In 2021, the Washington State Legislature enacted Senate Bill 5259 funding a statewide police use of force database which would receive data from local law enforcement agencies on a regular basis.

A decade of planning, grant applications, permits and more has pinnacled to breaking ground for a project benefiting the local economy and ecosystem of the East Fork Lewis River. The Lower Columbia ...

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The community of Ridgefield doesn’t seem too pleased with a second Starbucks location, among many other developments coming to fruition in 2025. A post in the Ridgefield, WA Facebook group by ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is ...

Thousands of reptile enthusiasts enjoyed the inaugural Cascadia Reptile Expo in Vancouver at the RV Inn Style Resorts Convention Center last weekend. The two-day event acted as a precursor to the much ...

The community focus article Facebook posts asking area residents about their concerns for southwest Washington after the first quarter of 2025 were rough. From complaints about using social media for ...

Every four months, Philippe Knab, the reentry and eviction defense program director for Washington’s Office of Civil Legal Aid, compiles a report on eviction trends across the state. Since 2021, each ...

A small venue to fit dozens was met with hundreds of constituents looking to have their questions answered by U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, during her first town hall meeting of the ...

Although President Donald Trump and Harvard's recent spats make headlines, key issues in question affect all higher education. Harvard, our nation's first college (1636), is a center of current civil ...

The Union Ridge Town Center development continues to take shape near Interstate 5 in Ridgefield. The regional shopping center has already brought Costco to north Clark County. Now, it’s soon going to ...

Southwest Washington who contributed to the competition.” Nate Anderson of Vancouver School of Arts and Academics earned second place for his oil painting, followed by Skyview High School’s Tori ...