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Deputy fires shot during disturbance call, under investigation
A Clark County sheriff’s deputy is on paid leave after firing his weapon during a disturbance call Wednesday afternoon in Camas. Deputies, along with officers from the Camas Police Department,...
View ArticleBattle Ground police arrest man in child molestation case
Police officers have arrested a Battle Ground man on suspicion of child sexual assault. Battle Ground police officers began an investigation Tuesday into a report of a sexual assault of a minor in...
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Clark County sheriff looks into starting own academy
Long lines at an underfunded state law enforcement academy have left Clark County Sheriff Chuck Atkins with a shortage of deputies. But he’s not going to sit around waiting for a solution — he’s...
View ArticlePollard: Salary petition finding support
Royce Pollard hasn’t counted the signatures yet on the referendum petitions circulating the community, but from what he’s heard, “very few people are saying no,” the former Vancouver mayor said...
View ArticleSuspects arraigned in death of man found in Ridgefield pasture
A Multnomah County court Thursday arraigned six people arrested in connection with a 2015 murder, revealed when a man’s body was found in a Ridgefield field last summer, and denied release for all of...
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Pair sentenced in burglary, assault on Buddhist nun
A Vancouver man and teenage boy involved in a violent 2015 residential burglary, in which they assaulted a Buddhist nun, were sentenced Thursday in Clark County Superior Court. Vincent R. Burnett, 30,...
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Field trip to Ross Complex powers up learning
This wasn't just any field trip. On Thursday, school kids visited the out-of-the-way laboratory in Hazel Dell where lightning lives. They saw it unleashed in a cavernous high-voltage lab. After the...
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Ukrainians visit forest to learn about resources beyond timber
CARSON -- It was an international meeting of the minds in the middle of the woods. On Thursday, a blend of Ukrainian university scholars and business professionals visited parts of the Gifford Pinchot...
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Work wrapping up on road to Ridgefield
The road to Ridgefield is almost fixed. Ever since a Jan. 28 landslide, Pioneer Street has been a one-lane road between North Smythe Road and North Reiman Road with temporary traffic lights at both...
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Activities, nostalgia forge fun day at Country Life Fair
YACOLT -- Generations of families gathered at Pomeroy Living History Farm on Saturday. The sunny skies and warm temperatures drew hundreds to the farm's third annual County Life Fair for old-time...
View ArticleWeather Eye: As hard as it might be to believe, we’ll see highs in 80s again
Saturday was a delight with clear blue skies in the afternoon and nice dry north-northwest breezes. Temperatures at 4 p.m. were near the 70-degree mark almost everywhere around the state. There was a...
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Oil terminal proposal a matter of timing
Stripped bare, the effort to build the nation's largest rail-to-marine oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver is about money. Tesoro Corp. and Savage Cos. intend to make plenty of it, and they promise...
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Why can’t Southwest Washington delegation play nice?
About twice a month during the legislative session, lawmakers representing Pierce County gather over lunch in the state Capitol's basement. The noon hour conversations help them identify, and some...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 5/1
Saturday — 6,728 adult spring chinook, 121 jack chinook, 38 steelhead. Water temperature: 53.8 degrees. Visibility: 4.5 feet. Streamflow: 303,000 cubic feet per second
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Press Talk: Is there any way out of this?
(This is the second part of a two-part column examining raises for the Vancouver mayor and city council.) The mayor isn’t helping I’ve said before that I like Mayor Tim Leavitt. He’s done well by...
View ArticleVancouver hiker reported lost is found safe on Mount Hood
A Vancouver hiker reported lost was found safe Sunday on Mount Hood. At about 9:45 a.m., the Clackamas County, Ore., Sheriff’s Office took a report of a lost 24-year-old man on the mountain, according...
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Creating a body of work at Ink’n the Couve Tattoo Convention
The Ink'n the Couve Tattoo Convention, held this weekend at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds, brought together tattoo artists and enthusiasts. The event, in its third year, also...
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Clark County Democrats slog through convention
The well-attended Clark County Democrats' 2016 convention and legislative-district caucuses began with a burst of enthusiasm Sunday, but that excitement turned to crankiness for many participants as...
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La Center man dies after 180-foot fall near Swift Reservoir
A La Center man died Sunday evening after he apparently climbed over a guardrail near Swift Reservoir and fell 180 feet. Witnesses called 911 at about 8:45 p.m. to report that their friend, Bradlee...
View ArticleFire reported at Vancouver malting company, site evacuated
Great Western Malting at the Port of Vancouver was temporarily evacuated Monday for a fire in a grain elevator. The Vancouver Fire Department was called to the business, at 1705 N.W. Harborside Drive,...
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