Staff in Vancouver’s Evergreen Public Schools went on strike on Tuesday. Erik Neumann reports.

Washington state officials say they are protecting more than seventy-thousand acres of older forests on state land from logging.

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HOST LEDE: The U.S. Army’s Yakima Training Center leached “forever chemicals” into nearby private drinking wells for years. At a community meeting last night [Monday], people in East Selah [SEE-luh] say they’re still looking for solutions. [N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt was there.] [SOQ 0:50]

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More than 100 people gathered at the Selah [SEE-luh] Civic Center yesterday [Monday] to raise concerns about PFAs [PEE-fass] in their drinking wells. These “forever chemicals” can cause health problems.

Authorities continue to search for Travis Decker, who is wanted in connection with the killings of his three daughters. N-W-P-B-’s Murrow Fellow, Renee Diaz, has updates about the search from a press conference yesterday [MONDAY].

Saturday is opening day for college football, and both the Beavers and the Ducks have home games.

The Josephine Community Library District is pushing back on a change county commissioners made to a negotiated lease.

The Josephine Community Library District is asking county commissioners to approve a deal that mirrors the agreement with the YMCA.

Oregon lawmakers took testimony Monday on a bill that would raise taxes to fund road maintenance. As Dirk VanderHart reports, the hearing comes as the Legislature prepares to meet in special session later this week.

An early start to higher than normal temperatures this spring, lack of rain and subsequent evaporation because of the heat… all these factors have led to extensive drought throughout the Pacific Northwest.