger David Olson are running for superintendent of public instruction in Washington.

A clash over local control in the race to run Washington’s public schools

October 15, 2024, 6:05am Election Free

In the race to oversee Washington’s public schools, incumbent superintendent Chris Reykdal has sought to frame challenger David Olson as a far-right extremist with Trumpian values — a charge that Olson vehemently denies. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Break out the jackets as rain arrives, with slight break

October 15, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

As I write this column Monday afternoon, clouds were on the increase and outside temperatures hovered around the 70-degree mark. Over the weekend, we enjoyed a high of 77 degrees on Saturday and 76 degrees on Sunday, which was most likely our last warm and dry weekend of the year.… Read story

Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author, will speak at the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation's Authors and Illustrators Dinner and Silent Auction Thursday.

Domestic mystery author Laura Dave to speak at Vancouver library fundraiser

October 14, 2024, 4:53pm Clark County News

Bestselling author Laura Dave will speak Thursday at Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation’s Authors & Illustrators Dinner and Silent Auction. Read story

New visualizations of the plans for interchanges around the Interstate 5 Bridge, including at Highway 14, were released by the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program.

Get a bird’s eye view of options for the I-5 Bridge replacement

October 14, 2024, 4:35pm Clark County News

The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program released a new batch of visualizations for the planned bridge at Monday’s bi-state legislative committee meeting. Read story

Washington state’s landmark climate law hangs in the balance in November

Steam billows from the Longview WestRock mill, which makes cardboard materials including container board and corrugated containers, March 14, 2024, in Longview, Wash.

October 14, 2024, 7:52am Election

A groundbreaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for climate programs could be repealed by voters this fall, less than two years after it took effect. Read story

As AG, Bob Ferguson vastly expanded his office to focus on consumer lawsuits

FILE - Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson talks to reporters, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, during a news conference in Seattle. In a 5-4 decision Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, the Washington Supreme Court upheld an $18 million campaign finance penalty against the Consumer Brands Association, formerly known as the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Ferguson sued the group in 2013, alleging that it spent $11 million to oppose a ballot initiative without registering as a political committee or disclosing the source of the money. (AP Photo/Ted S.

October 14, 2024, 7:40am Latest News

In a dozen years as state attorney general, Bob Ferguson has vastly expanded the size and reach of the office, establishing himself as one of the country's most aggressive filers of consumer protection and antitrust actions. Read story

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