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Columbian Social Services, Demographics, Faith

Police seek suspects in Esther Short Park assault

June 23, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

Police are looking for two people who assaulted a 64-year-old man Monday night in Esther Short Park. Read story

Forty firefighters from the Vancouver and Camas-Washougal fire departments responded Friday to an early-morning two-alarm blaze that destroyed an apartment complex still under construction.

Fire marshal investigating apartment blazes

Forty firefighters from the Vancouver and Camas-Washougal fire departments responded Friday to an early-morning two-alarm blaze that destroyed an apartment complex still under construction.

June 23, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

The Vancouver Fire Marshal's Office continues to investigate two of the three apartment fires that sparked in the city in the past two weeks. Read story

Vancouver man injured in tractor-trailer crash on Hwy. 14

June 22, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was hospitalized after the tractor-trailer he was driving overturned on state Highway 14 Monday afternoon on the city's west side. Read story

Woman knocked down and robbed in west Vancouver

June 22, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

A woman was robbed early Monday morning in west Vancouver when four people knocked her down and stole her phone. Read story

New Vancouver Police officer Katie Endresen, left, and  her field training officer, Tom Topaum.

Long understaffed, Vancouver police working to replace retiring officers

New Vancouver Police officer Katie Endresen, left, and  her field training officer, Tom Topaum.

June 21, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

Next time you pull up to a patrol car at a stoplight, glance at the police officer behind the wheel. How old does the officer look? Maybe 43? That's the average age of officers at the Vancouver Police Department, but that might not be the case for long. Read story

The Clark-Vancouver Regional Drug Task Force executes a search warrant at a suspected drug house Wednesday in Felida.

Inside a drug task force raid in Felida

The Clark-Vancouver Regional Drug Task Force executes a search warrant at a suspected drug house Wednesday in Felida.

June 20, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

An undercover detective spit sunflower seed shells onto the pavement in the Salmon Creek Fred Meyer parking lot. Dressed in a T-shirt, jeans and a baseball hat, he looked ready for a barbecue, not a suburban drug bust. Read story

Woman dies in Washougal crash

June 18, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

An 18-year-old woman died in a late Wednesday night crash north of Jemtegaard Middle School in Washougal. Read story

4 arrested after drug house complaints

June 18, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

Police arrested four people Wednesday in connection with a suspected drug house in Felida. Read story

Person jumps from I-205 Bridge

June 18, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

A female jumped from the Interstate 205 Bridge on Wednesday night and was hospitalized after emergency responders pulled her from the Columbia River. Read story

Vancouver Fire Marshal Heidi Scarpelli talks fireworks safety and the new city ordinance.

Vancouver pushes fireworks safetyvideo icon

Vancouver Fire Marshal Heidi Scarpelli talks fireworks safety and the new city ordinance.

June 16, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

Starting this year, personal fireworks use in Vancouver will be limited to the Fourth of July, leaving officials to wonder how people will respond to the change. In anticipation of the coming holiday, the city increased its efforts to educate locals about the new ordinance and fireworks safety. Read story