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Detective Zachary Ripp, from left, Detective Brian Billingsley and Sgt. Jack Anderson comprise the Vancouver Police Department’s revived property crime unit. They are standing outside the Vancouver Police Department’s West Precinct.

Vancouver resurrects property crime unit

Detective Zachary Ripp, from left, Detective Brian Billingsley and Sgt. Jack Anderson comprise the Vancouver Police Department’s revived property crime unit. They are standing outside the Vancouver Police Department’s West Precinct.

March 1, 2018, 6:01am Clark County News

Since January, a team of two detectives and a sergeant at Vancouver Police Department have been re-establishing the defunct property crime unit, and early accomplishments include preparing cases for prosecution at the federal level. Read story

Afternoon traffic heads north on I-5 at Jantzen Beach in 2014.

Preliminary data show pedestrian traffic deaths increasing in Washington

Afternoon traffic heads north on I-5 at Jantzen Beach in 2014.

February 28, 2018, 11:19am Clark County News

Preliminary data show pedestrian traffic deaths in Washington are climbing, mirroring a national trend. Read story

County schools deal with 3 incidents involving threats

February 27, 2018, 9:57pm Clark County News

Three incidents at Clark County high schools in a little more than a week, two of which resulted in criminal charges against teenagers, involved threats of gunfire or the use of a pellet gun. Read story

(The Columbian files)

Vancouver man, 83, ID’d as homicide victim

(The Columbian files)

February 27, 2018, 10:13am Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s office has identified the homicide victim killed overnight Monday in an industrial area of Vancouver as 83-year-old Benjamin O. Lyons. Read story

Multi-vehicle crash in Vancouver blocking westbound SR 500 lanes

February 27, 2018, 7:29am Clark County News

A multiple-vehicle crash on westbound state Highway 500 near 39th street is causing significant delays. Read story

Police: Hit-and-run broke pedestrian’s arm

February 26, 2018, 9:56pm Clark County News

A hit-and-run involving a pedestrian Wednesday night in Vancouver left the victim with a broken arm, according to police. Read story

Trooper Will Finn talks to a driver with Oregon license plates after she was pulled over near Harney Elementary School on Monday morning. The driver pictured was not given a ticket because she was just dropping off her nephews.

Troopers target license cheats at two Vancouver schools

Trooper Will Finn talks to a driver with Oregon license plates after she was pulled over near Harney Elementary School on Monday morning. The driver pictured was not given a ticket because she was just dropping off her nephews.

February 26, 2018, 3:54pm Clark County News

Washington State Patrol placed a team of troopers outside two Vancouver schools Monday morning to catch drivers who haven’t registered their vehicles in the state, thereby avoiding taxes that help pay for education. Read story

Vandals flatten tires on dozens of vehicles at Vancouver apartments

February 26, 2018, 12:50pm Clark County News

Up to 50 vehicles in the parking lot of Parkside Lofts in Vancouver were vandalized early Sunday morning, according to police. Read story

A homicide investigation is underway at a trucking company along Southeast Columbia Way on Monday morning, Feb. 26, 2018.

Vancouver police investigate death of security guard; homicide suspected

A homicide investigation is underway at a trucking company along Southeast Columbia Way on Monday morning, Feb. 26, 2018.

February 26, 2018, 11:15am Clark County News

Police are investigating what appears to be the overnight homicide of a security guard in Vancouver. Read story

Ministry leaders cut a ribbon at the Salvation Army’s inauguration of a new building in Washougal on Saturday.

Salvation Army ‘blessed’ with bigger building

Ministry leaders cut a ribbon at the Salvation Army’s inauguration of a new building in Washougal on Saturday.

February 24, 2018, 9:00pm Clark County News

Attendees at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Salvation Army’s new building in Washougal whooped and applauded Saturday as members of the nonprofit and community lauded the efforts it took to complete the project. Read story