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Inmates at Larch Corrections Center exercise in the yard in 2009.

Larch Corrections Center’s employees fighting to keep facility open, plan town hall

Inmates at Larch Corrections Center exercise in the yard in 2009.

July 4, 2023, 6:14am Clark County News

Staff at Larch Corrections Center will hold a town hall Thursday evening in Battle Ground as part of their efforts to keep the facility open. Read story

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Man sentenced to federal prison for stealing from coin-cashing machines

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June 29, 2023, 5:56pm Clark County News

A Las Vegas man was sentenced Thursday to four years in federal prison for disguising himself as a coin-cashing employee and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from machines in multiple states, including Washington. Read story

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Motorcyclist killed in crash in Orchards area

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June 29, 2023, 1:27pm Clark County News

A motorcyclist was killed Thursday morning after colliding with a pickup that turned into his path in the Orchards area, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Read story

Jaden Laurance

Vancouver police say missing boy, 14, located safe in west Vancouver

Jaden Laurance

June 28, 2023, 10:47am Clark County News

UPDATE: Jaden Laurance was located safe Friday in west Vancouver, according to Vancouver police. Read story

A shrinking inmate population and changes in the Washington Department of Corrections' graduated reentry program may result in the closure of Larch Corrections Center's Silver Star unit, which can house up to 240 people.

Larch Corrections Center to close this fall, says Washington Department of Corrections

A shrinking inmate population and changes in the Washington Department of Corrections' graduated reentry program may result in the closure of Larch Corrections Center's Silver Star unit, which can house up to 240 people.

June 26, 2023, 3:10pm Clark County News

The Washington Department of Corrections announced Monday it plans to close Larch Corrections Center this fall, citing declining incarceration trends. Read story

Vancouver police chased a stolen vehicle into Oregon, where it crashed into a MAX train before the three suspects were arrested.

Vancouver police chase into Portland ends with suspects crashing into MAX train

Vancouver police chased a stolen vehicle into Oregon, where it crashed into a MAX train before the three suspects were arrested.

June 16, 2023, 7:35am Clark County News

A drive-by shooting in east Vancouver and ensuing police chase ended with a stolen vehicle pinned by a MAX train after crossing the Steele Bridge in Portland.  Read story

Daybreak Youth Services is pictured in Brush Prairie in 2019.

Daybreak Youth Services suspends clinical services

Daybreak Youth Services is pictured in Brush Prairie in 2019.

June 14, 2023, 5:58pm Business

Daybreak Youth Services announced Wednesday it is temporarily suspending its clinical operations after the Department of Health revoked its licenses late last month and sought a temporary restraining order. Read story

Two people displaced by two-alarm house fire in Walnut Grove

June 14, 2023, 5:32pm Clark County News

Two people were displaced by a two-alarm house fire Wednesday afternoon in Vancouver’s Walnut Grove neighborhood. 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

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

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6-year-old boy allegedly abducted in Clark County by mother recovered in Oregon

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June 6, 2023, 11:18am Clark County News

A woman was arrested early Tuesday morning in Eastern Oregon after allegedly taking her 6-year-old son from his father’s Minnehaha area home. Read story