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6 Vancouver, WA Outdoor Spots You Have to Make It to This Summer

Murmurs: Willamette University Professor Raises Outcry for Migrant Children

In other news: ICE contractor cuts ties with a Proud Boy.

10 Reasons to (Re)Visit Vancouver

Vancouver has grown to become one of the defining cities in the Northwest, thanks to a robust economy and creative entrepreneurs putting down roots in the town. Old time Portlanders will be pleasantly surprised by this new Vancouver, with eclectic food offerings, playful street art and a backyard view of rivers and mountains.

Multnomah County Health Officials Notify 5,000 Parents to Vaccinate Kids in Next Two Weeks or They Can’t Attend School

Nearly 5,000 parents in Multnomah County were sent exclusion orders by health officials today, warning that if they don’t vaccinate their kids before Feb. 20, those children will not be able to attend school.

Anti-Vaxxers Declared One of the Top 10 Threats to Public Health in 2019 as a Measles Outbreak Spreads Across Vancouver, Wash.

The Oregon Health Authority found that the number of kindergarteners seeking a non-medical vaccine exemption rose to 7.5 percent in 2018, the highest since new laws were passed to make obtaining the non-medical waivers more difficult in 2015.

A Person Carrying the Measles Attended the Portland Trail Blazers Game Last Friday

The announcement comes two weeks into a measles outbreak in Clark County, Wash. that has sickened at least 19 people, including 15 children.

The National Unraveling of the Proud Boys Began in Vancouver, Wash., With a Revenge Plot By an Ex-Boyfriend

The firing of a female sheriff’s deputy appears to be the culmination of months of abuse and harassment.

The Dialogue: What Readers Had to Say About the Self-Styled Missionary Who Was Shot With a Boy and Arrow This Month

Last week, on wweek.com, we wrote about a Vancouver, Wash.-based explorer and self-styled Christian missionary, John Allen Chau, who was fatally shot with a bow and arrow this month while trying to approach a remote island off the coast of India.

Vancouver Man Who Ventured Onto Forbidden Island Wrote Home: “I Think It’s Worth It to Declare Jesus to These People”

John Allen Chau was killed—probably by bow and arrow—on Nov. 16.

A Vancouver-Based Missionary Was Killed With a Bow and Arrow When He Tried to Reach a Remote Indian Island

“A man dies trying to tell people about Jesus, and then people go leave hate comments on his Instagram.”

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