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Air quality in Southwest Washington dips; officials issue advisory through Thursday

August 7, 2024, 3:00pm Clark County News Free

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Southwest Clean Air Agency issued an air quality advisory for the Vancouver-Portland metro area due to elevated levels of ozone pollution or smog. Read story

Smoke from a wildfire rises on a road near La Pine, Ore., Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The fire prompted mandatory evacuations in the small town in central Oregon and was growing rapidly in hot, dry conditions.

Oregon on track to set new wildfire record for acreage burned

Smoke from a wildfire rises on a road near La Pine, Ore., Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The fire prompted mandatory evacuations in the small town in central Oregon and was growing rapidly in hot, dry conditions.

August 7, 2024, 2:31pm Latest News Free

The wildfire season in Oregon has likely not yet peaked and already 1.3 million acres have been blackened or are ablaze, with 34 large fires burning. Read story

A Dollar Tree storefront in Washington.

Dollar Tree required to reform testing process after WA finds toxic children’s products

A Dollar Tree storefront in Washington.

August 7, 2024, 12:04pm Business Free

Dollar Tree must test its children’s products more thoroughly after a state investigation found bracelets and pencil pouches in the company’s Washington stores with illegal levels of lead and cadmium, the attorney general’s office announced Thursday. Read story

Christine Hayes has been a Clark County Superiour Court Commissioner since 2022.

Inslee appoints Clark County Superior Court’s 12th judge

Christine Hayes has been a Clark County Superiour Court Commissioner since 2022.

August 7, 2024, 12:00pm Courts & Crime

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday he has appointed Clark County Superior Court Commissioner Christine Hayes to be the court’s 12th judge. Read story

Incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen.

Incumbent Sen. Maria Cantwell and GOP-endorsed Raul Garcia lead in primary race for Senate seat

Incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen.

August 7, 2024, 7:39am Election

Incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell will face Republican Raul Garcia in the November election. Read story

Republicans Jaime Herrera Beutler and Sue Kuehl Pederson are leading in initial primary results for Washington state commissioner of public lands.

Republicans Herrera Beutler and Kuehl Pederson hold top two spots in WA lands commissioner race. Will it last?

Republicans Jaime Herrera Beutler and Sue Kuehl Pederson are leading in initial primary results for Washington state commissioner of public lands.

August 7, 2024, 7:18am Clark County Politics Free

Democrats are at risk of getting boxed out of the general election in the Washington state lands commissioner race. Read story

On May 14, 2023, debris cascaded 2,000 feet above State Highway 504, burying the roadway with rock, mud, ice and water, leaving behind catastrophic damage to the Spirit Lake Outlet Bridge. The highway, also known as Spirit Lake Highway, leads visitors to the Johnston Ridge Observatory in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

Johnston Ridge Observatory and Spirit Lake Highway are slated to reopen in spring of 2027video icon

On May 14, 2023, debris cascaded 2,000 feet above State Highway 504, burying the roadway with rock, mud, ice and water, leaving behind catastrophic damage to the Spirit Lake Outlet Bridge. The highway, also known as Spirit Lake Highway, leads visitors to the Johnston Ridge Observatory in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

August 7, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Mount St. Helens’ Johnston Ridge Observatory is slated to reopen to the public in spring 2027, according to a recently re-released timeline detailing the phases of restoration work to state Highway 504, also known as Spirit Lake Highway. Read story

Ellen Geddes competes in a Walk and Roll Tournament at Orion Fencing in Orchards on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, as a send-off to her as she prepares to compete in wheelchair fencing at the Paralympic Games in Paris.

Vancouver parafencer Ellen Geddes heads to Paris Paralympics – and this time she’s ready

Ellen Geddes competes in a Walk and Roll Tournament at Orion Fencing in Orchards on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, as a send-off to her as she prepares to compete in wheelchair fencing at the Paralympic Games in Paris.

August 7, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Ellen Geddes is heading to her second Paralympic Games later this month, and this time she’s better prepared. Read story

Call for artists: “Politiks” exhibit, art for The VIC and Poetry Moves

August 7, 2024, 6:04am Clark County Life Free

Art at the CAVE seeks ‘Politiks’ submissions Art at the CAVE gallery is accepting submissions for its October exhibit, “Politiks.” Artists are invited to express their political perspectives through art. Each person can submit up to three works for consideration by jury. The entry fee is $15 for one to… Read story

Two cups of fresh peaches and a pecan-brown sugar streusel topping make this coffee cake irresistible.

Perfectly peachy: The Bundt cake was a disaster but coffee cake hit the spot

Two cups of fresh peaches and a pecan-brown sugar streusel topping make this coffee cake irresistible.

August 7, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life

I love peaches. When it’s peach season, I eat peaches for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I can’t get the taste out of my mind, and I don’t want to. I want to feed the craving. I mean, that’s how you handle a craving, right? Or do I misunderstand the fundamental… Read story