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Houseboats float on Lake River in Ridgefield. The Port of Ridgefield is finalizing redevelopment plans for its waterfront property to include commercial, retail, residential and light industrial uses.

After decades of cleanup, the Port of Ridgefield is eyeing economic renewal on waterfront

Once a brownfield soaked with toxic chemicals, Ridgefield’s waterfront is poised to again become an economic hub.
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Lots of sturgeon get caught in the winter season in the lower end of Bonneville pool. This fish was caught between Drano Lake and Wind Mountain.

Field notes: Sturgeon retention to open in Columbia River in January

Sturgeon retention in the Bonneville and The Dalles pools of the Columbia River Gorge will be open Jan. 1 through 29 on a Wednesdays-and-Saturdays schedule or until quotas are reached.
Outdoors
Camas High School football players Ryan Criddle, from left, Jake Davidson, Jaxon Goode and Titan Brodie celebrate after winning the 2024 Camas-Washougal Salvation Army Red Kettle Kickoff on Nov. 25 at Camas High School.

Salvation Army kicks off fundraiser with friendly Camas-Washougal football competition

The Camas-Washougal Salvation Army kicked off its annual fundraising season with a kick — or a pass.
Clark County News
A sample of granular activated carbon, used to remove PFAS from water, sits on display during a tour of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Cincinnati. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful "forever chemicals" in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable, but experts say removing them will cost billions. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

Clark County’s utilities have little advice on removing PFAS from water

With so-called forever chemicals showing up in municipal water supplies across Clark County, many residents worried about the safety of their water are looking to install water filters. Unfortunately, local…
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Law enforcement officers investigate a shooting at the Cascade Park Safeway store on Thursday morning, Dec. 5, 2024. Vancouver police shot and killed a man Wednesday night after he physically attacked a police officer, according to a statement from the agency.

Vancouver police fatally shoot a man who authorities say had gun, 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.

Business

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks at the Washington State Democrats watch party on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Seattle.

For years, some employers have legally paid disabled workers below minimum wage. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Patty Murray want to change that

After the U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday proposed phasing out a program that lets some employers pay disabled workers less than the minimum wage,…

Northwest

WSU President Kirk Schulz, right, speaks to past board Chair Marty Dickinson during November&rsquo;s Board of Regents meeting in Seattle.

Departing WSU President Kirk Schulz reflects on nine years in Pullman

Washington State University President Kirk Schulz is stepping down next summer after nine years at the helm of the state’s land-grant university.

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Sports

Camas senior Nikko Speer, center, and other teammates walk off the field as Sumner celebrates their game-winning field goal Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, after the Papermakers’ 27-24 loss to Sumner in the 4A State Championship game at Husky Stadium.

Sumner beats Camas 27-24 on last-second field goal for 4A state championship

Austin Ferencz, who missed two earlier field goals, hit a 21-yard field goal for the win

Politics

President-elect Donald Trump will enter office facing a long-term care crisis marked by understaffed nursing homes, workforce shortages and care that is unaffordable and inaccessible for millions of people.

Nursing home staffing rule in limbo as Trump 2.0 approaches

When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, he will face a long-term care crisis marked by understaffed nursing homes, workforce shortages and care that…

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Law enforcement officers respond to the scene of a shooting in Camas on Nov. 14.

‘There’s power in information’: Camas police chief holds forum after shooting suspect’s release on bond stokes fear

When a Camas man was released from jail after posting bail, his former neighborhood was still reeling from the police standoff and gunfire that erupted…

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FILE - In this image provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a researcher performs a rapid antigen test on milk from a dairy cow inoculated against bird flu in a containment building at the National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, on Monday, July 29, 2024.

USDA orders nationwide testing of milk for bird flu to halt the virus

The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation's milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy…

Life

This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Amy Adams in a scene from &ldquo;Nightbitch.&rdquo; (Searchlight Pictures via AP)

Long in touch with her ‘more feral side,’ Amy Adams connects with ‘Nightbitch’

Amy Adams is not the kind of actor who spends a lot of time talking about her family life. You could be a fan of…

Nation / World

Immigration and Customs Enforcement talks to a group of undocumented immigrants detained in Kansas.

‘Terrifying’: Kansas City-area immigrants brace for Trump’s ‘mass deportation’

The woman on the telephone, Sylvia — too frightened to want her last name revealed — entered the United States illegally 20 years ago when…

High School Sports &#8211; September 2024

High School Sports – September 2024

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Opinion

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Editorial Cartoons for the Week of Dec. 2, 2024

In Our View: Talking about change in D.C. is a good start

Harrop: Trump voters likely to be shorted

Other Papers Say: A Trumpian move by Joe

Other Papers Say: Early learning cuts hurt us all

Should historical markers be reviewed and updated?

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