Candidate filings for the 2025 local council elections closed at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 9. This early version of the candidate list reflects filings available as of press time, with additional updates …
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Norman Helgason / norman@thereflector.com
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5/12/25
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Clark County Council Chair Sue Marshall said the 2025 state legislative session delivered critical funding for infrastructure, public safety and health-related projects, even amid a significant …
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Norman Helgason / norman@thereflector.com
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5/12/25
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Twenty-five years ago, a group of Captain Strong Primary School students taught by Carla Nalley in the Extended Studies Program set out to preserve history underground.
After a quarter of …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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5/12/25
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Last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. Michael Guest, R-Mississippi, introduced bipartisan legislation to permanently authorize the Office of Rural Health within the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/25
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Clark County is seeking applications for two open seats on the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission. Applications are due by 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 21.
The seven-member volunteer …
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The Reflector
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5/12/25
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The Chinook Indian Nation of Southwest Washington has been trying to get federal recognition from the U.S. government since the mid-90s. But is that possible without someone to champion their cause …
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By Erik Neumann / Oregon Public Broadcasting
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5/12/25
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After nearly two years, the camera at the site of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption is back online.
Steven Friederich, public information officer for the Washington Emergency Management …
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By The Daily News
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5/9/25
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Mount St. Helens is pictured from above at about 6 a.m. May 2 in these photos captured by Shawn Downs, a commercial rated pilot who flies out of Toledo. It was captured from about 7,500 feet from …
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5/9/25
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A Clark County Sheriff’s Office deputy fatally stabbed a suspected impaired driver after the subject attempted to take his firearm during an altercation at the Washington State Patrol Scale …
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The Reflector
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5/8/25
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Washington’s 2025 legislative session was a shakeup in every meaning of the word.
Between Washington’s new governor — the first in 12 years — and a massive predicted …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/7/25
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The purchase of an additional 1,200 acres of elk habitat to incorporate into the Mount St. Helens Wildlife Area has been canceled, according to a Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition news …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/7/25
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The Clark County Master Gardeners’ Mother’s Day Plant Sale returns this year, offering a wide selection of plants and gardening essentials.
The event will be held at 78th Street …
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The Reflector
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5/7/25
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Scientists and preparedness experts will be at the Science and Learning Center at Coldwater on May 18 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption on May 18, 1980, which …
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By The Daily News
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5/7/25
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Leaders of two organizations that work closely with businesses in Cowlitz and other nearby counties say local companies are finding it difficult to plan in a rapidly changing business environment.
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Nick Morgan / The Daily News
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5/7/25
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Rescuers followed footprints in the snow to find a weary and lost person after their cellphone died on Mount St. Helens over the weekend.
Volcano Rescue Team members received a call to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/6/25
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The Cowlitz Indian Tribal Public Safety Department’s former interim chief Charles Gardiner is now being investigated for several sex offenses against a juvenile victim.
Gardiner was found …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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5/5/25
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When Mikhail Pavenko isn’t restoring power lines for Clark Public Utilities, he’s volunteering near the front lines in Ukraine, praying with soldiers, evacuating civilians and delivering …
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Norman Helgason / norman@thereflector.com
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5/5/25
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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 …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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5/5/25
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In his first session as a state senator, Adrian Cortes, a Democrat who flipped Washington’s 18th District Senate seat in the 2024 general election, says he’s proud of the local gains made …
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Norman Helgason / norman@thereflector.com
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5/5/25
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Ridgefield Mayor Matt Cole announced on Wednesday, April 30, he will seek re-election to the Ridgefield City Council, pleading to continue guiding the city and focusing on what he calls “smart …
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The Reflector
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5/5/25
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