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June 11, 2026
Marlena Close of Applied Team Insurance logs into her computer while checking her voicemail in Hazel Dell on Feb. 3. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Health insurance rate hikes likely next year

Clark County residents can expect to pay more for health insurance again next year as companies ask the state insurance commissioner to consider approving an average 22.4 percent rate increase for individual plans.

June 11, 2026

Death Notices for June 11, 2026

Liubov Bilous, 53, Vancouver, died June 7, 2026. Brown’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 360-834-3692.

June 4, 2026
This July 2019 photo provided by Peter Westley shows the carcass of a chum salmon along the shore of the Koyukuk River near Huslia, Alaska. Salmon carcasses can be deadly for canines. (Associated Press files)

Experts warn dead salmon can hurt dogs

If you’ve taken a walk along the Columbia, Lewis or Washougal rivers, or any of the many tributaries that bring salmon to Clark County, you may have noticed an increase in the number of anglers and discarded salmon carcasses along the riverbanks in recent months.