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James L. Rummell, 49, appears Monday in Clark County District Court on suspicion of making a false statement to a public servant. A prosecutor said more charges against Rummell are likely because he's accused of hiring a man to kill his wife.

Husband, suspected in a murder-for-hire plot, arrested after wife’s fatal shooting in Hockinson

Authorities on Thursday arrested the husband of a woman who was fatally shot over the weekend in her Hockinson home.
Courts & Crime
The Washington State Department of Transportation is making pedestrian improvements to Highway 503 near Prairie High School.

WSDOT to install crosswalk safety light on Highway 503 after Prairie High School student was struck by car in 2023

After a 14-year-old Prairie High School student crossing Highway 503 was hit by a car in early 2023, the Washington State Department of Transportation plans to make pedestrian safety improvements…
Clark County News
Brad Benton, Candidate for state Senate, Contributed photo (Contributed photo)

Republican Brad Benton cites personal freedoms, taxes in run for Washington’s 18th District Senate seat

Clark County native Brad Benton announced Wednesday he’s running as a Republican for Washington’s 18th District Senate seat currently held by Republican Ann Rivers.
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Clark County

Battle Ground police Sgt. Richard Kelly died from a fentanyl and methamphetamine overdose. The office ruled his death an accident.

Battle Ground police Sgt. Richard Kelly confiscated illicit drugs hours before overdosing, says report

Battle Ground police Sgt. Richard Kelly confiscated illicit drugs hours before he suffered a fatal overdose in his office, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office found.

Northwest

FILE - In this July 8, 2016, file photo, a pharmacist holds a package of EpiPen epinephrine auto-injectors, a Mylan product, in Sacramento, Calif. Mylan N.V. reports financial results on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018.

New WA law caps the cost of inhalers and EpiPens

A bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday will limit the cost of some lifesaving medicines, according to an announcement from Rep.…

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Sports

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh can't get a tag on Boston Red Sox's Tyler O'Neill, who scored on a throwing error by Mariners third baseman Josh Rojas during the fourth inning of an opening-day baseball game Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Seattle.

O’Neill homers for record-setting 5th straight opening day as Red Sox top Mariners 6-4

Tyler O’Neill homered in his fifth straight opening day game to set a major league record, this time against the organization that drafted him, and…

Politics

Judge Scott McAfee addresses the lawyers during a hearing on charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case on Thursday, March 28, 2024 in Atlanta.  Lawyers for Trump argued in a court filing that the charges against him in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that is protected by the First Amendment.

Trump’s team cites First Amendment in contesting charges in Georgia election interference case

The charges against Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that the First Amendment protects, a…

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Kevin West, 49, of Washougal appears Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder in the Jan. 8 strangulation death of his wife, Marcelle &ldquo;Marcy&rdquo; West.

Camas-Washougal Fire battalion chief accused of killing wife had yearslong affair, according to court documents

A Camas-Washougal Fire Department battalion chief suspected of strangling his wife in January was apparently having an on-and-off affair for 20 years, and he planned…

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