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A C-Tran bus stops at the Fisher’s Landing Transit Center in 2022 before taking commuters to the Parkrose/Sumner Transit Center in Portland so they can board a MAX light rail train. C-Tran staff said Tuesday the agency expects the cost of operating a MAX extension into downtown Vancouver and adding express buses will cost $21.8 million in its first year of operation.

‘It seems so outrageous’: C-Tran board shocked at $21.8M per year light rail budget staff unveils at meeting

C-Tran officials are considering asking voters to approve a sales tax to help cover the steep cost of extending light rail into Vancouver as part of a new Interstate 5…
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The Vancouver-based Northwest Association for Blind Athletes raised about $18,000 on GivingTuesday to support athletes in its programs.

GivingTuesday makes a splash for Clark County nonprofits Furry Friends, Northwest Association for Blind Athletes

As the year winds down, Clark County nonprofits are making a final effort to raise money for their missions and encourage charitable contributions from the community.
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Volunteers sort through food donated by residents in Vancouver in December 2022.

Walk & Knock collects 210,000 pounds of food for 40th year of food drive

Clark County volunteers collected 210,000 pounds of food for the 40th annual Walk & Knock, the nation’s largest one-day food drive.
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Ridgefield High School Principal Christen Palmer, left, speaks during Tuesday’s school board meeting at Ridgefield Administration and Civic Center. During the meeting, the school board voted to place two levies on February’s ballot.

Ridgefield School District puts two levies on February ballot; building third elementary school proposed

The Ridgefield school board Tuesday voted unanimously to place two three-year levies on the Feb. 11 special election ballot.
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16-year-old special education student is not receiving court-ordered services from Hockinson School District

A 16-year-old nonverbal, disabled student with a rare disease is no longer receiving court-ordered educational services from the Hockinson School District.

Business

The Shari’s restaurant on Chkalov Drive in Vancouver’s Cascade Park neighborhood is permanently closed.

Already in trouble, PNW restaurant chain Shari’s now target of lawsuits in Washington, Oregon

A once-prolific but now much-reduced Northwest restaurant chain is the focus of two class-action lawsuits involving former employees as well as job applicants.

Northwest

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2017, file photo, a sales clerk hands a pistol, being sold on behalf of the Aberdeen Police Department, to a customer to look at before an auction at Johnny's Auction House, where the company handles gun sales for police departments and the Lewis County Sheriff's Office, in Rochester, Wash. After years of trying, the Washington state House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, that allows the State Patrol to destroy guns they confiscated during criminal investigations.

Gun group wants new taxes and permits for WA firearm sales

Washington’s leading gun control group wants state lawmakers to make it tougher and more expensive to buy a firearm.

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Sports

Camas senior Lila McGeachy placed third in the 500-yard freestyle and seventh in the 200 freestyle at the Class 4A state meet last month.

All-Region Girls Swimming: Lila McGeachy, Camasvideo icon

Finishing in third place is better than finishing in seventh place. That goes without saying. Except when finishing seventh is harder than finishing third.

Politics

FILE - A crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. June 25, 2012.

Making a $1B investment in the U.S.? Trump pledges expedited permits — but there are hurdles

President-elect Donald Trump is promising expedited federal permits for energy projects and other construction worth more than $1 billion. But like other Trump plans, the…

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The city-owned arts hub, left, next to VITA Elementary School, will serve as a warming shelter through March, igniting parents' concern.

City’s plan to open winter shelter near Vancouver Innovation, Technology and Arts Elementary upsets parents

Vancouver’s plans to open a winter shelter Saturday next to an elementary school have ignited fear and anger among parents.

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Health

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2013 file photo, various cuts of beef and pork are displayed for sale in the meat department at a discount market in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/J.

More beans and less red meat: Nutrition experts weigh in on U.S. dietary guidelines

Americans should eat more beans, peas and lentils and cut back on red and processed meats and starchy vegetables, all while continuing to limit added…

Nation / World

Archaeologist James Greene walks through a slave cemetery Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. The site was discovered at The Hermitage, the home of former President Andrew Jackson.

The burial site of the people Andrew Jackson enslaved was lost. The Hermitage says it is found

At least 26 enslaved people died on the Tennessee plantation of President Andrew Jackson between 1804 and the end of the Civil War in 1865.…

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Editorial Cartoons for the Week of Dec. 9, 2024

In Our View: Public better off without grocery chain merger

Harrop: Anger against insurers comes honestly

Letter: Good work by Rep. Perez

Letter: Proposed taxes will be harmful

Should historical markers be reviewed and updated?

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