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A protester, holds a poster of Ajike Owens at the Marion County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Ocala, demanding the arrest of a woman who shot and killed Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four, last Friday night, June 2. Authorities came under intense pressure Tuesday to bring charges against a white woman who killed Owens, a Black neighbor, on her front doorstep, as they navigated Florida’s divisive stand your ground law that provides considerable leeway to the suspect in making a claim of self defense.

After years of threats, a feud ends with a Black mom dead and her white neighbor arrested

A protester, holds a poster of Ajike Owens at the Marion County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Ocala, demanding the arrest of a woman who shot and killed Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four, last Friday night, June 2. Authorities came under intense pressure Tuesday to bring charges against a white woman who killed Owens, a Black neighbor, on her front doorstep, as they navigated Florida’s divisive stand your ground law that provides considerable leeway to the suspect in making a claim of self defense.

June 7, 2023, 12:55pm Nation & World

A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said. Read story

Clark County Fire District 6 firefighters walk around the site of a fire Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Whipple Creek Business Park in Salmon Creek. No one was injured in the two-alarm fire that started late Tuesday night, but at least seven businesses were destroyed.

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Clark County Fire District 6 firefighters walk around the site of a fire Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Whipple Creek Business Park in Salmon Creek. No one was injured in the two-alarm fire that started late Tuesday night, but at least seven businesses were destroyed.

June 7, 2023, 11:29am Clark County News Updated 1 day ago

A two-alarm, fast-moving blaze destroyed at least seven businesses in a Salmon Creek industrial complex. No one was injured in the fire that started late Tuesday night. Read story

Crash on I-5 bridge the start of a slow morning commute

June 6, 2023, 8:09am Clark County News FreeUpdated 2 days ago

A crash on the Interstate 5 Bridge on Tuesday morning was only the beginning of a ponderous commute into Portland for thousands of drivers. Read story

A Vancouver firefighter sprays the outside of a burned building Monday, June 5, 2023, on Northeast 68th Avenue in Vancouver. .

Warm, dry, windy weather fans dangerous brush fires in Vancouver area

A Vancouver firefighter sprays the outside of a burned building Monday, June 5, 2023, on Northeast 68th Avenue in Vancouver. .

June 5, 2023, 6:00pm Clark County News FreeUpdated 15 hours ago

Warm, dry and windy conditions fanned several vegetation fires on Monday afternoon, including two that prompted evacuation warnings in two Vancouver area neighborhoods. Read story

Top Stories: Economic Forecast; fatal police shooting; railroad underpass grant

June 3, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News

Here are the top stories on columbian.com this week. Read story

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Speed, alcohol likely factors in fatal motorcycle vs. car crash in Brush Prairie area

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June 2, 2023, 7:23am Clark County News

Speed and alcohol may have been factors in a crash that killed a motorcycle rider and seriously injured a driver in Brush Prairie on Thursday night, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office.  Read story

Vancouver Police officers stand outside a barricade that hides a body on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the site of a fatal shooting in the Heights Shopping Center parking lot.

Man killed by Vancouver police fired at cops; officers were wearing body cams

Vancouver Police officers stand outside a barricade that hides a body on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the site of a fatal shooting in the Heights Shopping Center parking lot.

May 31, 2023, 7:12pm Clark County News

The man killed by police in a central Vancouver shopping center parking lot late Tuesday afternoon was wanted for multiple armed robberies and fired at pursuing officers, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Read story

Vancouver motorcycle rider ejected, dies in crash on I-205

May 29, 2023, 7:41am Clark County News

A 22-year-old Vancouver man was as ejected from a motorcycle and killed in a crash on Interstate 205 late Saturday in the Salmon Creek area. Read story

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Vancouver police investigate suspicious death

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May 29, 2023, 7:23am Clark County News Free

Vancouver police are investigating a suspicious death in east Vancouver.  Read story

Top Stories: I-5 Bridge ‘visualizations’; attempted kidnapping; semiautomatic rifle ban

May 27, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News Free

Is it gonna be hot, hot, hot this weekend? Check out our local weather forecast before you head outside. Here are the top stories on columbian.com this week: First ‘visualization’ drawings released for replacement Interstate 5 Bridge The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program released its first batch of visualizations of… Read story