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Clark County sheriff's Deputy Drew Kennison returns to work Tuesday, five months after he was injured when his SUV was crushed Feb. 22 by a portion of a snow-heavy tree in Skamania County.

Clark County deputy back at work months after SUV crushed by snow-covered treevideo icon

Clark County sheriff's Deputy Drew Kennison returns to work Tuesday, five months after he was injured when his SUV was crushed Feb. 22 by a portion of a snow-heavy tree in Skamania County.

July 26, 2023, 1:31pm Clark County News

Clark County sheriff’s Deputy Drew Kennison returned to work Tuesday, five months after he was injured when his SUV was crushed Feb. 22 by a portion of a snow-heavy tree in Skamania County. Read story

A large commercial fire in Longview spread smoke across Southwest Washington. The fire was first reported about 6:40 p.m. Tuesday evening at Nippon Dynawave Packaging off Industrial Way in Longview.

Longview commercial fire spreads smoke across SW Washington, lowering air quality in Clark Countyvideo icon

A large commercial fire in Longview spread smoke across Southwest Washington. The fire was first reported about 6:40 p.m. Tuesday evening at Nippon Dynawave Packaging off Industrial Way in Longview.

July 19, 2023, 7:04pm Clark County Health Free

A major fire in wood chip piles at a Longview paper mill Tuesday evening left surprised Clark County residents waking up to smoky, unhealthy air Wednesday morning. Read story

A rendering showing the nearly complete design of the Main Street Promise project. Construction on the multimillion-dollar downtown Vancouver project is slated to begin early next year.

Main Street Promise: Vancouver fine-tunes design for 10-block zonevideo icon

A rendering showing the nearly complete design of the Main Street Promise project. Construction on the multimillion-dollar downtown Vancouver project is slated to begin early next year.

July 19, 2023, 6:09am Business

The city of Vancouver is finalizing its plan to spend millions of dollars on the reconstruction of Main Street to enhance downtown and improve pedestrian access. Read story

It was standing-room only during a Thursday evening town hall in July at the Battle Ground Community Library to discuss the closure of Larch Corrections Center.

Larch Corrections Center employees talk education, work programs during town hall to keep facility openvideo icon

It was standing-room only during a Thursday evening town hall in July at the Battle Ground Community Library to discuss the closure of Larch Corrections Center.

July 6, 2023, 11:09pm Clark County News

Larch Corrections Center staff highlighted the facility’s education and work programs — most notably, its partnership with the Department of Natural Resources to fight wildfires — during a town hall Thursday evening, organized to keep the camp open. Read story

Crime scene tents mark where shell casings lie as Vancouver Police officers stand in the Heights Shopping Center parking lot on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the site of a fatal shooting.

Robbery suspect fatally shot by Vancouver police had a note, wig, pipe bombvideo icon

Crime scene tents mark where shell casings lie as Vancouver Police officers stand in the Heights Shopping Center parking lot on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the site of a fatal shooting.

June 30, 2023, 12:31pm Clark County News

Investigators said they found a handwritten robbery note, a wig and a pipe bomb in the vehicle Joshua Wilson was driving shortly before he was fatally shot by police May 30. Read story

People watch Titan VanCoug manager Dawn Freeman, second from right, and classroom support technician Mark Owens, right, work on the blooming corpse flower Friday, June 30, 2023, at WSU Vancouver.

WSU Vancouver’s corpse flower Titan VanCoug is back and bloomingvideo icon

People watch Titan VanCoug manager Dawn Freeman, second from right, and classroom support technician Mark Owens, right, work on the blooming corpse flower Friday, June 30, 2023, at WSU Vancouver.

June 30, 2023, 10:51am Clark County News

Washington State University’s resident corpse flower, Titan VanCoug, bloomed yet again Friday, releasing its famed stench throughout the school’s Science and Engineering Building for excited visitors. Read story

Workers for State Grid, China's state utility company, work in the field using RealWear's headset. The Vancouver-based company earned international recognition with its industrial-strength, smart headsets.

Vancouver-based RealWear receives international honor from XR Today Awardsvideo icon

Workers for State Grid, China's state utility company, work in the field using RealWear's headset. The Vancouver-based company earned international recognition with its industrial-strength, smart headsets.

June 27, 2023, 6:09am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Hometown company RealWear took home international recognition recently, winning an award for Best Manufacturing and Industrial Solution at the annual XR Today Awards. Read story

Joshua James Wilson, 43, captured on surveillance video pointing a gun at Vancouver police Officer Brandon Riedel during a chase May 30 through a central Vancouver shopping center parking lot. Riedel and three other officers subsequently shot Wilson, killing him. The video notes Wilson's finger appears to be on the trigger.

Officers fired 20 times at armed robbery suspect in fatal shooting at Vancouver shopping centervideo icon

Joshua James Wilson, 43, captured on surveillance video pointing a gun at Vancouver police Officer Brandon Riedel during a chase May 30 through a central Vancouver shopping center parking lot. Riedel and three other officers subsequently shot Wilson, killing him. The video notes Wilson's finger appears to be on the trigger.

June 13, 2023, 12:28pm Clark County News

Investigators say the four officers who fatally shot Joshua James Wilson on May 30 in a central Vancouver shopping center parking lot had fired 20 shots, striking Wilson an estimated six times, according to a video update released Monday night. Read story

This screenshot from Vancouver Police Department critical incident video shows armed robbery suspect 43-year-old Joshua James Wilson of Vancouver running westbound through the parking lot of the Heights Shopping Center on May 30. Wilson was fatally shot by police.

Vancouver police bodycam footage of fatal shooting releasedvideo icon

This screenshot from Vancouver Police Department critical incident video shows armed robbery suspect 43-year-old Joshua James Wilson of Vancouver running westbound through the parking lot of the Heights Shopping Center on May 30. Wilson was fatally shot by police.

June 9, 2023, 5:01pm Clark County News

Body camera footage released Friday by the Vancouver Police Department shows Joshua James Wilson pointed a handgun at an officer before that officer and others fatally shot him May 30 in a central Vancouver shopping center parking lot. Read story

Commuters step onto a new fully electric C-Tran bus on Wednesday at the 99th Street Transit Center in Vancouver. The transit agency has nine of the buses on the street, with another idled due to a software problem.

C-Tran electric buses hit the road in Clark Countyvideo icon

Commuters step onto a new fully electric C-Tran bus on Wednesday at the 99th Street Transit Center in Vancouver. The transit agency has nine of the buses on the street, with another idled due to a software problem.

June 8, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

At a recent C-Tran board meeting, a bus sat within view, no more than 15 yards away and separated by just a wall of windows, from the board of directors. It looked like the typical bus; 40 feet long, gray and black, but when it turned on and drove around… Read story