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 Updated July 23, 2008
Pavel Kashul appears in Clark County Superior Court, where bail was set at $50,000. (TROY WAYRYNEN/The Columbian)
Bail set for road rage suspect Video File Attached
A judge set bail at $50,000 for road rage suspect Pavel Kashul, who turned himself in Tuesday. Kashul, 24, of Portland, made his first appear...

Police release bank robbery photo
This man is believed to have held up the same downtown Bank of America branch this week and last August. (Photo courtesy Vancouver Police Department)
Vancouver police Wednesday released photos of the man who held up the Bank of America, 805 Broadway, on Tuesday morning.   Detectives believe h...

Cedar tree fire blamed on arson
Vancouver police arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of setting fire Tuesday afternoon to a patch of trees that caused $2,000 in damage....

Forecast: Sunnier, warmer
The clouds should roll away by afternoon. If not, they at least will be gone by the weekend.   The forecast calls for cloudy skies into the ear...

Manhunt on after downtown bank robbed
TROY WAYRYNEN/The Columbian<p>
Vancouver police officers R. Rich, left, and Sgt. Greg Raquer help with a bank robbery investigation Tuesday at the Bank of America at 805 Broadway.
Police fanned out across downtown Vancouver Tuesday morning in search of a man who robbed the Bank of America at 805 Broadway.   Shortly after...

Natural gas rates may skyrocket
Northwest Natural’s Clark County gas customers may be sweating their bills when they turn on the heat this winter. Citing sharp increases in th...

Transportation council signs on to new bridge, light rail
Proponents of replacing the Interstate 5 Bridge have what they wanted: a loose consensus for building a new Columbia River crossing with light rail....

Boeing soars into unmanned aircraft market with acquisition
Boeing Co. could lift a fast-growing Columbia River Gorge aircraft business to new heights, under a nearly $400 million acquisition announced Tuesday....

Nonnative fish harming Columbia ecosystem, report says
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The Heuker family of Warrendale, Ore., caught these shad in May 2003.
Most Columbia River anglers have no reason to know the name Seth Green. Yet today’s Columbia River fish population would be dramatically differ...

Suspect in road rage incident surrenders Video File Attached
A suspect identified as Pavel Kashul stands near a white Toyota Matrix at the scene of a reported road rage incident on July 10. (STEVEN LANE/The Columbian)
Pavel Kashul, accused of exploding in a fit of road rage on the Interstate 5 Bridge nearly two weeks ago, turned himself in at the Clark County Jail o...

Visiting exhibit offers food for thought
The food that fed a growing nation is the subject of a Smithsonian Institution exhibit that will be on display for seven weeks at the Clark County &sh...

Numbers lie on false Caller IDs
When an elderly Vancouver man answered the phone at his home, he figured it was maybe a telemarketer or pollster he didn’t want to talk with &md...

Around the area July 23
VANCOUVER I-205 onramp will be closed Thursday night The onramp to Interstate 205 northbound from Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard wi...

Vital statistics July 23
BIRTHS SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER Laura and Chris Kendall Standridge, Vancouver, a girl, Lily Anne, July 7, 8 pounds, 13 o...

Correction July 23
Nonprofit organizations: An article on nonprofits that ran Sunday misidentified the recipient of a $1 million gift made by Ray Hickey in 2007. The don...

Local News from the Past Week

Tuesday, July 22
 » Summer takes a day off
 » Mop-up time for Cold Springs fire
 » Penny-savers: There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but these tips will help take a bite out of your expenses
 » Metro area adds 4,800 jobs
 » Amboy's Jeff Spady pleads guilty to child rape
 » Vandals hit Evergreen schools
 » County continues to criticize Cowlitz casino study
 » Evergreen district to host state board of education meetings
 » Former Washougal man gets 10 years in prison for mortgage scheme
 » Three vie to succeed Fromhold
 » Woman jailed in embezzling inquiry
 » Weather Eye: Pleasant weather will stay awhile
 » Correction July 22
 » Stream Stewards offer eight-week training class
 » FYI July 22

Monday, July 21
 » Narrow bridge temporarily narrower
 » An island of colliding visions
 » Cat with head in jar gets out of a pickle
 » Rural Heritage Fair: Event recalls days gone by in Clark County
 » Off Beat: Berlin Airlift sort of a first date for Vancouver woman
 » 911 agency starts blog that can be e-mailed
 » Donors back commissioner candidates
 » More progress made on Cold Springs fire
 » FYI

Sunday, July 20
 » New Cowlitz Tribal chairman stresses history
 » Camas school workers upset over proposed budget cuts
 » 3rd District’s voters offered a distinct choice
 » Reservists and their history honored
 » Boomer bikers roll along
 » Weather Eye: Look for warm, dry July
 » FYI, July 20, 2008
 » Ruptured gas line forces family to flee
 » Battle Ground Harvest Days: Candy was dandy, politicos handy at parade

Saturday, July 19
 » Battle Ground celebrates Harvest Days
 » County candidates define positions
 » Support for new I-5 bridge expands
 » Speeding in lights
 » Motorcyclist hurt in Orchards crash
 » Two people injured when SUV and motorcycle collide
 » Mop-up of Cold Springs fire starts
 » Woman in hospital after BG crash
 » Purple people cancer fighter
 » Gang fight reported in Burton area
 » B.G. planning sewage plant
 » Corrections

Friday, July 18
 » Police locate missing woman
 » Clouds clear, but expect more on Saturday
 » 7 candidates in two words: our future
 » Wearing purple and battling cancer
 » Cold Springs fire still smoldering
 » Firefighters stop Hazel Dell grass fire
 » Tanning salon robbed
 » Now is the time for school-bound kids to be vaccinated
 » Remains identified as those of missing Vancouver woman
 » Fire breaks circle Cold Springs blaze
 » Weather Eye: Weekend looks to be a bit warmer
 » School course to race course
 » Plumbing trailer damaged, building saved
 » Police report: Two-car crash injures three people near B.G.

Thursday, July 17
 » FYI, July 18, 2008
 » Sheriff to enact jail safety measures
 » Two men sought in attack at QFC
 » Counterfeit $100 bills show up at businesses near Vancouver Mall
 » American group buys Hudson's Bay Company
 » Beefed-up crews make dent in Mount Adams-area fire
 » Worrisome waters: $100,000 study confirms Vancouver Lake often teems with bacteria but doesn’t say what to do about it


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