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Candidates for Washington attorney general Nick Brown, left, and Pete Serrano (Provided photos)

How WA AG candidates want to tackle key health issues like rising costs

September 23, 2024, 7:40am Election

In the race for Washington attorney general, the two candidates can agree on at least one thing: Health care is getting too expensive for Washingtonians — and the next attorney general needs to be able to wield consumer protection laws to preserve access to affordable medicine and services. Read story

CEO Paul Burgess introduces Fourth Plain Forward’s Birth Keepers doula program Sept. 7.

“Give us the dollars to do the work, and we will do the work”: Clark County nonprofits balance transparency with trust

September 21, 2024, 6:11am Business

Paul Burgess at times feels like he’s chasing his tail. When he became executive director of Fourth Plain Forward in 2022, he was the only employee. Since then, the nonprofit founded to energize the neighborhoods along Vancouver’s Fourth Plain corridor has grown to 11 full-time staff members. Read story

Cars drive past the Kielo at Grass Valley apartments off Northwest 38th Avenue in west Camas, near undeveloped land owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on March 11.

Camas rules environmental impacts of proposed road realignment near planned LDS temple can be mitigated

September 21, 2024, 6:09am Churches & Religion

The city of Camas has determined that a road-realignment proposal related to the planned Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple, which would realign Southeast Bybee Road, has a “mitigated determination of non-significance” when it comes to environmental concerns. Read story

Effie Entezari was murdered on May 1, 1989, in the parking lot of her Vancouver apartment complex at 11614 N.E. 49th St., Vancouver.

Clark County prosecutor Golik says he doesn’t intend to reopen 1989 murder case

September 21, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

Clark County Prosecutor Tony Golik said he doesn’t intend to reopen the 1989 murder case into a Vancouver woman’s shooting death despite online pressure from her family to do so. Read story

Amanda Cowan, photographer and photo editor at The Columbian, works during a tour of the Interstate Bridge in 2022.

From the Newsroom: Our photo editor earns the spotlight

September 21, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

One fact about working in the print news media is that you don’t get a lot of publicity. This month our photo editor, Amanda Cowan, is challenging that assumption, earning a large “member spotlight” article in “News Photographer,” an online publication of the National Press Photographers Association. You can read… Read story

Jeff Weiss of Camas takes joy in knowing that friendly strangers all over the globe have sent him close to 1,800 personal postcards via a website called Postcrossing.com. “When I receive a postcard I know that the sender sat down and wrote it with intention,” he said.

Postcards a slow-speed connection for Camas man with correspondents around the world

September 21, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Life

Jeff Weiss was eager to connect with loved ones overseas in a way that required no electronics. Read story

Jasen McEathron, far left, the Camas School District’s director of business services, leads a group of community members and other stakeholders on a tour of the district’s “Leadbetter campus” on Sept. 10. The campus, located off Northwest Leadbetter Drive and Northwest Lake Road, includes the former UL building (pictured), parking lots, green space and the nearby Skyridge Middle School campus.

Camas School District unveils 3-point plan for Leadbetter campus

September 21, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

The Camas School District has unveiled its vision for the former UL site near Skyridge Middle School, which it purchased for $11.5 million in 2019. Read story