The region’s biggest fair returns Friday, Aug. 1, through Sunday, Aug. 10, for families to enjoy agriculture, animals, entertainment, games, rides and food as the annual Clark County Fair opens for ...

Ridgefield youth Demesei takes part in a bow-and-arrow game provided by Bounce N Battle during La Center’s Our Days Steamboat Celebration. The activity, part of the kids’ zone on Saturday, July 26, ...

Washington state is currently forecast to run out of money by 2027 and experience a fiscal deficit by 2028 despite the largest tax increase in state history this session, in addition to record … ...

Please join us for a celebration of life for Donald Leo Kiive on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025 at 2 p.m., at “The Farm,” 34610 NE ...

A worn sign warning of harmful algae blooms stands in Vancouver Lake Regional Park. The Clark County Council is considering how to manage harmful algae blooms and the future of beach access at the ...

Washington’s most vulnerable Democrat in the U.S. House had a strong fundraising quarter in anticipation of a tough 2026 reelection. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania County, who is ...

The left side of the mural at Battle Ground Skate & Bike Park shows three mostly completed tigers surrounded by bright lightning bolts. Will Sykes began work on the city-approved mural July 7, aiming ...

Branden Trager, of Brush Prairie, and his guiding company Mayhem Services LLC pleaded guilty this week in federal court in Tacoma to violating the Lacey Act. In pleading guilty, Trager admitted ...

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, recently introduced the bipartisan Jobs in the Woods Act, which aims to connect young people with careers and ...

Last month, the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council reported that Washington faced running out of money by 2027. With the passage of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the state now ...

Washington congressman riffs on national security in the Trump era In an interview with the Standard, U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, likened the president’s ...

Federal immigration arrests across Washington rose sharply in June as the Trump administration continues its aggressive nationwide push for deportations, according to new data. Arrests in June, ...