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Benton jumps on Trump bandwagon
Longtime Republican Sen. Don Benton, who represents Vancouver in Olympia, announced on Tuesday he's endorsing Donald Trump in the GOP presidential race. Benton praised Trump for being independent and...
View ArticlePolice seek witnesses after reckless driver was later shot by deputies
Detectives are looking for witnesses to a reckless driving incident in Five Corners that occurred minutes before the driver was shot and killed by police on Sunday. The woman was driving a blue Mini...
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Mielke officially announces retirement after term ends
This year will mark Councilor Tom Mielke’s last in public service, as the Republican councilor officially announced Tuesday that he will not run for re-election. “After much deliberation with my...
View ArticleStormy weather, slides slow rail traffic from Vancouver through Seattle
BNSF Railway crews cleaned up after several weather-related delays this weekend along its lines from Vancouver through Seattle. They addressed damage a fallen tree caused near Felida and cleared about...
View ArticlePortland man gets 1.5 years for rape of child
A Portland man was sentenced Tuesday to 1.5 years in prison for raping a 14-year-old Vancouver girl whom he had met through a mobile app. Sean William Clark, 46, previously pleaded guilty in Clark...
View ArticlePortland woman suspected in Vancouver beating, robbery
A Portland woman made a first appearance Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court for allegedly beating and robbing a woman she met at a bar. Hollee A. Dewald, 25, faces an allegation of first-degree...
View ArticleRidgefield woman shot in 2011 settles for $1.8M
A Ridgefield woman who was shot by SWAT officers in June 2011 and later filed a federal lawsuit against Clark County, the city of Vancouver and individual officers will be awarded $1.8 million in a...
View ArticleVancouver man killed by semi on I-5 indentified
The person killed after being struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 5 late Monday night has been identified as a Vancouver man. Nathan J. Carlson, 43, had been driving a pickup south on I-5 near...
View ArticlePolice investigate robbery at Orchards-area bank
Vancouver police are investigating after a man robbed an Orchards-area bank Wednesday morning. The robbery at Umpqua Bank, 10705 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd., was reported from a nearby business just after...
View ArticleReward offered for information in 1974 cold case homicide
Crime Stoppers of Oregon is offering a reward for information regarding a cold case homicide from 1974, or for information that helps investigators track down the victim’s then-boyfriend. The boyfriend...
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Police cite pickup driver who plowed through Battle Ground school zone sign
The Battle Ground Police Department tracked down and cited an alleged hit-and-run driver who knocked down a flashing school zone sign on North Parkway Avenue near Battle Ground High School on Tuesday...
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STEM in action in local classrooms
Forty education, community and government leaders from around the state stepped off a charter bus at Frontier Middle School on Wednesday morning to see how science, technology, education and math is...
View ArticleNew turn signal coming to state Highway 502
State Highway 502 could see a new turn signal as early as Thursday, according to a release from the Washington State Department of Transportation. The traffic signal will be located at the Northeast...
View ArticleHistorical presentation coming to Camas on April 2
Richard Matthews, an eight-year volunteer with the McLoughlin House in Oregon City, Ore., will visit the Camas Police Station, 2100 N.E. Third Ave., Camas, to make a presentation on John McLoughlin,...
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Vancouver bank robber sentenced to 3 years
A 20-year-old man who robbed a Chase Bank branch near Vancouver Mall in November was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison. Ted W. Washington III of Vancouver pleaded guilty in Clark County...
View ArticleClark College updates new site plan
RIDGEFIELD — Clark College officials presented an update on its north county satellite campus during a meet-and-greet preceding its board of trustees meeting in the library at View Ridge Middle School...
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Does Vancouver need a $100,000 mayor?
Do Vancouver's mayor and city council deserve a hefty pay raise? Mayor Tim Leavitt thinks so, along with at least one member of the city Salary Review Commission, which must set the mayor and council's...
View ArticleIncreased DUI enforcement planned for tonight
In anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, officers from the Vancouver and Battle Ground police departments will increase patrols to catch intoxicated drivers tonight, the Vancouver Police...
View ArticleColumbia River fishing report 3/17
Spring chinook angling in the lower Columbia has dropped off as the river downstream of the Willamette and Cowlitz rivers turned turbid. Weather conditions over the weekend were exactly conducive to...
View ArticleBattle Ground teachers, district reach contract agreement
Battle Ground teachers and Battle Ground Public Schools reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday night after a 12-hour mediated bargaining session and 10 months of negotiations. The previous...
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