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Emergency responders work at the scene of a fatal collision at Andresen Road and MacArthur Boulevard Wednesday evening. The driver of a Toyota was killed and the driver of a pickup truck was arrested.

Driver arrested after fatal crash in Vancouver

July 27, 2022, 10:32pm Clark County News

The driver of a Toyota Prius is dead and the driver of a pickup truck was arrested after a high-speed collision in Vancouver Wednesday. Speed and impairment are believed to be factors in the crash. Read story

Vancouver police continue to look for one possible witness to a shooting at a party that left two people dead.

Vancouver police believe fatal house party shooting was gang related

July 27, 2022, 5:40pm Clark County News

Vancouver police are investigating a double homicide at a July 17 Vancouver house party, in which two others were wounded, as a gang-related shooting, according to court records. Read story

Stolen pickup prompts big law enforcement response on state Highway 500

July 27, 2022, 5:23pm Clark County News

A stolen pickup spotted speeding Tuesday night on state Highway 500 prompted a large law enforcement response after it was mistaken for a similar-looking stolen pickup believed to have guns inside. Read story

A crystal-like substance that police say field-tested positive for methamphetamine and was found in a Vancouver hotel room Friday afternoon. Officers arrested Frank L. Hamil, 37, at the Best Western Plus in the Vancouver Mall area, in connection with the drugs.

Man arrested at Vancouver hotel; fentanyl, meth, guns, cash found

July 27, 2022, 3:44pm Clark County News

A 37-year-old man was arrested Friday at a Vancouver hotel where police found 300 fentanyl pills, half a pound of methamphetamine, $1,100 in cash and three handguns, one of which was stolen, inside a room he was staying in. Read story

Vancouver police arrest 11 people in retail theft crackdown

July 26, 2022, 10:23am Clark County News

Eleven people were arrested over the span of two days during a focused effort by Vancouver police to crack down on retail theft in east Vancouver. Read story

Roy Russell, at left, who was convicted of murdering Chelsea Harrison in 2006, is getting a second three strikes life sentence overturned because of a change in state law. “When a judge sits on the bench and says ‘life in prison without the possibility of parole’ that should be a pretty steadfast decision and should never come up again,” said Chelsea’s grandmother, Sylvia Johnson, at right, holding a photo of Chelsea at her Foothill Ranch, Calif., home in 2010. Also pictured are Chelsea’s brother, Chris Harrison, and mother, Stephanie Johnson.

Vancouver teen’s murderer beats three strikes — again

July 26, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

A convicted murderer from Vancouver has beaten a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of release — for a second time. Read story

Motorcyclist killed near Cape Horn

July 25, 2022, 8:28pm Clark County News

A Longview woman died Sunday evening after her motorcycle ran off state Highway 14 east of Cape Horn and struck an embankment. The Washington State Patrol identified the biker as Benay D. Vincent, 57. She was driving her red Kawasaki west at about 7:30 p.m. when she veered off the… Read story