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Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber senior business developer Kimberly Quiroz, from left, student representative and Franklin High School sophomore Brianna Quiroz, and scholarship coordinator Norma Palacios talk to attendee Diane Calderon on Friday, during a small business event at Cascade Park Library in Vancouver.

Vancouver event at Cascade Park Library shows resources abound for small-business entrepreneurs

Budding entrepreneurs and owners of small businesses gathered Friday at the Cascade Park Library in east Vancouver for a two-hour resource fair sponsored by U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania.
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James Rummell, 49, appears Friday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder. He&rsquo;s accused of hiring a friend to kill his wife.

Hockinson man facing murder charges in alleged murder-for-hire plot of his wife held without bail until Monday

Prosecutors intend to charge a Hockinson man with aggravated first-degree murder, court records show, for allegations he hired a friend to kill his wife.
Courts & Crime
Ronda J. Knapp, 50, appears May 11 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide in connection with a Feb. 4, 2022, fatal crash in Yacolt. Knapp was sentenced Friday to more than five years in prison.

Yacolt woman gets more than five years in 2022 DUI crash that killed passenger

A Yacolt woman was sentenced Friday to more than five years in prison for a 2022 crash that killed her passenger. She was driving with a blood-alcohol content about four…
Clark County News
Jp Walmer washes dishes at his house in Vancouver. Walmer, 71, recently moved into housing after being homeless since August.

Formerly houseless Vancouver man finds a new home and a fresh start after leaving downtown Safe Stay

You may have seen Jp Walmer’s name a few times in The Columbian over the past year. Columbian reporters met him on his first day of homelessness when it was…
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Kigen Windey, 16, left, and Kaesohn Prom, 18, stand for a portrait at The Foundation&rsquo;s barbershop at The Foundation nonprofit in Vancouver.

Vancouver nonprofit offers a solid Foundation for those leaving prison, teens trying to avoid it

When Lester Griffin was released from prison in 2017, a lot had changed in Vancouver over the nine years he was incarcerated. Had his city…

Business

FILE - People stand in line waiting to enter Trader Joe&rsquo;s to buy groceries in Pembroke Pines, Fla., on March 24, 2020. Don&rsquo;t count on a favorite store being open on Easter Sunday. Several stores will be closed March 31, 2024, in observance of the holiday.

What stores are open on Easter Sunday 2024? See Walmart, Target, Costco hours

If the Easter bunny is still looking for basket stuffers, they better hop to it. Many stores will be closed in observance of the holiday.

Northwest

Workers cut away an old expansion joint on Interstate 5 in Seattle, during 2022.

Inslee signs final transportation budget, warns of tough sledding

As Gov. Jay Inslee prepared to sign the last transportation spending plan of his 12-year tenure Thursday, he described the bumpy road ahead for lawmakers…

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Politics

Gov. Jay Inslee points to the work his homeless encampment initiative has done to clear encampments and transition people into housing. Inslee released his budget proposals surrounding housing and homelessness programs at the site of a former encampment in Seattle.

Housing and homelessness in Washington, by the numbers

In recent years, Washington lawmakers have changed zoning laws, poured money into new housing, created homelessness prevention programs, moved people out of encampments and boosted…

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Cristina Ase was last see Tuesday in east Vancouver.

61-year-old Vancouver woman’s disappearance considered suspicious, say police

Vancouver police say a 61-year-old Vancouver woman's Tuesday disappearance should be considered suspicious. 

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Health

Minh Ha, assistive technology manager at the Perkins School for the Blind tries a LightSound device for the first time at the school&rsquo;s library in Watertown, Mass., on March 2, 2024. As eclipse watchers look to the skies in April 2024, new technology will allow people who are blind or visually impaired to hear and feel the celestial event.

Blind people can hear and feel April’s total solar eclipse with new technology

While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event.

Life

FILE - Louis Gossett Jr., poses with the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in &ldquo;An Officer and a Gentleman,&rdquo; at the annual Academy Awards presentation in Los Angeles on April 11, 1983. Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries &ldquo;Roots,&rdquo; has died. He was 87.

Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries…

Nation / World

FILE - Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine accused of espionage, listens to the verdict in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, June 15, 2020. Arrests of Americans in Russia have become increasingly common as relations between Moscow and Washington sink to Cold War lows. Some have been exchanged for Russians held in the U.S., while for others, the prospects of being released in a swap are less clear.

A growing number of Americans end up in Russian jails. The prospects for their release are unclear

A journalist on a reporting trip in a Ural Mountains city. A corporate security executive traveling to Moscow for a wedding. A dual national returning…

Economic Forecast &#8211; March 2024

Economic Forecast – March 2024

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Opinion

March 30: Easter

Editorial Cartoons for Week of March 25

In Our View: Comprehensive action needed on immigration

Letter: Support Ridgefield school bonds

Letter: Preserve Lucky Dog Park

Letter: Encampments endanger neighbors

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