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View ArticleBattle Ground man faces charges after 4-car crash
A Battle Ground man faces charges after law enforcement said he caused a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 near Mill Plain Sunday night. Larry Grant, 34, was driving a 2002 Volkswagen Passat south on...
View ArticlePolice: Man found lying in pool of blood at Marine Park
Detectives are investigating after a man was found lying in a pool of blood at Marine Park late Sunday night. Police say the man is expected to survive. A citizen called 911 at 11:50 p.m. Sunday after...
View Article13-year-old girl escapes abduction in Vancouver, police say
A 13-year-old girl escaped abduction after a group of men tried to pull her inside an SUV Sunday evening. Three 13-year-old girls were standing outside Burton Market, 8601 N.E. Burton Rd., at about 6...
View ArticleInjured hiker taken to hospital via LifeFlight
A Yelm woman was taken to an area hospital via LifeFlight after she was injured while hiking near Lower Falls Campground Saturday. Stephanie Amell, 37, was hiking with her boyfriend near the Lewis...
View ArticleVancouver man ID’d as victim in fatal I-5 crash
The victim in a fatal crash on Interstate 5 on Hayden Island Sunday was identified as a Vancouver man. Benjamin Craig King, 44, was killed in a fiery four-vehicle crash which investigators say was...
View ArticleMan sentenced to almost 12 years in Samaritan’s death
A Vancouver man has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for causing a series of crashes on Interstate 205, killing one person. Clark County Superior Court Judge Scott Collier handed down the...
View ArticleRelief from the heat on the way
Mow the lawn, but don't wash your car. One more day of unseasonably warm weather is on tap for Clark County today, before the famous "Portland Rose Festival Low" takes over and brings low clouds and...
View ArticleTeen rescued after Washougal rope swing accident
Emergency crews used a rope system to rescue a teenage boy who suffered traumatic head injury after jumping from a rope swing and landing on some rocks in the Washougal River on Monday evening. Crews...
View ArticleFire destroys trailer at Lake Merwin Camper’s Hideaway
A fire late Monday night destroyed an unoccupied trailer at Lake Merwin Camper’s Hideaway. Crews from Clark County Fire District 10 responded to the blaze, reported at about 11:30 p.m. after a neighbor...
View ArticleRemains found in east Vancouver field identified
The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Tuesday the human remains found in an east Vancouver field May 28. Vetaliy Y. Shklyar, 21, was from Vancouver. The medical examiner’s office...
View ArticleFire District 6 planning training fire in Salmon Creek Wednesday
Firefighters with Clark County Fire District 6 will set fire to a vacant home in Salmon Creek Wednesday for training. The training will run from about 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 3410 N.E. 99th Street, the...
View ArticleTwo adults displaced after house destroyed in fire
Two adults and two pets were displaced after a fire destroyed a house north of Yacolt early Tuesday morning. Firefighters from Clark County Fire District 13, District 3 and District 10 all responded to...
View ArticleVancouver police seek help pairing camera carrying ‘unique’ pictures with owner
The Vancouver Police Department recovered a stolen vehicle that carried stolen property, including a camera with multiple "unique" photographs, as the department described them, which the department is...
View ArticleApartment project proposed on Broadway in Uptown Village
Two single-family houses on the west side of Broadway north of 20th Street in the Arnada neighborhood would be removed to make room for a three-floor building with 23 apartments and seven live-work...
View ArticleMoving day for Banfield approaches
Bingo came to work in high spirits last week. No doubt he's heard his company is moving to a pretty swell new headquarters in Vancouver, and a lot of his needs were considered. This is the world's...
View ArticleTrack at Hockinson school puts students on solid ground again
Hockinson Heights Elementary School students are back on track after a local gravel company and community members donated time and money to build a gravel jogging path in the school's playground. On a...
View ArticleWSU Extension class on preserving game, fish
Vancouver — Learn how to preserve wild game and fish at a workshop presented by Washington State University Extension from 6 to 8 p.m. June 22 at the Heritage Farm, 1919 N.E. 78th St. Cost is $12....
View ArticleHospital’s Healthy Kids Fair set this weekend
VANCOUVER — Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center’s annual Healthy Kids Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Featuring roughly 40 different activities, the free event is popular with...
View ArticleBonneville Dam fish count 6/8
Tuesday — 2,605 adult spring chinook salmon, 193 jack chinook, 199 steelhead, 1,969 sockeye, 98,565 shad. Water temperature: 63.9 degrees. Visibility: 6 feet. Streamflow: 235,000 cubic feet per second.
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