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Evacuation area shrinks near southwest Washington fire

CAMAS, Wash. (AP) — Some roads reopened and evacuation zones shrank near a wildfire fed Sunday by gusty winds and low humidity east of Vancouver, Washington, as fire officials got a better handle on fire activity amid weather changes. About…

WSU celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day across its campuses

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University will be commemorating Indigenous Peoples' Day across its campuses for two weeks. There will be multiple events taking place from October 10-19. Pullman Campus The first event will be on October 10. A tipi…

City of Vancouver bans protests outside officials’ homes

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The City Council in Vancouver, Washington, has passed a measure that would make it illegal to picket outside the homes of city employees and elected officials. Opponents of the move called it an unconstitutional violation of…

3 arrested in fatal shooting of Washington deputy

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have arrested three people in connection with the fatal shooting of a Clark County sheriff’s deputy. The Columbian reports that 46-year-old Detective Jeremy Brown was shot in his vehicle late Friday while conducting surveillance at a Vancouver…

Sheriff’s deputy killed in Vancouver, 2 detained

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot in in Vancouver, Washington on Friday evening, authorities said. Two persons of interest have been detained and authorities are searching for a third person of interest, according to Vancouver police.…

Washington couple arrested in starvation death of child

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The adoptive parents of a 15-year-old Vancouver, Washington boy who died from starvation in November were arrested Friday in Stockton, California. Felicia Adams-Franks, 52, and Jesse Costillo Franks, 56, will be extradited to Clark County to…

Man arrested in 1994 strangling death of Vancouver woman

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - A 57-year-old Oregon man has been arrested on suspicion of murder with sexual motivation in the death of a Vancouver woman strangled in her bed nearly 25 years ago.The Columbian reports Richard Eugene Knapp was booked into Clark County Jail Tuesday.Audrey Hoellein, who was also known as Audrey Frasier, was found strangled at the Family Tree Apartments July 17, 1994.

Prenatal exposure to air pollution linked to autism risk, study says

Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution was associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder, a new study finds. Pregnant women in Vancouver who were exposed to the highest level of environmental nitric oxide, an airborne, traffic-related pollutant, were more likely to give birth to children later diagnosed with autism, the researchers say.