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Columbian environment and transportation reporter

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Two robbery suspects arrested in Five Corners following police chase

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October 16, 2018, 1:03pm Clark County News

Police chased two people suspected in an assault and robbery at a Portland convenience store into Clark County’s Five Corners area Tuesday afternoon, arresting both. Read story

Vancouver man who hit cop car gets year in prison

October 15, 2018, 10:22pm Clark County News

A man arrested after ramming a police car during a traffic stop was sentenced Monday to serve more than a year in prison. Read story

Salmon simmers beside the fire at the Cathlapotle Plankhouse Sunday afternoon. Event workers cooked the salmon in the traditional Chinook style as part of the weekend’s Birdfest and Bluegrass events at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge and in Ridgefield.

Chinookan-style salmon bake a highlight of the Birdfest & Bluegrass festival

Salmon simmers beside the fire at the Cathlapotle Plankhouse Sunday afternoon. Event workers cooked the salmon in the traditional Chinook style as part of the weekend’s Birdfest and Bluegrass events at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge and in Ridgefield.

October 7, 2018, 10:46pm Clark County News

The weekend’s music, educational programming and bird watching at the Birdfest & Bluegrass festival at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge wrapped up with a Chinookan-style salmon bake. Read story

Dustin L. Zapel, the suspect in a double homicide at the Central Park Place Apartments, 1900 Fort Vancouver Way, makes a first appearance July 17, 2017, in Clark County Superior Court. On Wednesday, Zapel entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity in the case.

Suspect in double fatal stabbing enters insanity plea

Dustin L. Zapel, the suspect in a double homicide at the Central Park Place Apartments, 1900 Fort Vancouver Way, makes a first appearance July 17, 2017, in Clark County Superior Court. On Wednesday, Zapel entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity in the case.

October 3, 2018, 9:45pm Clark County News

A man accused of stabbing to death two men who lived in his apartment complex in July 2017 entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity Wednesday. Read story

Shots fired near Bagley Downs neighborhood

October 3, 2018, 8:17pm Clark County News

Gunfire struck several vehicles and apartment buildings in an apparent gunfight Tuesday night in a parking lot near Vancouver’s Bagley Downs neighborhood. Read story

Sheriff: Woman sought for stabbing roommate when moving out

October 2, 2018, 9:38pm Clark County News

Police are looking for a woman said to have stabbed her roommate while moving out of their Walnut Grove area home Tuesday night. Read story

A man was hurt when his van somehow broke away and careened down his driveway, over Fruit Valley Road and Lake Shore Drive and into brush Tuesday.

Fruit Valley man hurt when van rolls away

A man was hurt when his van somehow broke away and careened down his driveway, over Fruit Valley Road and Lake Shore Drive and into brush Tuesday.

October 2, 2018, 8:26pm Clark County News

A man's runaway van struck and injured him when it rolled away and across Fruit Valley Road and Lake Shore Drive in the Fruit Valley neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. Read story

Skamania County search and rescue crews busy over weekend

October 1, 2018, 8:25pm Clark County News

Skamania County search and rescue teams responded to help an injured hiker, a missing mushroom hunter and a Washougal man who fell while rappelling down Big Creek Falls over the weekend, according to the county sheriff’s office. Read story

Police ID victim, driver in fatal pedestrian collision; no citations issued

October 1, 2018, 3:14pm Clark County News

The Vancouver Police Department on Monday identified the woman struck and killed by a vehicle Sunday afternoon as Amy M. Walker, 18, of Vancouver. Read story

Memorial held for shooting victim

September 30, 2018, 10:45pm Clark County News

BRUSH PRAIRIE -- Family, friends and well-wishers gathered around the couch at Faith Center Church on Sunday to share their memories of Ariel Romano, who was killed nearby in June. Read story