Clark County Today News

Clark County u-pick farms have opened or will open soon for blueberry season, and Hockinson is preparing for its annual festival on July 13, celebrating all things blueberry from local farmers.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/entertainment/hockinson-blueberry-festival-coming-july-13-as-farms-throughout-the-county-celebrate-blueberry-season/

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Washington state saw a net loss of 18,798 taxpayers and their families between calendar years 2021 and 2022, according to Internal Revenue Service migration data released last week.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/irs-data-washington-state-lost-18k-people-1-66b-in-taxable-income-in-2021

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Clark County anticipates consecutive days of 100-degree temperatures starting July 5, prompting Council for the Homeless to activate a response ensuring safety for homeless individuals through outreach, cooling centers, and community support efforts.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/council-for-the-homeless-activates-response-to-extreme-hot-temperatures/

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Jeff Bezos plans to sell $5 billion worth of Amazon shares, avoiding a $343 million capital gains tax by relocating from Washington to Florida, where no such tax exists, amid ongoing controversy over Washington's capital gains tax.

htts://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/jeff-bezos-to-save-nearly-1b-in-capital-gains-taxes-by-not-living-in-washington/

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Opinion: U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper decision is a victory for representative democracy. Paul Guppy of the Washington Policy Center says ‘thanks to the Supreme Court, citizens will no longer be required to politely bow in deference to obscure alphabet agencies run by nameless government bureaucrats.’

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-u-s-supreme-courts-loper-decision-is-a-victory-for-representative-democracy/

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Residents in Southwest Washington are on track to break high temperature records over the next couple of days.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/red-cross-braces-for-record-heat-over-the-holiday-weekend/

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On Friday morning at 8:11 a.m., the Vancouver Fire Department responded to a reported house fire in the Fishers Mill neighborhood at 4415 S.E. 169 Court.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/vancouver-fire-responds-to-house-fire-3/

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The Vancouver Police is seeking the public's assistance with locating a high-risk missing juvenile Trenton Wayne Orcutt.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/vancouver-police-department-requests-help-to-find-missing-endangered-11-year-old-male/

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Here are some of the best photos from Mike Schultz, who was in Ridgefield for the city’s annual Fourth of July celebration.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/ridgefields-fourth-of-july-in-pictures

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On Tuesday, the project manager for the CCSO Body-Worn Camera Implementation Project updated the final status report and declared the project completed.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/clark-county-sheriffs-office-body-worn-camera-project-completed/

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