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11/23/2025

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell on Friday demanded answers from BP about a leak that has forced the shutdown of a major Pacific Northwest fuel pipeline, threatening the fuel supply for jets at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as well as a possible increase in gasoline prices heading into a busy Thanksgiving travel weekend.

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell on Friday demanded answers from BP about a leak that has forced the shutdown of a major Pacific Northwest fuel pipeline, threatening the fuel supply for jets at

11/23/2025

WASHINGTON — When the Senate Finance Committee met Wednesday for a hearing on the rising cost of health care in the United States, Republicans and Democrats agreed the problem has become a national crisis, but it didn't take long for the parties to demonstrate why they've had such a hard time working together to solve it.

WASHINGTON — When the Senate Finance Committee met Wednesday for a hearing on the rising cost of health care in the United States, Republicans and Democrats agreed the problem has become a national cr

11/23/2025

Reading and rereading the 1814 Nicholas Biddle edition of “The Journals of Lewis & Clark” sparked a New England schoolteacher’s vision of the Oregon Country as an Eden, turning him into a fanatic promoter. As early as 1817, Hall J. Kelley endorsed the colonization of the area. Later, he founded the American Society for Encouraging the Settlement of Oregon.

Reading and rereading the 1814 Nicholas Biddle edition of “The Journals of Lewis & Clark” sparked a New England schoolteacher’s vision of the Oregon Country as an Eden, turning him into a fana

11/23/2025

How did poinsettias become the Christmas flower? Do poinsettias come in any other color besides red?

11/23/2025

Dancing children are adorable, but why should they have all the fun? Dancing is a natural way to express emotion through movement, but many people stop dancing as they age due to self-consciousness or physical constraints.

Dancing children are adorable, but why should they have all the fun? Dancing is a natural way to express emotion through movement, but many people stop dancing as they age due to self-consciousness or

11/23/2025

The smoker at Daddy D’s Southern Style BBQ hasn’t been cool in days.

11/23/2025

Shriners Children’s has announced the opening of its new Clark County clinic providing specialized orthopedic pediatric care.

11/22/2025

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11/22/2025

Vancouver’s housing market isn’t what it was in the go-go 1990s. A recent report from finance website WalletHub ranked Vancouver 61st in the country, behind Seattle, Bellevue and Everett.

11/22/2025

Olympia — Two Washington state residents are among the leaders who are making a difference across the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report.

11/22/2025

A 17-year-old boy turned himself in to Vancouver police early Saturday for a hit-and-run crash that injured a man and three children.

11/22/2025

One year ago this week, a powerful bomb cyclone ripped through Washington state, with winds of up to 74 mph downing trees and power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and killing two people.

One year ago this week, a powerful bomb cyclone ripped through Washington state, with winds of up to 74 mph downing trees and power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and killing two p