Curb cuts latest step in makeover for Southeast Park Crest Avenue
Construction will start this month on installing curb cuts on three intersections of Southeast Park Crest Avenue in Vancouver. Once the cuts are made, the street will be one step closer to a complete...
View ArticleYouths go on trek to learn about pioneers
Fisher-Mill Plain — More than 270 youths in the Vancouver East Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints learned a bit about the hardship experienced by the Mormon pioneers who migrated...
View ArticlePort of Camas-Washougal gets $2.9M building grant
The Port of Camas-Washougal is getting a $2.9 million federal grant to build an industrial building twice as large as it had originally intended. “We’re very excited about that. The whole reason we...
View ArticleFire destroys apartments under construction; officials say arson
Fire officials say a two-alarm blaze that destroyed an under-construction apartment building early Wednesday morning in Vancouver was an arson. Firefighters responded to the scene of the fire, in a...
View ArticleKids, Ride That Mutton
Suhana Gandhi loves cute animals. The Vancouver 5-year-old said some of her favorite moments at the Clark County Fair were meeting bunnies and kitties, but the closest she got to any animal at the fair...
View ArticleSettling in at Lincoln Place
When Don Gault was homeless, he heard “you can’t” a lot. You can’t lie here. You can’t use the restroom. “Even if you’re in the bushes somewhere where nobody can see you, they come down there and look...
View ArticleMediator to assist in contract talks for Evergreen schools
With less than three weeks until school starts, teachers in Evergreen Public Schools have not ratified a contract for the upcoming school year. Contract negotiations have stalled. Superintendent John...
View ArticleVancouver man in court in child porn case
A 23-year-old man accused of possessing more than 200 images and videos of child pornography made a first appearance Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court. Dakota J. McGee of Vancouver appeared on...
View ArticleClark County Sheriff’s Office warns of hoax kidnapping calls
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is warning area residents about several recent hoax kidnapping calls. Deputies took a report Wednesday from a woman who received an alarming call on her cellphone from...
View ArticleMan arraigned on murder charge in fatal Vancouver shooting
A former Vancouver man accused of killing his roommate in May was arraigned Thursday on a murder charge in Clark County Superior Court. David Jonathan Salgado, 20, pleaded not guilty to first-degree...
View ArticleOpen records advocate suing Clark County over Madore’s Facebook
An open government advocate is suing Clark County over Councilor David Madore’s Facebook page. Arthur West of Olympia is filing a suit in Cowlitz County Superior Court against Clark County alleging the...
View ArticleVancouver police looking for runaway 14-year-old girl
The Vancouver Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding a runaway Vancouver girl. Kayla Lynn Donohue, 14, ran away from her home in east Vancouver Wednesday, the police said. She’s 5...
View ArticleVancouver woman to represent dad at annual WWII salute
Susie Ehle realized there was something distinctive about her dad when she was going through his wartime keepsakes. She was looking for his Navy uniform so she could wear it to school, and then: “I saw...
View ArticleWoman sentenced in child prostitution sting
A woman arrested in connection with a national investigation into alleged commercial child sex trafficking was sentenced Thursday in Clark County Superior Court to nearly two years in prison. Veronica...
View ArticleVancouver man sentenced in shooting incident
A man who fired a gun near a school and park in the Rose Village neighborhood was sentenced Thursday to 200 days in jail. Anthony Schierer, 29, of Vancouver pleaded guilty in Clark County Superior...
View ArticleWashington’s driver’s license exam lengthened
It’s about to get tougher to earn a driver’s license in Washington state. Officials at the state licensing department this month are rolling out a longer written test — 40 questions instead of 25. The...
View ArticleFlying high at Clark County Fair
Vinnie Carbone performs a freestyle jump on his dirt bike Thursday at the Moto X Big Air Bikes show at the Clark County Fair grandstand. The entertainment continues at the fair’s grandstand through the...
View ArticlePatrols stepped up to find impaired drivers
Additional Vancouver and Battle Ground police officers will be out on patrol this weekend to look for impaired drivers, according to the Vancouver Police Department. The department encouraged those...
View ArticleMan faces attempted murder in 2013 home invasion
A Portland man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with an alleged botched robbery at a Vancouver marijuana grow three years ago. Tyson R. Beavers, 35, appeared Friday in Clark County...
View ArticleMotorcycle crash kills Vancouver man
A Vancouver man died Friday afternoon after his motorcycle struck a guardrail along state Highway 14 about 9 miles east of Washougal. The Washington State Patrol said Kenneth W. Albrecht, 69, was...
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