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Vancouver police shot and killed a man Wednesday night in the parking lot of the east Vancouver Safeway. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
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Vancouver police fatally shoot a man who authorities say physically attacked an officer

Vancouver police shot and killed a man Wednesday night in east Vancouver after he physically attacked an officer, according to a statement from the agency.

The development fees that builders and property owners pay to Clark County for land-use reviews and wetland and habitat reviews are going up in the new year.

Clark County Council OKs significant increases to fees for land-use reviews for 2025

The development fees that builders and property owners pay to Clark County for land-use reviews and wetland and habitat reviews are going up in the new year.
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Clark County Politics
A Vancouver man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a hotel in Portland on Nov. 20.

Vancouver man fatally shot in Portland

A Vancouver man was shot and killed Nov. 20 at a northeast Portland hotel.
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Courts & Crime
*LEADOPTION* Robert Hungerschafer of Bellingham travels more than 250 miles every other week to donate blood products at the Vancouver Red Cross center. He was recently inducted into the national hall of fame.

330 gallons: Regular donor at American Red Cross in Vancouver being inducted into national hall of fame

Robert Hungerschafer may never meet the people whose lives he’s changed. But twice a month, he rolls up his sleeve and donates blood, knowing it could save someone’s life.
Health
The city of Vancouver passed its 2025-26 budget, which includes a series of budget cuts and new taxes.

Vancouver City Council’s $2.1B budget includes new taxes, cuts to nearly every department

After six months of tense discussion over how to fill a $43 million deficit, the Vancouver City Council this week passed a $2.1 billion budget for the next two years.
Clark County Politics

Clark County

An 18-wheeler sits at Rose Way Industrial Park in Woodland.

Port of Woodland properties are all booked up, but port isn’t stopping there

The Port of Woodland signed leases with four new companies in the last two months, filling port properties completely — until brand new spaces come…

Business

FILE - This Feb. 23, 2018 file photo shows cranes from the Port of Seattle in the background, airplanes are parked at a Boeing facility at Boeing Field in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S.

US judge rejects Boeing’s plea deal in a conspiracy case stemming from fatal plane crashes

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a deal that would have allowed Boeing to plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine…

Northwest

Marc Anthony Bru, 43, of Vancouver, pictured at the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 8 after a federal judge found him guilty of seven charges. (Photo contributed by the U.S.

The WA residents charged for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6

More than 1,500 people have been prosecuted in the nearly four years since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump…

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Sports

Varsity360: The Final Countdown to the State Football Championshipsvideo icon

Camas and Seton Catholic are headed to Husky Stadium to play for state football championships this weekend. The Columbian's Micah Rice and Will Denner preview…

Politics

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the media after the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Astana, Kazakhstan, Nov. 28, 2024.

After Trump’s win, Russian disinformation aims to drive a wedge between the US and Ukraine

As President Joe Biden uses his final days in office to boost Ukraine’s defenses, Russia is playing a different game: spreading disinformation aimed at eroding…

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Guadalupe V. Munoz, 44, appears in May in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and driving under the influence. He struck a fire truck that had responded to a prior crash and then struck two pedestrians who had stopped to help, killing one and injuring the other. He was sentenced Tuesday to about 12 years in prison.

Woodland man who killed woman when he crashed into first responders, good Samaritans on I-5 gets 12½ years

A Woodland man was sentenced Tuesday to 12½ years in prison for a May drunken-driving crash that killed one person and injured another who had…

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Health

FILE - A doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman on Aug. 7, 2018, at a hospital in Chicago.

Maternal mortality review panels are in the spotlight. Here’s what they do

Efforts to reduce the nation’s persistently high maternal mortality rates involve state panels of experts that investigate and learn from each mother’s death.

Nation / World

FILE - Pump jacks extract oil from beneath the ground in North Dakota, May 19, 2021.

EPA hails ‘revitalized’ enforcement efforts as Biden administration heads to exit

The Environmental Protection Agency enhanced enforcement efforts this year, significantly reducing pollution in overburdened communities, the agency said in a report Thursday.

High School Sports &#8211; September 2024

High School Sports – September 2024

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Editorial Cartoons for the Week of Dec. 2, 2024

In Our View: Biden pardon erodes trust in justice system

Daley-Harris: You can make a difference

Abcarian: Welcome to Cameo, land of has-beens

Letter: Biden makes things worse

Should historical markers be reviewed and updated?

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