March 29, 2021, 6:00am Courts & Crime
Lawmakers in Olympia are scrambling to respond to a Washington Supreme Court decision that declared the state’s law criminalizing drug possession unconstitutional because it did not require prosecutors to prove intent. Read story
March 28, 2021, 10:08am Clark County News
Two Camas residents were injured late Saturday when their car went off state Highway 503 in Cowlitz County and overturned in a suspected DUI crash, according to the Washington State Patrol. Read story
March 26, 2021, 1:24pm Clark County News
A 44-year-old Vancouver man was sentenced Friday in Clark County Superior Court to 21 months in prison for intentionally setting fire to the roof of Shanahan’s Pub & Grill in January. Read story
March 25, 2021, 1:25pm Clark County News
A 66-year-old Vancouver man allegedly chased and threatened a teenage driver with a gun because he believed the teen was driving recklessly, police said. Read story
March 25, 2021, 6:01am Clark County News
If Clark County District Court Judge Darvin Zimmerman returns to the bench — pending an investigation into comments he made critical of a local Black man killed by police — his workload will be limited, according to criminal justice officials. Read story
March 22, 2021, 7:02pm Clark County News
A house fire Sunday in Vancouver's Rose Village neighborhood was caused by a faulty ceiling fan, according to a fire marshal. Read story
March 22, 2021, 7:02pm Clark County News
An apartment fire Sunday morning in east Vancouver was likely caused by discarded smoking materials, according to a fire marshal. Read story
March 22, 2021, 6:14pm Clark County News
Matthew D. Zook made a first appearance Friday before Clark County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Snider, who set bail in his case at $175,000. Read story
March 22, 2021, 2:07pm Clark County News
Three people were hospitalized after a head-on crash Sunday on state Highway 503 east of Woodland, according to Washington State Patrol. Read story
March 22, 2021, 6:02am Courts & Crime
Reverberations are spreading from a state Supreme Court opinion that last month struck down Washington’s decades-old drug possession statute as unconstitutional, sending ripple effects through a legal system that’s grappling with how to remedy past harm while facing an unprecedented backlog of criminal cases created by the coronavirus pandemic. Read story
