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Stories by Becca Robbins

Columbian staff reporter

Crews put the finishing touches on the new eight-story parking garage Tuesday morning at The Waterfront Vancouver. The facility, scheduled to open Monday on the corner of Columbia Way and Grant Street, will increase parking capacity in the area by 50 percent, or 350 additional spaces.

New eight-story parking garage at The Waterfront Vancouver opens Monday

Crews put the finishing touches on the new eight-story parking garage Tuesday morning at The Waterfront Vancouver. The facility, scheduled to open Monday on the corner of Columbia Way and Grant Street, will increase parking capacity in the area by 50 percent, or 350 additional spaces.

August 21, 2024, 6:05am Business

Beginning Monday, visitors at The Waterfront Vancouver can park in a new eight-story parking center. Existing surface lots at the waterfront will give way to further development. Read story

Police lights flash on the roof of a Vancouver police vehicle.

Drive-by shooting in Fruit Valley damages multiple vehicles, says Vancouver police

Police lights flash on the roof of a Vancouver police vehicle.

August 20, 2024, 10:36am Clark County News

Vancouver police are investigating a drive-by shooting Monday night in the Fruit Valley area that left multiple vehicles damaged but no one injured. Read story

Washington State Patrol plans aerial traffic enforcement in Southwest Washington

August 14, 2024, 8:02pm Clark County News

Washington State Patrol troopers are conducting aerial traffic enforcement this week in Southwest Washington. Read story

Claudia Iniguez-Diarte filed suit against a former employer alleging she was fired for being pregnant.

Vancouver woman alleges restaurant fired her because she was pregnant

Claudia Iniguez-Diarte filed suit against a former employer alleging she was fired for being pregnant.

August 13, 2024, 1:10pm Business

A Vancouver woman has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a Mexican restaurant chain, which she alleges fired her because she was pregnant. Read story

Avreaunte Emmanuel Bennett, 26, of Vancouver appears March 21, 2022, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree domestic violence murder. He was sentenced Friday to more than 20 years after pleading guilty on the eve of trial.

Vancouver man sentenced to 20 years for killing girlfriend, dumping her body at Rooster Rock State Park in Oregonvideo icon

Avreaunte Emmanuel Bennett, 26, of Vancouver appears March 21, 2022, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree domestic violence murder. He was sentenced Friday to more than 20 years after pleading guilty on the eve of trial.

August 12, 2024, 5:21pm Clark County News

A judge sentenced a Vancouver man Friday to more than 20 years in prison in the 2021 shooting death of his girlfriend, prompting a profanity-filled outburst from his family. Read story

The Washington Department of Social and Health Services operates the state’s two mental health hospitals, Western State Hospital and Eastern State Hospital, where criminal defendants are evaluated by forensic psychologists when a court orders an assessment of their fitness to stand trial and aid in their own defense.

Wait times in Clark County, state improve for defendants’ mental health evaluations

The Washington Department of Social and Health Services operates the state’s two mental health hospitals, Western State Hospital and Eastern State Hospital, where criminal defendants are evaluated by forensic psychologists when a court orders an assessment of their fitness to stand trial and aid in their own defense.

August 9, 2024, 6:03am Clark County News

A year after a federal judge found a state agency was violating the rights of criminal defendants in need of mental health evaluations, state officials say they’ve made strides to decrease the amount of time people languish in custody before receiving services. That includes defendants at the Clark County Jail. Read story

Monica Alexander, second from right, executive director of the Criminal Justice Training Commission, joins U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, as they watch a mock training exercise of a traffic stop for a suspect with a warrant Wednesday at the law enforcement training academy in Vancouver. Perez heard from those involved about the importance of funding the training of new police officers while touring the facility that opened in January.

A day after primary, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez visits new Southwest Washington regional police training academy in Vancouver

Monica Alexander, second from right, executive director of the Criminal Justice Training Commission, joins U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, as they watch a mock training exercise of a traffic stop for a suspect with a warrant Wednesday at the law enforcement training academy in Vancouver. Perez heard from those involved about the importance of funding the training of new police officers while touring the facility that opened in January.

August 7, 2024, 5:05pm Clark County News

Fresh off of a primary election win, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez spent Wednesday afternoon talking with recruits and instructors at the Southwest Washington regional police training academy in Vancouver. Read story

Christine Hayes has been a Clark County Superiour Court Commissioner since 2022.

Inslee appoints Clark County Superior Court’s 12th judge

Christine Hayes has been a Clark County Superiour Court Commissioner since 2022.

August 7, 2024, 12:00pm Courts & Crime

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday he has appointed Clark County Superior Court Commissioner Christine Hayes to be the court’s 12th judge. Read story

Clark County Fire District 6 Fire Chief Kristan Maurer stands in front of a new fire engine July 13 at Station 62.

All Clark County fire, EMS levies passing in initial returns

Clark County Fire District 6 Fire Chief Kristan Maurer stands in front of a new fire engine July 13 at Station 62.

August 6, 2024, 10:25pm Clark County News

Voters approved a slew of bonds and levies for some of Clark County’s rural fire and emergency medical service agencies, according to primary election results released Tuesday. Read story

Alana Carroll

Missing Clark County woman now presumed dead, investigators have identified a suspect

Alana Carroll

August 5, 2024, 5:16pm Clark County News

Detectives believe a Clark County woman reported missing in September is dead, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Read story