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Memorial Day closures

What's open and what's closed Monday for Memorial Day:

Police locate driver in suspected hit-and-run crash near La Center

Police have located the driver of a black Ford F-150 pickup who allegedly caused a three-vehicle crash Thursday morning on Interstate 5 southbound near La Center and fled the scene.

Ridgefield teens reported missing

Police are asking the public for assistance in locating two missing Ridgefield teens.

Thieves target RV batteries

Have a recreational vehicle parked in your driveway or next to your home? You might want to check that the battery is still there.

UPDATE: Bridge collapse doesn't sway CRC opponents

While the collapse of a four-lane Interstate 5 bridge into the Skagit River on Thursday fanned the flames on the debate over the Columbia River Crossing, it doesn’t appear to have changed opponents’ minds.

WSU votes to limit tuition hike to 2 percent

PULLMAN (AP) — The Washington State University Board of Regents has voted to limit a fall tuition increase to 2 percent, no matter what the Legislature decides concerning the state budget.

Life Afloat: Weekend offers tall ship tours, dragon boat races

A bit of acting was required when our official state ship, the Lady Washington, played the role of the H.M.S. Interceptor in “Pirates of the Caribbean.”

Vital Statistics

Births, marriage dissolutions, marriage licenses, court sentencings

Red Cross holds holiday blood drives

The American Red Cross is celebrating the unofficial start of summer — Memorial Day — with weekend blood drives.

Freeway bridge collapses into Skagit River; no fatalities

Authorities say there were no fatalities when the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River near Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water below.

Soldiers' graves graced by Old Glory

Scouts, veterans, other volunteers place flags nearmarkers in Post Cemetery in anticipation of Memorial Day

The graves of about 1,500 veterans received individual salutes Thursday afternoon, just ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.

Defendant: Blood was dog's, not woman's

Vancouver man on trial in stabbing death of his girlfriend

After Dennis Wolter was found covered in blood on May 26, 2011, he maintained during a nearly two-hour interrogation at the Camas Police Station that the blood belonged to his injured black Lab dog, Charlie.

Simulated bioterrorism attack puts county health department, first responders to the test (with video)

Full-scale exercise held over three days

Should an act of bioterrorism ever occur in Clark County, public health officials are ready to respond.

Correction: Murder Trial

Murder trial: Dennis Wolter's defense attorney, Therese Lavallee argued Wednesday that he didn't premeditate Kori Fredericksen's murder because he has diminished capacity that affects his ability to form intent. On the night Fredericksen's body was found, Camas police Sgt. Doug Norcross called her cellphone, causing a musical ringtone inside a purse hanging from a tree branch above her remains. A Thursday article on Page C1 was incorrect.