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Columbian Breaking News Reporter

Vancouver police to host forum on use-of-force protocols, training

August 30, 2019, 6:05am Clark County News

The Vancouver Police Department will host a community forum Sept. 11 so the public can participate in a city-ordered independent assessment of its use-of-force protocols and training. Read story

The Skamania County Sheriff's Office reported that this tree fell on a German tourist who was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail near Trout Lake on Tuesday. The hiker did not survive his injuries.

German tourist killed by falling tree on Pacific Crest Trail

The Skamania County Sheriff's Office reported that this tree fell on a German tourist who was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail near Trout Lake on Tuesday. The hiker did not survive his injuries.

August 29, 2019, 12:24pm Clark County News

A German tourist was killed Tuesday on the Pacific Crest Trail northwest of Trout Lake after a tree fell and struck him, according to the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office. Read story

Fire damages outbuilding in Vancouver

August 29, 2019, 10:13am Clark County News

A fire damaged an outbuilding at a home in Vancouver’s Northwood neighborhood Thursday morning, according to emergency radio traffic monitored at The Columbian. Read story

Crews extinguish house fire east of Washougal

August 29, 2019, 8:47am Clark County News

East County Fire and Rescue crews extinguished a garage fire Thursday morning outside of Washougal city limits. Read story

Lightning visible over Clark County should quickly move north

August 29, 2019, 7:17am Clark County News

A short-term forecast says a weather radar spotted “a line of strong thunderstorms” extending just south of Castle Rock in Cowlitz County to Yacolt, and then on to Rooster Rock State Park, Ore. Read story

Clark County woman gets 1 month jail time, home confinement for fraud scheme

August 27, 2019, 2:51pm Clark County News

A former Clark County resident was sentenced earlier this month to a month in jail and home confinement for filing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fraudulent claims for medical bills and treatments. Read story

Three people were injured Sunday evening after a suspected intoxicated driver crashed into the back of a disabled pickup on Interstate 205, about 4 miles north of Vancouver.

Driver in I-205 crash caught on video in satisfactory conditionvideo icon

Three people were injured Sunday evening after a suspected intoxicated driver crashed into the back of a disabled pickup on Interstate 205, about 4 miles north of Vancouver.

August 27, 2019, 2:49pm Clark County News

The condition of a 61-year-old woman who was allegedly intoxicated when she crashed Sunday into a pickup on the shoulder of Interstate 205 has improved. Read story

Austin James Lansdon, 28, appeared Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court to face allegations that he made racial threats to an African American woman pushing her infant in a stroller on Main Street in Vancouver.

Man suspected of threatening African American mother, child appears in court

Austin James Lansdon, 28, appeared Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court to face allegations that he made racial threats to an African American woman pushing her infant in a stroller on Main Street in Vancouver.

August 27, 2019, 9:50am Clark County News

Police say a 28-year-old homeless man made racial threats toward an African American woman who was walking with her infant in Vancouver and grabbed the woman’s stroller, threatening to sexually assault her and take her baby. Read story

A tractor trailer hauling an excavator tipped over on the state Highway 502 onramp to southbound Interstate 5 in Ridgefield. The crash happened around 5:30 a.m., and the ramp remained blocked more than an hour later.

Tipped tractor-trailer blocks I-5 onramp in Ridgefield

A tractor trailer hauling an excavator tipped over on the state Highway 502 onramp to southbound Interstate 5 in Ridgefield. The crash happened around 5:30 a.m., and the ramp remained blocked more than an hour later.

August 27, 2019, 7:12am Clark County News

A tractor-trailer hauling an excavator tipped over Tuesday morning on the state Highway 502 onramp to southbound Interstate 5 in Ridgefield. Read story

Evan Peek, 8, of Vancouver walks along the water feature in Esther Short Park.

Heat advisory issued for Clark County

Evan Peek, 8, of Vancouver walks along the water feature in Esther Short Park.

August 26, 2019, 6:00pm Clark County News

The National Weather Service in Portland has issued a heat advisory for a large swath of Southwest Washington, including Clark County, and Oregon. Read story