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Reuben Cottingham, Akin’s East County Family Resource Center manager, picks up a box of graham crackers from the food shelves at the center Oct. 28.

Washougal food pantry asks for help as supplies dwindle, need grows

The East County Family Resource Center in Washougal is asking for donations to supplement a rapidly dwindling food supply. The pantry is close to running out of food, according to…
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Jacob Winstead, president of Washington State University Vancouver’s student association, holds a baby pigmy goat during a “Pet a Goat – Register to Vote” event Monday on campus. Winstead said younger voters are showing more interest in this year’s election than in prior years.

‘Pet a Goat — Register to Vote’: Clark County auditor is expecting 85% election turnout in a year of turmoil

Clark County voter turnout for the 2024 general election, now just days away, will likely be similar to turnout for previous presidential elections.
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The Washougal School District is buying 31 acres north of city limits for a future school campus. Leaders say the could envision developing something like the Jemtegaard Middle School/Columbia River Gorge Elementary campus, which was built in 2017.

Washougal School District buys 31 acres for a future campus

The Washougal School District is buying 31 acres northeast of Washougal for a future school site.
Clark County News
U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, foreground, and her husband Dean Gluesenkamp cast their ballots at the Fisher’s Landing ballot drop box on Friday. The box was the site of arson on Monday that damaged almost 500 ballots.

Clark County voters are undeterred by attacks on ballot boxes in Vancouver and Portland

Despite arson attacks on ballot boxes in Vancouver and Portland this week, voters are still using ballot boxes in droves.
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Police lights illuminate the food court entrance to Vancouver Mall after a shooting on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024.

Vancouver Mall reopens after masked shooter sent panicked shoppers fleeing

Vancouver Mall reopened at 3 p.m., one day after one person was killed and two were injured in a chaotic Halloween night shooting in the…

Business

A vinyl record is seen at United Record Pressing, July 11, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

Vinyl thrives at United Record Pressing as the nation’s oldest record maker plays a familiar tune

During the six decades since United Record Pressing stamped out the Beatles’ first U.S. single, the country’s oldest vinyl record maker has survived 8-tracks, cassettes,…

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Mert Can Bayar, a postdoctoral student in the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, speaks in February during an event about the online discourse around Israel and Hamas.

University of Washington tries to weather storm of setbacks for misinformation researchers

It’s election season, and as falsehoods rain down like a monsoon, the “rapid research” team of academics at the University of Washington’s Center for an…

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Sports

Seton Catholic senior Joe Callerame (1) is crowned by  senior Lukas Morse, right, after Callerame made a game-sealing interception Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, during Seton Catholic’s 29-21 win against La Center at La Center High School. Seton won the 1A Trico League Championship with the victory.

“It’s one for the ages”: Seton Catholic captures first Trico League title in football

After trailing 14-0 before taking an offensive snap, Cougars score 29 straight to remain unbeaten

Politics

Young Havasupai dancers prepare to perform a traditional dance welcoming Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego, in Supai, Ariz., Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. Gallego hoped to connect with voters in the Havasupai reservation, which has only 156 registered voters, to fulfill a campaign pledge to visit all the Native American tribes in Arizona.

A century after Native Americans got the right to vote, they could put Trump or Harris over the top

RED SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Native American communities were decisive voting blocs in key states in 2020, and with the 2024 race remaining stubbornly close…

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Portland police released a surveillance photo of a suspect in arsons directed at Portland and Vancouver ballot drop boxes.

Suspect in Vancouver, Portland ballot box attacks ‘intends to continue … targeted attacks,’ say Portland police

Investigators have released more details on the suspect in the arson attacks on ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver and believe he may have plans…

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A McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger and fries are shown in this photograph, in New York’s Times Square, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.

McDonald’s E. coli case count rises as federal officials inspect an onion grower

Federal officials on Wednesday reported more cases of E. coli poisoning among people who ate at McDonald’s, as government investigators seeking the outbreak’s source identified…

Life

Godzilla battles Kong in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures' action adventure ???Godzilla vs. Kong.??? (Courtesy of Warner Bros.

Check It Out: Happy 70th birthday, Godzilla!

Godzilla turns 70 on Sunday. On Nov. 3, 1954, director Ishiro Honda unleashed a monster on the world.

Nation / World

Marc Klaas, father of murder victim Polly Klaas, at his home in Sausalito, California, on Sunday, Oct, 1, 2023. His daughter Polly, who was 12 at the time, was kidnapped and strangled to death 30 years ago. Her killer Richard Allen Davis remains on death row at San Quentin State Prison.

A 12-year-old girl’s murder shook the country, inspiring far-reaching laws

To investigators at the scene of Polly Klaas’ abduction in early October 1993, the story strained belief. A thick-bearded stranger had entered the 12-year-old girl’s…

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Editorial Cartoons for the week of Oct. 28, 2024

In Our View: Columbian recommends getting your vote in

Jayne: It can happen here … again

Leubsdorf: On Tuesday, we face 2 unappetizing scenarios

Donnelly: Children’s Justice Center must retain support

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