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Clark County District Court

WA budget boosts public defense funding but Clark County chief defender still hoping for more

May 8, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

While Clark County’s chief public defender says he’s grateful the Legislature more than doubled funding for public defense services in its new budget, he still wishes the state would do… Read story

‘I stand tall now’: Clark County’s Community Court celebrates participants’ success

April 18, 2025, 4:36pm Clark County News

The scene during Friday afternoon’s second anniversary celebration for Clark County’s Community Court was far from a typical day at court. Participants, service providers and county officials shared laughs, tears… Read story

Members of the Clark County Council talk with Clark County Sheriff John Horch on April 9, 2025. The council considered Wednesday placing tax measures on the November ballot to fund staffing requests from the sheriff and other criminal justice departments.

Clark County Council urged to wait until November to ask voters for money for jail expansion, additional deputies

Members of the Clark County Council talk with Clark County Sheriff John Horch on April 9, 2025. The council considered Wednesday placing tax measures on the November ballot to fund staffing requests from the sheriff and other criminal justice departments.

April 18, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News

Clark County should wait until the November general election to ask voters to fund hundreds of millions of dollars in local criminal justice staffing needs and a jail remodel, the county manager advised councilors on Wednesday. Read story

A GPS monitor affixed to a domestic violence offender’s ankle tracks movements in relation to places a court has prohibited the suspect from being, such as near the victim’s home, school or workplace.

Tiffany Hill Act: After 5 years, Clark is still the only county to adopt GPS monitoring for domestic violence casesvideo icon

A GPS monitor affixed to a domestic violence offender’s ankle tracks movements in relation to places a court has prohibited the suspect from being, such as near the victim’s home, school or workplace.

March 29, 2025, 6:14am Clark County News

When a Camas man violated a court order barring him from returning to his estranged wife’s house, police knew right away. Read story

Luanne Conner speaks to court participants in American Sign Language following a hearing Nov. 21 at Clark County’s Family Law Annex. This year, the court has provided interpreters in more than 40 languages, with the most common being Spanish, Chuukese and Russian.

100 interpreters and 40 languages: Clark County courts program makes sure everyone understands the proceedings

Luanne Conner speaks to court participants in American Sign Language following a hearing Nov. 21 at Clark County’s Family Law Annex. This year, the court has provided interpreters in more than 40 languages, with the most common being Spanish, Chuukese and Russian.

December 2, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

When a teenage girl sought a domestic violence protection order, she marked on the form she needed an American Sign Language interpreter. From then on, Luanne Conner appeared at each hearing to interpret the judge’s orders into ASL, ensuring the girl and the person she sought protection from understood. Read story

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

Clark County courts grapple with statewide network systems outage

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

November 15, 2024, 1:14pm Clark County News

Clark County courts have been grappling with the impacts of an outage of statewide courts systems that have led to delays in some case filings, among other issues. Read story

Trenton Berry of Vancouver wears an alcohol monitor after his DUI conviction. A grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission funds alcohol monitoring for indigent people convicted of DUIs in Clark County District Court.

Wearing an ankle monitor after a DUI conviction is a ‘thousand times better than jail’

Trenton Berry of Vancouver wears an alcohol monitor after his DUI conviction. A grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission funds alcohol monitoring for indigent people convicted of DUIs in Clark County District Court.

November 2, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News

For Vancouver resident Trenton Berry, the punishment for a 2021 drunken driving crash means he can’t take his young daughter to the park. He can’t go see a movie whenever he wants. He can’t go out to eat at his favorite restaurant. Read story

Administrators with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office attend a Clark County Council work session Wednesday at the Public Service Center in Vancouver. They asked the council to add 40 new deputies to their ranks during a meeting with other local criminal justice officials.

Clark County manager says Vancouver’s Prop. 4 would take millions out of county’s budget

Administrators with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office attend a Clark County Council work session Wednesday at the Public Service Center in Vancouver. They asked the council to add 40 new deputies to their ranks during a meeting with other local criminal justice officials.

October 24, 2024, 12:21pm Clark County News

Local criminal justice officials sounded the alarm Tuesday at a Clark County Council work session over what the passage of Vancouver’s Proposition 4, which would add 80 new police officers, could mean for what they say is already a strained system. Read story

Clark County District Court Judge Kristen Parcher is the presiding judge in the court. District Court  says it will no longer file probation violations amid a shortage of public defenders.

Clark County District Court cuts back on probation violation filings to deal with ‘unprecedented’ cases

Clark County District Court Judge Kristen Parcher is the presiding judge in the court. District Court  says it will no longer file probation violations amid a shortage of public defenders.

September 25, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News

Clark County District Court officials say they are cutting back on filings of probation violations in order to address a shortage of available defense attorneys amid “unprecedented” misdemeanor and municipal case filings. Read story

Judge James Smith speaks to the crowd at the Clark County Courthouse in August 2021.

District Court Judge James Smith tops poll for Clark County’s next Superior Court position

Judge James Smith speaks to the crowd at the Clark County Courthouse in August 2021.

July 29, 2024, 3:03pm Clark County News

Attorneys in Clark County have selected who they prefer to become the county’s newest Superior Court judge; their pick is currently a judge in District Court. Read story