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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

Clark County Fire District 6 firefighters walk around the site of a fire Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Whipple Creek Business Park in Salmon Creek. No one was injured in the two-alarm fire that started late Tuesday night, but at least seven businesses were destroyed.

Two-alarm blaze destroys at least seven Salmon Creek businessesvideo icon

Clark County Fire District 6 firefighters walk around the site of a fire Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Whipple Creek Business Park in Salmon Creek. No one was injured in the two-alarm fire that started late Tuesday night, but at least seven businesses were destroyed.

June 7, 2023, 11:29am Clark County News

A two-alarm, fast-moving blaze destroyed at least seven businesses in a Salmon Creek industrial complex. No one was injured in the fire that started late Tuesday night. Read story

World class double bassist Xavier Foley, right, answers questions from fascinated Jason Lee Middle School students on Tuesday at the school.

World-class bassist hits the right note at Vancouver middle schoolsvideo icon

World class double bassist Xavier Foley, right, answers questions from fascinated Jason Lee Middle School students on Tuesday at the school.

May 30, 2023, 8:09pm Clark County News

Classrooms are rowdy. Band rehearsal rooms are usually worse. Read story

Restored Lelooska totem pole moves into new Kalama homevideo icon

May 29, 2023, 8:40am Latest News

Nearly 50 years after it was raised at the Port of Kalama, the iconic 140-foot Lelooska totem pole was moved into its new home earlier this month. Read story

Head coach Matt Newman hoists the championship trophy as the Columbia River boys soccer team celebrates its 2A state championship after a 4-2 win over North Kitsap at Renton Memorial Stadium on Saturday, May 27, 2023.

2A state soccer: Big second half sends Columbia River to state championshipvideo icon

Head coach Matt Newman hoists the championship trophy as the Columbia River boys soccer team celebrates its 2A state championship after a 4-2 win over North Kitsap at Renton Memorial Stadium on Saturday, May 27, 2023.

May 27, 2023, 9:33pm Photos

Rapids score three unanswered goals to beat North Kitsap 4-2 Read story

Seton Catholic’s Alexis Leone runs in first place trailed by Port Townsend’s Aliyah Yearian of the Class 1A girls 3,200 meters at the 1A/2B/1B state track and field championships on Saturday, May 27, 2023, in Yakima.

1A/2B/1B state track and field: Seton Catholic’s Alexis Leone doubles up as state champion in girls 3,200 metersvideo icon

Seton Catholic’s Alexis Leone runs in first place trailed by Port Townsend’s Aliyah Yearian of the Class 1A girls 3,200 meters at the 1A/2B/1B state track and field championships on Saturday, May 27, 2023, in Yakima.

May 27, 2023, 2:36pm Prep Sports

The heat bearing down on the Zaepfel Stadium track made Alexis Leone feel like her feet were on fire. The elements presented a challenge for the Seton Catholic junior as she ran her final race of the Class 1A state track and field championships, the girls 3,200 meters,… Read story

Battle Ground and Skyview players pose for photos after both 4A Greater St. Helens League teams saw their seasons come to an end at the Class 4A state softball tournament on Friday, May 26, 2023, in Richland.

4A state softball: Skyview, Battle Ground softball teams eliminated on first day of tournamentvideo icon

Battle Ground and Skyview players pose for photos after both 4A Greater St. Helens League teams saw their seasons come to an end at the Class 4A state softball tournament on Friday, May 26, 2023, in Richland.

May 26, 2023, 11:13pm Prep Sports

As the saying goes, misery loves company. Skyview and Battle Ground’s softball teams have had their fair share of back-and-forth games in recent memory. The two 4A Greater St. Helens League programs finished second and third, respectively, at last season’s Class 4A state tournament, and were on a… Read story

Ridgefield's Maizy Whitlow celebrates her grand slam as she approaches home plate in the third inning of a 21-3 win over Cedarcrest in the quarterfinals of the 2A state softball tournament Friday in Selah.

2A State Softball: Ridgefield rolls into semifinals with two lopsided winsvideo icon

Ridgefield's Maizy Whitlow celebrates her grand slam as she approaches home plate in the third inning of a 21-3 win over Cedarcrest in the quarterfinals of the 2A state softball tournament Friday in Selah.

May 26, 2023, 7:22pm Latest News

The hits came in such abundance for the Ridgefield softball team on Friday, Maizy Whitlow didn’t realize she just had the grandest hit of all. Read story

Washougal’s Sydnee Boothby rounds a turn as she starts the third lap of the 1600-meter finals at the WIAA 2A/3A/4A State Track and Field Championships on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

4A/3A/2A state track: Washougal’s Boothby second in 1,600 as part of busy weekendvideo icon

Washougal’s Sydnee Boothby rounds a turn as she starts the third lap of the 1600-meter finals at the WIAA 2A/3A/4A State Track and Field Championships on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

May 25, 2023, 8:22pm Prep Sports

The Washougal High senior did what she always likes to do on the track: lead a race from the start, and in the case of the first day of the Class 4A/3A/2A state track and field championship Thursday at Mount Tahoma Stadium, she led by a wide margin, too.  Read story