By plane, motorbike, camper van and even on bicycles, tourists are beginning to discover Afghanistan, with solo travelers and tour groups gradually venturing into a country t ...

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Dick Tracy got an atom-powered two-way wrist radio in 1946. Marty Cooper never forgot it.

One person was killed and four others were hospitalized after a two-car collision closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 for more than six hours Saturday morning, the Washington State Patrol repo ...

A body of man was pulled from Lake River in Ridgefield on Friday afternoon, the Clark County Sheriff's Office reported.

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When I want a mental health day that features a hefty helping of retail therapy, I head out to Battle Ground. East Main Street has become a hot spot of retail activity with more vintage goods and home ...

As a new state agency has begun investigating fatal police encounters, law enforcement officials have bristled at the way the agency writes search warrants in the cases.

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Clark Public Utilities commissioners voted unanimously to give CEO and General Manager Lena Wittler a 4 percent raise. Wittler’s salary increased to $365,820 from $351,750, effective July 1.

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Luba Ross knew she wouldn’t be able to sleep if she didn’t determine if the man she’d seen sitting on a bench near Round Lake in Camas two days in a row was the same man she’d seen listed as a missing ...

News of the Declaration of Independence reached Great Britain in August 1776 and ignited a media frenzy, according to the Jack Miller Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit dedicated to teaching about ...