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Firefighters with Clark County Fire & Rescue had to carefully remove a man who was pinned in his car after veering off I-5 and crashing into a tree.

Car crashes into tree near I-5 exit for Battle Ground

Firefighters with Clark County Fire & Rescue had to carefully remove a man who was pinned in his car after veering off I-5 and crashing into a tree.

April 25, 2018, 7:51am Clark County News

A car heading north on Interstate 5 Wednesday morning left the freeway and crashed into a tree. Read story

Cigarette butt blamed for Vancouver apartment fire

April 24, 2018, 9:25pm Clark County News

A two-alarm fire that damaged an apartment building in Vancouver late Saturday was caused by an improperly discarded cigarette. Read story

Portland police chase veers into Vancouver

April 23, 2018, 7:33pm Clark County News

An early Monday police pursuit of a stolen pickup truck in Portland diverted briefly into Vancouver before ending in Northeast Portland. Read story

Vancouver police have set up a perimeter, blocking off streets near the 2900 block of Caples Avenue off Fourth Plain Boulevard where an alleged drive-by shooting was reported around 1:15 p.m.

One injured in shooting in central Vancouver

Vancouver police have set up a perimeter, blocking off streets near the 2900 block of Caples Avenue off Fourth Plain Boulevard where an alleged drive-by shooting was reported around 1:15 p.m.

April 23, 2018, 1:32pm Clark County News

One person was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening following a shooting on Caples Avenue off Fourth Plain Boulevard on Monday afternoon. Read story

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Police: Teens found unconscious overdosed on Xanax, marijuana

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April 23, 2018, 12:17pm Clark County News

Four teenagers who were hospitalized Friday morning after overdosing on drugs had taken Xanax and marijuana, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Read story

A Washington Department of Transportation emergency response team prepares to tow a single-engine aircraft that landed on state Highway 14 on Saturday afternoon. No injuries were reported.

Pilots identified in emergency landing on Highway 14

A Washington Department of Transportation emergency response team prepares to tow a single-engine aircraft that landed on state Highway 14 on Saturday afternoon. No injuries were reported.

April 23, 2018, 8:16am Clark County News

Washington State Patrol released the names of the pilots involved in landing a small propeller airplane Saturday on state Highway 14 during a training flight out of Pearson Field. Read story

Clark County plant sales help gardeners find right foliage to aid yards, habitat

April 22, 2018, 6:03am Clark County Life

Earth Day evokes images of people hugging the planet and saving this big blue and green globe we call home through large-scale environmental efforts. Ending plastic pollution. Stopping deforestation. That sort of thing. Read story

Last of five co-defendents sentenced in home-invasion robbery

April 21, 2018, 6:02am Clark County News

The last of five co-defendents was sentenced Friday to 31 months in prison for her part in a home-invasion robbery in Vancouver's Kevanna Park neighborhood. Read story

Man drowns in North Fork of the Lewis River

April 20, 2018, 6:31pm Clark County News

A 24-year-old man drowned in the North Fork of the Lewis River, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office. Read story

David La Buda works on paperwork at the day center at Friends of the Carpenter at 1600 W. 20th St. in Vancouver. La Buda is among several clients who plan to use a new day center planned for the former state Fish and Wildlife building at 2018 Grand Blvd. in Vancouver.

Day center: Promise of expanded services offers hope

David La Buda works on paperwork at the day center at Friends of the Carpenter at 1600 W. 20th St. in Vancouver. La Buda is among several clients who plan to use a new day center planned for the former state Fish and Wildlife building at 2018 Grand Blvd. in Vancouver.

April 10, 2018, 6:00am Clark County News

Every Friday and Saturday, a shower trailer called the Shower Outreach Project gets hauled to Friends of the Carpenter’s parking lot, the spot where the faith-based nonprofit planned to construct an addition that would’ve housed showers and laundry facilities. Read story