Battle Ground police arrested a suspect who stole merchandise from a Walmart while brandishing a knife on Friday. At about 1:35 p.m., police responded to the Walmart at 1201 S.W. 15th Ave. in Battl ...

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Faith Tarrant now stands alone. But it’s not lonely at the top for the first wrestler, boy or girl, from Clark County to ...

Get ready for a soggy weekend; the forecast calls for moderate to heavy rain. How much, you ask? A couple inches for most, ...

Ridgefield’s dragon boat team is looking for experienced and beginning paddlers alike to join its crew for the 2025 season.

On Oct. 1, 1905, railroad baron James J. Hill and a party of executives arrived in Vancouver about noon. Residents greeted them with whistles, bells, cheers and the 14th Infantry band played. Presiden ...

Scott Thompson and daughter Keirra Thompson’s journey as coach and point guard of the Camas Papermakers is winding down. The Class 4A’s defending state champions have two weeks remaining in their 2024 ...

Chinook seasons for the mainstem Columbia River announced Wednesday by Washington and Oregon are almost exactly the same as the initial seasons that were set in 2024.

At a Mat Classic different than any in its 36 years, a trio of Skyview wrestlers made sure history repeated. JJ Schoenlein, Mason DesRochers and Jonas DesRochers are once again state wrestling champio ...

Roger Malfait and his wife, Savannah Malfait, had a simple reason for wanting to purchase the Washougal River Mercantile, a general store that had previously been owned by the Fuller family for nearly ...

But these measures can’t compete with the gigantic, power-guzzling and thirsty data centers being built in Johor. The province is on track to have at least 1.6 gigawatts of data centers at any given ...