John Branton
John Branton covers crime and breaking news.
Recent Stories
Woman fatally injured in crash in Marion County, Ore.
She lost control of small car, lurched into the path of a pickup
A Newberg, Ore., woman was fatally injured Tuesday when she lost control of her small car and was hit on the driver side by a truck.
Firefighters halt wood stove blaze north of Hockinson
No one reported injured
Two people and their puppy left their home north of Hockinson safely on Wednesday after a wood stove insert caught fire and it spread to wood framing around it.
Driver rear-ends school bus north of Battle Ground
Driver arrested for alleged DUI
The Washington State Patrol has arrested for alleged DUI a driver who rearended a stopped school bus with 10 children on board.
Supreme Court ruling on strip-searches won't change protocol at county jail
Sheriff says officers will continue to follow state law
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that jail officers may conduct strip searches any time they want -- even for the most minor crimes and when there’s no evidence of contraband such as weapons or drugs.
Mom, sheriff’s deputies seek missing girl
Clark County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chad Rothenberger is hoping someone will recognize a photo of a missing or runaway girl and see that she returns home.
Firefighters rescue boy, 10, stuck in tree
Youngster's brother climbed down on his own
Vancouver firefighters on Monday afternoon came to the rescue of a boy who was stuck 40 feet up a tree. Two brothers, ages 7 and 10, climbed the tree at 8821 N.E. 104th St. in the Sunnyside neighborhood, said Capt. Dave James, a Vancouver Fire Department spokesman.
Candles for Trayvon at Vancouver church
Local congregation gathers to meditate on the death of Florida teen
Vancouver resident Art Stubbs lives more than 3,000 miles away from where Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in February, reportedly by a neighborhood watch volunteer, in Sanford, Fla. But he said he still feels sadness and outrage about the young man’s death.
UPDATE: Driver released from hospital after crash on Highway 14
A Long Beach woman was released after the hospital after a rollover crash on state Highway 14 late Thursday, April 5.
Rescuers use ropes, pulleys to save man
He was hurt, clinging to tree after fall down steep cliff near North Fork of Lewis River
Bill Dunlap was at home Tuesday night when he heard that a man had fallen down a steep cliff off Northwest Pekin Ferry Court along the North Fork of the Lewis River.
Rescue crews hoist man to safety after he fell down a cliff on North Fork Lewis River
He's a 53-year-old Ridgefield resident
Crews now are trying to rescue a man who is at the bottom of a 100-foot cliff in the Pekin Ferry area, along the North Fork of the Lewis River.
