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• Gov. Kate Brown has announced that she s directing state agencies to start planning to send kids specifically elementary school kids back to in-person classes as soon as February 15, but is leaving the decision to individual districts. The Oregon Education Association immediately blasted the governor s decision saying it would radically and abruptly change the current plans for returning to school, and without taking into consideration the needs of educators.
Police: Man fatally shot receptionist, himself in Vancouver
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Man, woman in PeaceHealth shooting IDed in apparent murder-suicide
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2 people killed in shooting in Vancouver
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