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Columbian staff reporter

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Vancouver man gets 11 years in prison for 2023 assault against former wife, her new boyfriend

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

June 12, 2024, 5:28pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for strangling his former wife and beating her new boyfriend in April 2023. Read story

Charles Fields

Vancouver police find missing 83-year-old man

Charles Fields

June 12, 2024, 5:10pm Clark County News

Update: Police said they found Charles Fields Wednesday afternoon safe. Read story

Firefighters respond to a Tuesday blaze at Erica Village in Hazel Dell.

Hazel Dell apartment’s roof collapses in 3 alarm fire Tuesday

Firefighters respond to a Tuesday blaze at Erica Village in Hazel Dell.

June 11, 2024, 6:46pm Clark County News

A three-alarm fire Tuesday afternoon at Erica Village apartments in Hazel Dell caused the building’s roof to collapse but didn’t injure anyone. Read story

Crystal (Photo contributed by the Vancouver Police Department)

Teen found safe after disappearance from Vancouver Mall

Crystal (Photo contributed by the Vancouver Police Department)

June 11, 2024, 4:18pm Clark County News

Crystal was found safe in Vancouver with the help of an alert resident, according to Vancouver police.  Read story

Rene Hanson, from left, joins Angel Ristau and her mom, Jenn Ristau, on the steps of the Clark County Courthouse after Michael Murrah, the estranged husband of their friend, Star Murrah, was found not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday in her 2021 killing. All three women were close friends of Star Murrah&rsquo;s, and the 45-year-old was Angel Ristau&rsquo;s godmother. &ldquo;She was like a second mom,&rdquo; she said.

Vancouver man acquitted in stabbing death of estranged wife Star Murrah when judge rules he’s criminally insane

Rene Hanson, from left, joins Angel Ristau and her mom, Jenn Ristau, on the steps of the Clark County Courthouse after Michael Murrah, the estranged husband of their friend, Star Murrah, was found not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday in her 2021 killing. All three women were close friends of Star Murrah&rsquo;s, and the 45-year-old was Angel Ristau&rsquo;s godmother. &ldquo;She was like a second mom,&rdquo; she said.

June 6, 2024, 6:03pm Clark County News

A man who stabbed his estranged wife to death in 2021 was acquitted by reason of insanity Thursday, leading to outcry from her loved ones, who said the system failed her. Read story

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Medical examiner IDs Brush Prairie man as person killed in crash east of Battle Ground

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June 5, 2024, 5:35pm Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday identified a 25-year-old Brush Prairie man as the person killed in a crash Sunday east of Battle Ground. Read story

Clark County sheriff&rsquo;s deputies arrest suspects in connection with a retail theft operation.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office retail theft mission in Hazel Dell nets a dozen arrests

Clark County sheriff&rsquo;s deputies arrest suspects in connection with a retail theft operation.

June 5, 2024, 5:31pm Clark County News

Clark County sheriff’s deputies arrested a dozen people over the weekend during an operation in Hazel Dell to crack down on retail theft. Read story

Nora K. Kintz, center, appears Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on a summons for a charge of vehicular homicide. She&rsquo;s accused of driving drunk in an August 2022 rollover crash on Interstate 205 in Vancouver that killed her passenger.

Ridgefield woman pleads not guilty in 2022 crash that killed her passenger

Nora K. Kintz, center, appears Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on a summons for a charge of vehicular homicide. She&rsquo;s accused of driving drunk in an August 2022 rollover crash on Interstate 205 in Vancouver that killed her passenger.

June 4, 2024, 3:55pm Clark County News

A Ridgefield woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of vehicular homicide in connection with an August 2022 rollover crash on Interstate 205 in Vancouver that killed her passenger. Read story

Sela Blas of the National Women&rsquo;s Coalition Against Violence &amp; Exploitation, from left, joins supporters of Star Murrah, including Joe Thuney, Danielle Mikinka and Christina Dodds on Monday while standing outside the Clark County Courthouse. The group was rallying against the possibility that the man accused of killing Star Murrah, her estranged husband, is found not-guilty by reason of insanity. His hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

Slain Vancouver woman’s supporters rally in advance of estranged husband’s insanity defense hearing

Sela Blas of the National Women&rsquo;s Coalition Against Violence &amp; Exploitation, from left, joins supporters of Star Murrah, including Joe Thuney, Danielle Mikinka and Christina Dodds on Monday while standing outside the Clark County Courthouse. The group was rallying against the possibility that the man accused of killing Star Murrah, her estranged husband, is found not-guilty by reason of insanity. His hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

June 3, 2024, 6:32pm Clark County News

A small group of friends and neighbors of Monica “Star” Murrah stood on the steps of the Clark County Courthouse on Monday to urge a judge to deny her estranged husband’s insanity plea in her slaying and let the case go to trial. Read story

A woman was killed in a shop fire north of Ridgefield early Monday morning.

Woman dead in shop fire north of Ridgefield; fire marshal investigating

A woman was killed in a shop fire north of Ridgefield early Monday morning.

June 3, 2024, 11:55am Clark County News

A woman was found dead after a large shop fire Monday morning north of Ridgefield. Read story