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The Vancouver Fire Department was called to help Vancouver police at 6 p.m. Saturday with a man on the roof of Little Conejo, 114 W. Sixth St. The man later climbed out onto communication wires above the street.

Suspect went on a crime spree, Vancouver police say, then tried to escape by shimmying across telephone wires

The Vancouver Fire Department was called to help Vancouver police at 6 p.m. Saturday with a man on the roof of Little Conejo, 114 W. Sixth St. The man later climbed out onto communication wires above the street.

March 25, 2024, 2:30pm Clark County News

What started as a report of a vehicle prowl Saturday ended with a theft suspect trying to escape by shimmying across telephone wires over West Sixth Street in downtown Vancouver for nearly an hour. Read story

Shoppers make their way into Vancouver Mall on in June 2022.

Vancouver Mall working with police to identify suspect in Friday’s gun incident

Shoppers make their way into Vancouver Mall on in June 2022.

March 25, 2024, 2:29pm Business

Vancouver police are investigating a Friday altercation involving a gun at Vancouver Mall that left mall customers scared but uninjured. Read story

The Vancouver Fire Department was called to help Vancouver police at 6 p.m. Saturday with a man on the roof of Little Conejo, 114 W. Sixth St. The man then climbed out onto communication wires above the street.

Man dangling from communication wires falls onto fire engine, prompts street closure in downtown Vancouver

The Vancouver Fire Department was called to help Vancouver police at 6 p.m. Saturday with a man on the roof of Little Conejo, 114 W. Sixth St. The man then climbed out onto communication wires above the street.

March 24, 2024, 11:17am Clark County News

First responders Saturday evening shut down a portion of West Sixth Street in downtown Vancouver for a man who climbed out onto communication wires and dangled from them for nearly an hour. Read story

A previously taken photo of a 2001 black Ford F-150 that was reported stolen Saturday from a Hockinson house where a woman was fatally shot. The pickup has Washington license plates C73655Y. The Clark County Sheriff's Office said the occupants of the pickup should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone who locates the pickup should call 911 and not approach the vehicle.

Woman shot, killed in apparent burglary at Hockinson house; Clark County deputies searching for stolen pickup

A previously taken photo of a 2001 black Ford F-150 that was reported stolen Saturday from a Hockinson house where a woman was fatally shot. The pickup has Washington license plates C73655Y. The Clark County Sheriff's Office said the occupants of the pickup should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone who locates the pickup should call 911 and not approach the vehicle.

March 24, 2024, 10:32am Clark County News

A woman was found fatally shot inside her Hockinson house Saturday in an apparent burglary in which a pickup was stolen, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Read story

An RV sits across the street from Clark College, along Fort Vancouver Way. The RVs parked on the street had to move by Friday.

Clark College to receive $1 million to develop a program to teach maintenance of electric vehicles

An RV sits across the street from Clark College, along Fort Vancouver Way. The RVs parked on the street had to move by Friday.

March 23, 2024, 10:18am Clark County News

Clark College will receive $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Labor to develop a new clean energy technical education program that teaches students how to manufacture and repair electric vehicles, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., announced Friday. Read story

Kathy Driver holds her 11-year-old Shih Tzu Cooper. Driver&rsquo;s spouse died in 2022, and she could no longer stay in the home they shared.

Widow: ‘I lost my partner, my best friend and then my home all at the same time’

Kathy Driver holds her 11-year-old Shih Tzu Cooper. Driver&rsquo;s spouse died in 2022, and she could no longer stay in the home they shared.

March 23, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News

With a small smile, Kathy Driver gently placed a framed photograph on the kitchen counter in her RV home. Read story

An "Adventure Park Not Welcome Sign" is staked into the ground on the west side of Washougal River Road near the Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School/Canyon Creek Middle School campus in Washougal on Saturday, Oct. 28.

Despite moratorium, worries about Skamania County ‘adventure park’ persist

An "Adventure Park Not Welcome Sign" is staked into the ground on the west side of Washougal River Road near the Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School/Canyon Creek Middle School campus in Washougal on Saturday, Oct. 28.

March 23, 2024, 6:10am Business

A group of Skamania County residents say they fear the county’s moratorium on recreational applications won’t be enough to keep a proposed adventure park from being built. Read story

A rendering shows a design concept for the future Camas-Washougal Fire Department headquarters station in downtown Camas. Camas officials hope to build the new $26 million Fire Station 41 on city-owned land along Northeast Fourth Avenue, on a site currently housing City Hall Annex offices and a city staff parking lot.

New Camas fire station headquarters will cost $26M

A rendering shows a design concept for the future Camas-Washougal Fire Department headquarters station in downtown Camas. Camas officials hope to build the new $26 million Fire Station 41 on city-owned land along Northeast Fourth Avenue, on a site currently housing City Hall Annex offices and a city staff parking lot.

March 23, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

The city council is getting closer to asking voters in August to approve $26.3 million in bonds for a new headquarters fire station to be built at 528 N.E. Fourth Ave., the former site of a Bank of America branch. Read story

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files Local television stations and local AM/FM radio stations in Washington continue to find viewers, including in gyms, like the Planet Fitness location in Hazel Dell.

From The Newsroom: TV, radio do well in Washington

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files Local television stations and local AM/FM radio stations in Washington continue to find viewers, including in gyms, like the Planet Fitness location in Hazel Dell.

March 23, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

As I’ve told you a number of times, newspaper readership is down and online news readership is up. That’s true all around the country; we see it reflected at The Columbian, where our digital-only subscribers now outnumber our print subscribers. Read story

The city of Washougal&rsquo;s wastewater treatment plant will soon receive a $34.5 million upgrade.

Washougal gets $966K from feds for wastewater treatment project

The city of Washougal&rsquo;s wastewater treatment plant will soon receive a $34.5 million upgrade.

March 23, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

The city of Washougal has received another infusion of cash from the federal government to help build a wastewater treatment plant biosolids-handling facility and to decommission its wastewater treatment lagoon. Read story