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Columbian Social Services, Demographics, Faith

Lint ignited east Vancouver fire that displaced 7 people

December 25, 2014, 4:00pm Clark County News

A Christmas Day fire that displaced three adults and four children in east Vancouver was caused by lint that ignited inside the dryer vent. Read story

Homeowner, intruder exchange shots in Amboy

December 23, 2014, 4:00pm Clark County News

A homeowner and intruder exchanged shots at a rural residence just south of Amboy. Read story

Columbian files
In 2009 Antonio Cellestine crashed his car into a bicycle and killed a Hudson's Bay High School teacher.

Cellestine accused of selling drugs

Columbian files
In 2009 Antonio Cellestine crashed his car into a bicycle and killed a Hudson's Bay High School teacher.

December 23, 2014, 4:00pm Clark County News

A local man who went to prison for the 2009 hit-and-run death of a popular Hudson's Bay High School teacher was back in Clark County Superior Court on Tuesday. Antonio E. Cellestine, 23, was arraigned on suspicion of selling drugs at a west Vancouver apartment complex and driving with a… Read story

Christopher Warren was found guilty Oct. 31 of child rape, but Clark County Superior Court Judge Barbara Johnson on Tuesday declared a mistrial after reviewing information about juror misconduct. A decision to invalidate the trial will not be made until a hearing set for Jan.

Judge declares mistrial in child rape case

Christopher Warren was found guilty Oct. 31 of child rape, but Clark County Superior Court Judge Barbara Johnson on Tuesday declared a mistrial after reviewing information about juror misconduct. A decision to invalidate the trial will not be made until a hearing set for Jan.

December 22, 2014, 4:00pm Clark County News

Superior Court Judge Barbara Johnson declared her decision this afternoon to grant a mistrial in the case of Christopher Warren, who was found guilty of child rape. Read story

Camas police arrest car prowl suspects

December 22, 2014, 4:00pm Clark County News

Police arrested two Vancouver residents who allegedly broke into multiple cars in Camas over the last few weeks and used stolen credit cards to buy merchandise at area businesses. Read story

Chuck Atkins' mother, Vivian Atkins, pins the sheriff's star to her son's lapel at a Monday afternoon ceremony. Atkins is the first new sheriff in 24 years.

Atkins sworn in as Clark County sheriff

Chuck Atkins' mother, Vivian Atkins, pins the sheriff's star to her son's lapel at a Monday afternoon ceremony. Atkins is the first new sheriff in 24 years.

December 22, 2014, 4:00pm Clark County News

Chuck Atkins was sworn in as Clark County sheriff in a standing-room-only ceremony Monday afternoon at the Public Service Center. Atkins' family alone took up three rows of chairs, while county officials and law enforcement crowded into the back of the sixth floor hearing room. Read story

Armed robbery reported near Vancouver mall

December 22, 2014, 4:00pm Clark County News

Two teenagers were robbed Monday afternoon outside a 7-Eleven in the VanMall neighborhood. Read story

Alina Kiselev, 6, and her aunt Olya Bogush wrap a toy during the Santa's Posse gift wrapping night at the Clark County Event Center.

That’s a wrap: Santa’s Posse preps gifts for children

Alina Kiselev, 6, and her aunt Olya Bogush wrap a toy during the Santa's Posse gift wrapping night at the Clark County Event Center.

December 18, 2014, 4:00pm Clark County News

The Clark County Event Center turned into a kind of Christmas factory on Thursday evening. Toys of all kinds were piled high on the floor -- everything from board games and balls to Barbie dolls and bikes. People gathered around tables swiftly wrapping gifts, and an assembly line of volunteers… Read story

Missing man found in Columbia River Gorge ravine

December 17, 2014, 4:00pm Clark County News

A Portland, Ore. man who went missing in Skamania County over the summer was recently found dead in a ravine in the Columbia River Gorge area. Read story

Steve Dipaola for the Columbian
Rotary club members pose for a photo while ringing Salvation Army bells Wednesday evening at J.C. Penney. Member Rich Irvine was scheduled to work the slot, but has been in the hospital since Dec. 7 after getting struck by a minivan on Interstate 205.

Rotarians ring bells for man hit by van on I-205

Steve Dipaola for the Columbian
Rotary club members pose for a photo while ringing Salvation Army bells Wednesday evening at J.C. Penney. Member Rich Irvine was scheduled to work the slot, but has been in the hospital since Dec. 7 after getting struck by a minivan on Interstate 205.

December 17, 2014, 4:00pm Clark County News

The owner of a white pickup was arrested this afternoon on suspicion of fleeing an injury-causing crash that closed Interstate 205 last week. Read story