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Tips sought in two Vancouver theft cases
Vancouver police are asking for the public’s help finding a suspect in an identity theft case and a suspect in a mail theft and fraud case. • A person reported on Oct. 4 that someone had used their...
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Green Meadows residents worry about annexation
Art Stubbs is resigned to becoming a resident of Vancouver. But the idea still worries him. Like other residents of Green Meadows, he bought his house in the neighborhood in unincorporated Clark County...
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Medical oxygen fuels Vancouver mobile home fire
Medical oxygen fueled a fire early Wednesday morning in a Vancouver mobile home, displacing a woman and her pets. Crews with the Vancouver Fire Department were called to the Vista Del Rio Mobile Home...
View ArticleHouse fire in Vancouver displaces family of eight
A chimney fire at a house in Vancouver’s Sunnyside neighborhood Tuesday night displaced a family of eight. Firefighters were called to the house, 9908 N.E. 107th St., for a fire that started in the...
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Third shooting suspect appears in court
A third man suspected in a September shooting at a Vancouver house party appeared Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court. Pavlo S. Kosmyna, 22, of Portland appeared on suspicion of three counts of...
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Flu arrives early in Clark County
The flu has arrived in Clark County — and it came a little early. Flu activity increased countywide at the end of October, and this week, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is reporting a big jump in...
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Columbian reporters honored in regional contest
Staff members at The Columbian have won five awards in the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association’s C.B. Blethen Memorial Awards for Distinguished Newspaper Reporting. Awards were announced Wednesday...
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Job fair packed with potential casino employees
PORTLAND — In the meeting space at the Sheraton Hotel near the Portland International Airport, a line of people snaked from the table of Ilani Casino Resort, down the nearby hallway and out into the...
View Article‘Weed Can Wait’ video, graphic contest open
Clark County Public Health and Prevent! Clark County are hosting a video and graphics contest for youth to document why they choose not to use marijuana. The Youth Now “Weed Can Wait” contest is open...
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Salary review commission seeks new member
The term of the most vocal champion to increase the Vancouver mayor’s salary expires at the end of the year. The once low-profile Vancouver Salary Review Commission was thrust into the spotlight after...
View ArticlePolice investigate graffiti at two Skyview campuses
A custodian who arrived at Skyview High School early Tuesday found “hate graffiti” displayed on two walls of the school campus, a district spokeswoman said Wednesday. The custodian, who arrived for...
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City launches annual toy drive
A year ago today, Korey Cochran learned he had a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer. The Vancouver father of two young children, who had just celebrated his 37th birthday, was given nine to 18...
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8 arrested in theft of more than 50 guns, 440 firearms seized
The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office arrested eight people Wednesday for allegedly stealing more than 50 firearms. The investigation took a turn when deputies ended up seizing close to 400 more firearms...
View ArticleRake-a-thon planned for Cape Horn trail
The Cape Horn Conservancy is gathering volunteers to rake all the leaves and debris from the Cape Horn Trail from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3. Organizers of the rake-a-thon said cleaning the...
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Clark Talks: Podcast explores housing in county
Though Clark County’s economy is growing, the benefits aren’t reaching everyone. Regional population growth is putting pressure on the local housing market and driving rent prices beyond the reach of...
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WSU Vancouver among campuses with protests in wake of election
A group of Washington State University Vancouver students and staff joined hands Thursday in a show of post-election unity. Mirroring similar college demonstrations across the country in the wake of...
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City cleans up streets around Share House
Alexander Graham woke up Thursday morning to sounds of heavy machinery rumbling down a nearby street. The 44-year-old realized he had overslept on the day that Vancouver Public Works employees and...
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Vandals snap, uproot trees and bushes at under-construction Sorenson Park
Vandals struck Sorenson Neighborhood County Park in the Lake Shore area last Thursday night, snapping or uprooting newly planted trees and shrubbery to leave an estimated $10,000 in damage to the...
View ArticleCops find 3 pounds of meth after two searches, arrests of same man this month
Police officers arrested a Vancouver man Thursday, and for the second time this month, and say so far they have seized more than 3 pounds of methamphetamine along with heroin, multiple firearms and...
View ArticleVancouver woman pleads guilty to assaulting infant
A Vancouver woman pleaded guilty Thursday in Clark County Superior Court to hurting her 3-week-old baby and was sentenced to 60 days of partial confinement. Apple Joy Alejo Pereyras, 24, entered the...
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