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Columbian Local News Editor

A second arrest has been made in a shooting in a Safeway parking lot in Vancouver that left one person dead.

Second arrest made in fatal shooting outside Vancouver Safeway

A second arrest has been made in a shooting in a Safeway parking lot in Vancouver that left one person dead.

March 20, 2023, 10:48am Clark County News

A second man was arrested Monday morning in connection with a fatal March 11 shooting outside a Safeway on Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver. Read story

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Bicyclist identified in fatal Brush Prairie crash

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March 16, 2023, 3:17pm Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the bicyclist killed in a crash Sunday in Brush Prairie as 29-year-old Ryan Goldman. Read story

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Ex-Daybreak Youth Services counselor accused of sexual relationship with teen patient at facility

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

March 10, 2023, 6:03pm Clark County News

A former counselor at Daybreak Youth Services is accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a then-16-year-old boy who was a patient at the Brush Prairie facility. Read story

The Clark County Major Crimes Unit is investigating after a man was dropped off Friday at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, then later pronounced dead.

Unresponsive man dropped off at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical, later pronounced dead

The Clark County Major Crimes Unit is investigating after a man was dropped off Friday at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, then later pronounced dead.

March 10, 2023, 11:24am Clark County News

The Clark County Major Crimes Unit is investigating after an unresponsive man was dropped off at a local hospital Friday morning and later pronounced dead. Read story

Co-workers and friends meet Clark County sheriff's Deputy Drew Kennison as he leaves a Portland rehabilitation facility Wednesday.

Injured Clark County deputy returns home from rehab facility

Co-workers and friends meet Clark County sheriff's Deputy Drew Kennison as he leaves a Portland rehabilitation facility Wednesday.

March 8, 2023, 6:34pm Clark County News

Clark County sheriff’s Deputy Drew Kennison returned home Wednesday after being released from a Portland rehabilitation facility. Read story

A transient man is accused of crashing a pickup stolen from Vancouver into an occupied Portland police vehicle in southeast Portland. Two officers suffered minor injuries.

Truck stolen from Vancouver rammed into Portland police car

A transient man is accused of crashing a pickup stolen from Vancouver into an occupied Portland police vehicle in southeast Portland. Two officers suffered minor injuries.

March 8, 2023, 1:04pm Clark County News

A transient man was arrested Wednesday in Portland after police say he crashed a pickup stolen from Vancouver into an occupied police vehicle, injuring two officers, in southeast Portland. Read story

Clark County Law Library adds driver’s license suspension self-help appeal kit

March 8, 2023, 5:45am Clark County News

The Clark County Law Library this week announced the addition of a new driver’s license suspension appeal kit to its self-help kits. Read story

Kenneth M Debruyn, 40, of Vancouver

Clark County Sheriff’s Office searches for shooting suspect; one wounded

Kenneth M Debruyn, 40, of Vancouver

March 6, 2023, 5:00pm Clark County News

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the suspect in a shooting that left a man wounded early Monday morning in Hazel Dell. The suspect, identified by detectives as Kenneth M. Debruyn, 40, of Vancouver, is considered armed and dangerous. Read story

Vancouver firefighters find attic ablaze

March 6, 2023, 3:19pm Clark County News

Firefighters quickly extinguished an attic fire Sunday evening at a home in central Vancouver’s Maplewood neighborhood. Read story

Cowlitz County Deputies Landen Jones, left, and James Doyle after rescuing Nathan Mueller of Vancouver and his dog from a ledge above the Kalama River on Sunday afternoon.

Vancouver man, dog rescued from ledge

Cowlitz County Deputies Landen Jones, left, and James Doyle after rescuing Nathan Mueller of Vancouver and his dog from a ledge above the Kalama River on Sunday afternoon.

March 6, 2023, 12:07pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man and his dog were rescued Sunday afternoon after becoming stuck on a ledge about 100 feet above the Kalama River. Read story