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Community Court Commissioner Erin Priest embraces Jacqueline Alley on Friday during a second anniversary celebration at Community Court on Fourth Plain Boulevard. Alley was given an “Everyday Hero” award for her work with court participants who strive to have their low-level criminal charges dismissed by engaging with community services.

‘I stand tall now’: Clark County’s Community Court celebrates participants’ success

Community Court Commissioner Erin Priest embraces Jacqueline Alley on Friday during a second anniversary celebration at Community Court on Fourth Plain Boulevard. Alley was given an “Everyday Hero” award for her work with court participants who strive to have their low-level criminal charges dismissed by engaging with community services.

April 18, 2025, 4:36pm Clark County News

The scene during Friday afternoon’s second anniversary celebration for Clark County’s Community Court was far from a typical day at court. Participants, service providers and county officials shared laughs, tears and hugs. Read story

Members of the Clark County Council talk with Clark County Sheriff John Horch on April 9, 2025. The council considered Wednesday placing tax measures on the November ballot to fund staffing requests from the sheriff and other criminal justice departments.

Clark County Council urged to wait until November to ask voters for money for jail expansion, additional deputies

Members of the Clark County Council talk with Clark County Sheriff John Horch on April 9, 2025. The council considered Wednesday placing tax measures on the November ballot to fund staffing requests from the sheriff and other criminal justice departments.

April 18, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

Clark County should wait until the November general election to ask voters to fund hundreds of millions of dollars in local criminal justice staffing needs and a jail remodel, the county manager advised councilors on Wednesday. Read story

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

Battle Ground massage therapist accused of indecent liberties

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

April 17, 2025, 5:01pm Clark County News

A Battle Ground massage therapist is accused of groping a woman’s breasts during a February massage session. Read story

Alicia Kaye Stowe sits at the defense table Tuesday during her trial for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. The former Daybreak Youth Services skills coach was accused of having sexual contact with a minor patient while at the Brush Prairie facility. Judge Jennifer Snider dismissed the case Wednesday for lack of evidence.

Judge cites accuser’s lack of certainty in dismissing the sexual misconduct case against a Daybreak youth counselor

Alicia Kaye Stowe sits at the defense table Tuesday during her trial for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. The former Daybreak Youth Services skills coach was accused of having sexual contact with a minor patient while at the Brush Prairie facility. Judge Jennifer Snider dismissed the case Wednesday for lack of evidence.

April 17, 2025, 12:47pm Clark County News Updated 2 days ago

A judge on Wednesday dismissed the criminal case against a former Daybreak Youth Services skills coach accused of having sexual contact with a then-16-year-old patient. In her dismissal, Clark County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Snider cited the accuser’s lack of certainty on the stand that the incident happened. Read story

Alicia Stowe, 36, sits at the defense table Tuesday during her trial for sexual misconduct with a minor at the Clark County Courthouse. She is accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year-old patient while she was a skills coach at Daybreak Youth Services’ Brush Prairie facility.

Accuser testifies in sexual misconduct trial of Daybreak Youth Services counselor

Alicia Stowe, 36, sits at the defense table Tuesday during her trial for sexual misconduct with a minor at the Clark County Courthouse. She is accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year-old patient while she was a skills coach at Daybreak Youth Services’ Brush Prairie facility.

April 15, 2025, 4:37pm Clark County News

A man recounted to a Clark County Superior Court jury Tuesday the sexual contact he said he had when he was 16 years old with his former skills coach at Daybreak Youth Services’ now-closed Brush Prairie facility. Read story

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DNA from the car where a Portland woman was found dead in Vancouver matches suspect, say court records

Dariel Nunez Montero

April 14, 2025, 1:55pm Clark County News

DNA recovered from inside the car parked in Vancouver where a Portland mother was found dead Nov. 1 returned as a match to a 31-year-old man arrested Friday in Kentucky, court records say. Read story

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Battle Ground man gets 20 years for exploiting children online

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April 11, 2025, 5:09pm Clark County News

A Battle Ground man was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting three children on social media. Read story

Clark County Sheriff John Horch, left, makes a pitch Wednesday to the Clark County Council for 90 new deputies and 24 nonsworn staffers to keep up with the county’s growing population during a Clark County Council meeting at the Public Service Center. The councilors are considering law and justice staffing requests for a possible August ballot measure push.

Clark County Sheriff Horch details staffing crisis, seeks 90 additional deputies

Clark County Sheriff John Horch, left, makes a pitch Wednesday to the Clark County Council for 90 new deputies and 24 nonsworn staffers to keep up with the county’s growing population during a Clark County Council meeting at the Public Service Center. The councilors are considering law and justice staffing requests for a possible August ballot measure push.

April 10, 2025, 10:31am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Because the local criminal justice system has not kept pace with the county’s ballooning population, Clark County Sheriff John Horch now says his agency needs 90 additional deputies to keep up. Read story

Beverly Ann Tafolla, then 67, of Camas makes a first appearance in April 2023 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband, 68-year-old Robert Tafolla. Last month, a judge dismissed the case, citing Beverly Tafolla’s neurocognitive disorder.

Judge dismisses murder case against Camas woman accused of killing husband

Beverly Ann Tafolla, then 67, of Camas makes a first appearance in April 2023 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband, 68-year-old Robert Tafolla. Last month, a judge dismissed the case, citing Beverly Tafolla’s neurocognitive disorder.

April 8, 2025, 12:05pm Clark County News

A judge last month dismissed the murder case against a 68-year-old Camas woman accused of fatally shooting her husband, after the judge found her mental state had deteriorated beyond treatment. Read story

Tristan Huang, a 16-year-old Vancouver boy who was reported missing in September, was found dead Thursday.

Body of Vancouver boy, 16, who was reported missing seven months ago found

Tristan Huang, a 16-year-old Vancouver boy who was reported missing in September, was found dead Thursday.

April 8, 2025, 11:06am Clark County News

Nearly seven months after a 16-year-old Vancouver boy was reported missing, searchers found his body Thursday, according to a nonprofit working with the boy’s family. Read story