Courts & Crime

Beds, a toilet and sink sit inside a jail cell at the Clark County Jail.

Clark County Jail to bill Medicaid for medications for alcohol and opioid use disorder

May 30, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Health

The Clark County Jail will be able to bill Medicaid for specific inmate services for the first time starting in July 2025. The Washington State Health Care Authority will give the county a maximum of $2.5 million to implement the services. Read story

Clark County Sheriff’s Office IDs all victims in child sexual exploitation investigation

May 29, 2024, 5:45pm Clark County News

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday its special victims unit has identified all potential victims in a child sexual exploitation investigation of an Oregon man. Read story

National Women’s Coalition Against Violence and Exploitation to host volunteer orientation

May 29, 2024, 5:43pm Clark County Health

The National Women’s Coalition Against Violence and Exploitation is hosting a volunteer orientation June 18. Read story

Cars and trucks travel past the upgraded La Center junction on Interstate 5. The upgrades were paid for by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.

Cowlitz Indian Tribe seeks to expand its police force, hopes law proposed by Cantwell will help

May 29, 2024, 5:22pm Clark County News

A shortage of police officers means the Cowlitz Indian Tribal Public Safety Department is struggling to keep up with an increase in calls since the pandemic began, officials say. Read story

The Southwest Washington Equity Coalition is one of 10 plaintiffs named on a lawsuit to stop the implementation of Initiative 2081, which opens up children’s health records and other private materials to parents. The measure was approved March 4 during the state Legislature's short session.

‘Parents’ bill of rights’ legislation includes vague language, could lead to discrimination, says lawsuit

May 29, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News

A group of parents, equity organizations and the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington are suing the state to prevent the implementation of a conservative-backed measure, known as the “parents’ bill of rights,” the Legislature approved earlier this year. Read story

Woodland man in court after alleged DUI crash that killed good Samaritan on Interstate 5

Guadalupe V. Munoz, 44, appears Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and driving under the influence. He’s accused of striking a firetruck that had responded to a prior crash and then striking two pedestrians who had stopped to help, killing one and injuring the other.

A Woodland man is accused of driving with a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit Friday when he crashed into a firetruck and two people, killing one and injuring the other, on Interstate 5 near La Center. Read story

Courts & Crime

Clark County Jail to bill Medicaid for medications for alcohol and opioid use disorder

Clark County Sheriff’s Office IDs all victims in child sexual exploitation investigation

National Women’s Coalition Against Violence and Exploitation to host volunteer orientation

Cowlitz Indian Tribe seeks to expand its police force, hopes law proposed by Cantwell will help

‘Parents’ bill of rights’ legislation includes vague language, could lead to discrimination, says lawsuit

Fire sprinklers dampen flames from apparent arson at Hazel Dell church

Woodland man in court after alleged DUI crash that killed good Samaritan on Interstate 5

Man sentenced to almost 9 years in prison for holding two at gunpoint in Orchards gas station incident

Crash on I-5 near La Center kills Vader woman Friday

Segura guilty of murder in death of Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota