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Caregiver Amanda Holland, center, comforts Monique McKenzie, right, while Brian McKenzie looks on outside the McKenzies&rsquo; damaged storage unit and sitting area April 22 at their trailer off of East Evergreen Boulevard. Monique McKenzie says Vancouver police SWAT damaged her property with their armored trucks and tear gas while searching for her son, even though she told officers he didn&rsquo;t live there and offered to let them inside to search.  At top, a note from Vancouver police sits on the coffee table at Monique McKenzie&rsquo;s trailer.

Clark County law enforcement searches, police activity damage residents’ homes — and peace of mind

As Monique McKenzie surveyed the aftermath of a SWAT team’s search of her trailer and shed, she wore fabric over her nose and mouth to keep lingering tear gas from…
Clark County News
FVRLibraries began requiring background checks for volunteers and performers following backlash over three drag queen story hour events hosted in 2019.

After drag queen story hour controversy, FVRLibraries instituted background checks for presenters

More than six years have ed since FVRLibraries last hosted a drag queen story hour. Opponents of the events asked the library to agree to never hold drag queen story…
Clark County News
Cafecito Coffee Co. coffee cart, near O.O. Howard House at the Fort Vancouver National Site, offers speciality drinks that use extracts instead of syrups.

Cafecito Coffee Co. cart serves up creative coffee for summer at Fort Vancouver site

Daniel and Kaity Gandarilla set up their Cafecito Coffee Co. cart in the parking lot of the O.O. Howard House at the Fort Vancouver National Site a month ago. The…
Food
A protestor holds a sign Friday, June 6, 2025, during a rally against the Trump istration’s cuts to veteran benefits and jobs at VFW Memorial Plaza in Vancouver.

From the Newsroom: Protest coverage delicate balancing act

Our approach to covering local protests continues to evolve as their frequency increases and their targets shift. Let me shed more light on what we’re doing in the newsroom to…
Clark County News

Clark County

Firefighters battle the Rowena Fire in the Columbia River Gorge on Thursday.

Interstate 84 remains open in the Columbia River Gorge as Rowena Fire grows to 3,800 acres

The Rowena Fire that closed Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge on Wednesday has grown to 3,800 acres, according to the Oregon State Fire…

Business

FILE - A food shopper pushes a cart of groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.

Cost of President Trump’s tariffs hits home, as several consumer goods and services surge to record highs

President Donald Trump’s trade war is affecting Americans from the grocery store to electric bills, with the cost of bananas, ground beef and electricity surging…

Northwest

What is the law in Washington on u-turns?

When is it legal to make a U-turn in Washington state?

Q: Washington’s default rule (as I learned it half a century ago) is that a U-turn is unlawful except where it is marked as lawful.…

Sports

Raptors catcher Richard Tejada stands in the on-deck circle Thursday, June 12, 2025, during a game between Ridgefield and the Yakima Valley Pippins at the Ridgefield Outdoor Recreation Complex.

From JUCO to USC, second-year Ridgefield Raptor Richard Tejeda hits on his bet

At times when he was underestimated as a baseball player, Richard Tejeda bet on himself. Now, the USC sophomore catcher and second-year Ridgefield Raptor is…

Politics

Then- Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant announces legislation to combat caste discrimination at a news conference in the Seattle in 2023. She is now challenging Democratic Rep.

Analysis: Meet 11 House candidates — or potential ones — who don’t fit the mold

In the face of all the news about Donald Trump, Gavin Newsom, riots in Los Angeles, budgets, military parades and potential Medicaid cuts, it might…

Editor's Choice

California National Guard are positioned at the Federal Building on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles.

Ferguson prepares for possibility of Trump deploying troops in Washington

Washington leaders have been preparing for months for the possibility of President Donald Trump mobilizing the military against the governor’s wishes, as he did over…

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Health

More older people are using cannabis products, like edible gummies, regularly. Research suggests their cannabis-related health problems are also on the rise.

As cannabis s age, health risks appear to grow

Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist at the University of California, San Diego, tells his students a cautionary tale about a 76-year-old patient…

Life

The privateer CSS Shenandoah patrolled the Pacific Coast between 1864-1865, trying to disrupt Union trade routes and steal for the South any gold or silver being transported. The Pacific Northwest was largely pro-Union, but had some Southern sympathizers.

Clark County history: Clark County and the Civil War

When the Civil War began, the remote Pacific Northwest lacked Eastern telegraph and railroad connections, cutting it off from news. Newspapers took six weeks to…

Nation / World

A protester stands in front of a line of law enforcement personnel at a Federal Building on Monday, June 9, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles.

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first

The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have…

Economic Forecast &#8211; March 2025

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Opinion

June 14: Father's Day

Editorial Cartoons for Week of June 9, 2025

In Our View: Dads’ role has evolved in recent generations

Champion: Ignore Greta’s circus, there’s a real path to help Gaza

Brown: Local fireworks by the numbers

Feldman: Democracy on precipice

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