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Battle Ground man gets 20 years for exploiting children online

April 11, 2025, 5:09pm Clark County News

A Battle Ground man was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting three children on social media. Read story

Vancouver man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on drug, gun trafficking charges

March 24, 2025, 4:50pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for drug and gun trafficking charges. Read story

Keith M. Altamirano, 52, appears Feb. 20 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree attempted murder, vehicular assault and hit-and-run resulting in injury. He was arrested Tuesday on federal fraud charges in connection with his Vancouver tax preparation business.

Vancouver man arrested on federal fraud charges; he also faces attempted murder charge in Clark County

Keith M. Altamirano, 52, appears Feb. 20 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree attempted murder, vehicular assault and hit-and-run resulting in injury. He was arrested Tuesday on federal fraud charges in connection with his Vancouver tax preparation business.

March 19, 2025, 4:53pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man who is facing an attempted murder charge in Clark County was arrested Tuesday on federal fraud charges in connection with his local tax preparation business. Read story

A “stake house” is seen Jan. 27, 2016, on Northeast 29th Avenue in Ridgefield.

Woman files $25M lawsuit against Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over abuse by adoptive Ridgefield dad

A “stake house” is seen Jan. 27, 2016, on Northeast 29th Avenue in Ridgefield.

February 17, 2025, 4:50pm Churches & Religion

A woman has filed a $25 million federal lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints alleging church leadership failed to report allegations of sex abuse by her Ridgefield adoptive father. Read story

The federal courthouse in Tacoma.

Vancouver man sentenced to 9 months in prison for tax fraud charges

The federal courthouse in Tacoma.

February 11, 2025, 4:26pm Business

An unlicensed Vancouver tax preparer was sentenced Monday to nine months in prison and four months of electronic home confinement for federal tax fraud charges for operating a business that filed false tax documents on behalf of immigrants. Read story

Dawnese Sahota, left, wife of slain Vancouver Police Officer Donald Sahota, attends the 2023 Clark County Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony at the Public Service Center in Vancouver. Officer Donald Sahota was killed while off-duty in January 2022.

Officer Donald Sahota’s widow files lawsuit against Clark County, ‘trigger happy’ sheriff’s deputy who shot him

Dawnese Sahota, left, wife of slain Vancouver Police Officer Donald Sahota, attends the 2023 Clark County Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony at the Public Service Center in Vancouver. Officer Donald Sahota was killed while off-duty in January 2022.

February 10, 2025, 1:49pm Clark County News

The widow of former Vancouver police Officer Donald Sahota has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit alleging Clark County failed to properly train the “trigger happy” sheriff’s deputy who mistakenly shot her husband in 2022 and that the shooting was unreasonable and reckless. Read story

Clark County Fire District 6 recently hosted a push-in ceremony to officially welcome the addition of its new Pierce fire engines.

Federal judge dismisses racial discrimination suit filed by Black former fire recruit against Clark County Fire District 6

Clark County Fire District 6 recently hosted a push-in ceremony to officially welcome the addition of its new Pierce fire engines.

January 10, 2025, 5:50pm Clark County News

A federal judge has dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a Black former fire recruit against Clark County Fire District 6. Read story

The federal courthouse in Tacoma.

Clark County couple fined $20,000 for violating federal law, altering pollution systems on more than 350 trucks

The federal courthouse in Tacoma.

November 5, 2024, 3:57pm Business

The owners of two Clark County automotive businesses were sentenced Monday to home confinement for violations of the federal Clean Air Act for tampering with emission monitoring systems in more than 350 diesel trucks. Read story

Video footage caught Benjamin J. Silva of Yacolt forcefully pushing past police lines at the tunnel entrance of the Capitol building’s Lower West Terrace, and placing one hand against an officer’s riot shield, according to a federal affidavit.

Yacolt man sentenced to 4 months in prison for involvement in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Video footage caught Benjamin J. Silva of Yacolt forcefully pushing past police lines at the tunnel entrance of the Capitol building’s Lower West Terrace, and placing one hand against an officer’s riot shield, according to a federal affidavit.

September 17, 2024, 5:08pm Clark County News

A Yacolt man was sentenced Tuesday to four months in federal prison for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol and disruption of a joint session of Congress convened to confirm the 2020 presidential election results. Read story

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Ridgefield man connected to white supremacists gets 13 years in federal prison for drug, gun crimes

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September 16, 2024, 10:51am Clark County News

A Ridgefield man was sentenced Friday to 13 years in federal prison for drug and gun crimes in connection with a white supremacist prison gang. Read story