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Clark County Fire District 6 crews were dispatched at 3:55 p.m. Tuesday to 3109 N.E. 111th Circle for a residential structure fire. Cleanup efforts were stalled because of a potential gas leak.

Fire sparks small explosions at Sherwood house fire

Clark County Fire District 6 crews were dispatched at 3:55 p.m. Tuesday to 3109 N.E. 111th Circle for a residential structure fire. Cleanup efforts were stalled because of a potential gas leak.

March 30, 2021, 4:37pm Clark County News

Firefighters extinguished a house fire in Clark County’s Sherwood neighborhood late Tuesday afternoon, but cleanup efforts were stalled because of a potential gas leak. Read story

Clark County Fire District 6 crews were dispatched at 2:42 p.m. Tuesday to the 5700 block of Alki Road in West Hazel Dell for a report of a residential fire. The house that caught fire, which was originally built more than a century ago, may be salvageable, a fire spokesman said.

Crews quell blaze at West Hazel Dell house

Clark County Fire District 6 crews were dispatched at 2:42 p.m. Tuesday to the 5700 block of Alki Road in West Hazel Dell for a report of a residential fire. The house that caught fire, which was originally built more than a century ago, may be salvageable, a fire spokesman said.

March 30, 2021, 2:56pm Clark County News

Clark County Fire District 6 crews quickly extinguished a fire Tuesday at a house that was originally built more than a century ago.  Read story

Washington State Patrol Trooper Will Finn provided an update Tuesday, at agency’s headquarters in Vancouver, on an incident involving a 45-year-old Yacolt woman who jumped out of a Clark County sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle as it traveled southbound on Interstate 5 near Ridgefield. The woman, Sara Gottwig-Carr, is in critical condition at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.

Yacolt woman in critical condition after leaping from Clark County deputy’s SUV

Washington State Patrol Trooper Will Finn provided an update Tuesday, at agency’s headquarters in Vancouver, on an incident involving a 45-year-old Yacolt woman who jumped out of a Clark County sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle as it traveled southbound on Interstate 5 near Ridgefield. The woman, Sara Gottwig-Carr, is in critical condition at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.

March 30, 2021, 1:01pm Clark County News

A Yacolt woman who jumped out of Clark County sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle as it traveled south on Interstate 5 around noon on Monday remains hospitalized in critical condition.  Read story

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Vancouver man stabbed answering woman’s cries for help

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March 29, 2021, 6:06pm Clark County News

A 44-year-old man was stabbed when he intervened in an incident along the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail early Monday. Read story

Eugene Fletcher Scott, 44, formerly worked as a janitor at Shanahan’s but was let go for drug-related activity, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Vancouver man sentenced to 21 months for Shanahan’s Pub & Grill arson

Eugene Fletcher Scott, 44, formerly worked as a janitor at Shanahan’s but was let go for drug-related activity, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

March 26, 2021, 1:24pm Clark County News

A 44-year-old Vancouver man was sentenced Friday in Clark County Superior Court to 21 months in prison for intentionally setting fire to the roof of Shanahan’s Pub & Grill in January. Read story

A Vancouver Fire Department patch is seen here in the gear room of Fire Station 2 (The Columbian files)

Vancouver fire crews quickly extinguish apartment blaze

A Vancouver Fire Department patch is seen here in the gear room of Fire Station 2 (The Columbian files)

March 26, 2021, 11:16am Clark County News

Vancouver fire crews quickly extinguished an apartment fire Friday morning in the Mountain View neighborhood. Read story

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Vancouver man, 66, arrested for allegedly chasing teen driver, gun threat

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March 25, 2021, 1:25pm Clark County News

A 66-year-old Vancouver man allegedly chased and threatened a teenage driver with a gun because he believed the teen was driving recklessly, police said. Read story

What awaits Clark County judge Zimmerman if he returns to District Court bench?

March 25, 2021, 6:01am Clark County News

If Clark County District Court Judge Darvin Zimmerman returns to the bench — pending an investigation into comments he made critical of a local Black man killed by police — his workload will be limited, according to criminal justice officials. Read story

Rose Village house fire caused by faulty ceiling fan

March 22, 2021, 7:02pm Clark County News

A house fire Sunday in Vancouver's Rose Village neighborhood was caused by a faulty ceiling fan, according to a fire marshal. Read story

Smoking materials suspected in apartment fire

March 22, 2021, 7:02pm Clark County News

An apartment fire Sunday morning in east Vancouver was likely caused by discarded smoking materials, according to a fire marshal. Read story