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$16 million verdict upheld in Camas asbestos case

March 30, 2023, 6:55pm Business

The Washington Court of Appeals recently upheld a $16.67 million jury verdict in favor of Sherrie Holdsworth, who lost her husband, Kevan — a former Camas paper mill employee —… Read story

Upgraded murder charge filed in fatal stabbing of Monica ‘Star’ Murrah

March 30, 2023, 5:47pm Clark County News

Prosecutors have filed an upgraded murder charge against a Vancouver man accused of fatally stabbing his estranged wife in November 2021. Read story

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

Threats of violence at Thomas Jefferson Middle School not credible, Clark County Sheriff’s Office says

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

March 30, 2023, 4:07pm Clark County News

Recent threats of violence reported at Thomas Jefferson Middle School were found not to be credible, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Read story

A truck crashed Sunday near the 35000 block of Northeast Washougal River Road. The Clark County Sheriff's Office identified the driver who was killed in the crash as Corey Hermance of Camas.

Camas man killed in pickup crash Sunday on Washougal River Road

A truck crashed Sunday near the 35000 block of Northeast Washougal River Road. The Clark County Sheriff's Office identified the driver who was killed in the crash as Corey Hermance of Camas.

March 29, 2023, 12:04pm Clark County News

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office identified a Camas man as the person who died after he crashed a stolen pickup into a tree Sunday along Northeast Washougal River Road. Read story

Firearms and suspected drugs, including fentanyl pills, seized in connection with a drug trafficking investigation tied to a white supremacist prison gang. A Ridgefield man was one of 27 people federally indicted in connection with the trafficking ring.

Ridgefield man indicted in connection with a drug trafficking ring

Firearms and suspected drugs, including fentanyl pills, seized in connection with a drug trafficking investigation tied to a white supremacist prison gang. A Ridgefield man was one of 27 people federally indicted in connection with the trafficking ring.

March 27, 2023, 4:58pm Clark County News

A Ridgefield man is one of 27 people indicted by a grand jury in connection with a drug trafficking ring tied to a white supremacist prison gang. Read story

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Oregon man gets 26 years for shooting at Clark County sheriff’s deputy

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

March 27, 2023, 4:43pm Clark County News

An Oregon man was sentenced Monday to more than 26 years in prison for shooting at a pursuing Clark County sheriff’s deputy in March 2022 while fleeing the scene of a robbery at a Hazel Dell store. Read story

Austin A. Bell, 21, appears Monday in Clark County Superior Court on a warrant for charges of first-degree murder, first-degree assault and drive-by shooting. He's charged as an accomplice in a March 11 fatal shooting outside a Safeway on Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver.

Second suspect in fatal shooting outside Vancouver Safeway held on $1M bail

Austin A. Bell, 21, appears Monday in Clark County Superior Court on a warrant for charges of first-degree murder, first-degree assault and drive-by shooting. He's charged as an accomplice in a March 11 fatal shooting outside a Safeway on Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver.

March 27, 2023, 12:20pm Clark County News

A judge ordered a Portland man be held on $1 million bail in connection with the March 11 fatal shooting outside a Safeway on Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver. Read story

Ric Bishop, who ran the Clark County corrections division for nearly a decade, is the jails liaison for the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.

Washington jails have among the highest death rates in the U.S. A new law to explain why it isn’t working.

Ric Bishop, who ran the Clark County corrections division for nearly a decade, is the jails liaison for the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.

March 27, 2023, 7:42am Courts & Crime

Last year, a 36-year-old man died alone in a basement cell in an Eastern Washington jail. Read story

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Man dies after crashing stolen truck on Washougal River Road, says sheriff

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March 26, 2023, 5:22pm Clark County News

A male driver was fatally injured Sunday after he crashed a stolen pickup into a tree along Northeast Washougal River Road, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Read story

Gregory S. Bailey, 59, appears Friday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide. He's accused of racing and driving drunk in an October crash that killed a Vancouver man.

Prosecutors: Vancouver man drunk, racing in fatal crash in October

Gregory S. Bailey, 59, appears Friday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide. He's accused of racing and driving drunk in an October crash that killed a Vancouver man.

March 24, 2023, 3:39pm Clark County News

Prosecutors say a Vancouver man was driving drunk and racing when he caused an October fatal crash in the Walnut Grove area. Read story